Events › Indigenous Rights in One Minute: What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation, with Author Bruce McIvor

Join us for a conversation between Bruce McIvor and Associate Professor of Law, Naiomi Metallic.

A shortage of trustworthy information continues to frustrate Canadians with best intentions to fulfill Canada's commitment to reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. To meet this demand, lawyer and historian Bruce McIvor provides concise, plain answers to 100 essential questions being asked by Canadians across the country.

Bruce McIvor is the founder and senior partner at First Peoples Law LLP and an adjunct professor at the University of British Columbia's Peter A. Allard School of Law. He is the author of Standoff: Why Reconciliation Fails Indigenous People and How to Fix It (2021) and Indigenous Rights in One Minute : What You Need to Know to Talk Reconciliation (2025). He is a member of the Manitoba Métis Federation and lives in Vancouver, BC.