Featured Researcher: Darlene Johnston

Darlene Johnston. Photo: Liam Sharp
A member of the Chippewas of Nawash First Nation, Darlene Johnston became a lawyer to amend an injustice regarding herpeople’s ancestral land on the Bruce Peninsula in Ontario. Today, at U of T’s Faculty of Law, she is applying her expertise to landclaims for aboriginal groups across North America and for the Mayan people of Belize.


I came upon a paper of your, in a pdf format, on the internet, and I found a tiny typo so I thought I would let you know. I don’t know if one can fix such a thing, but I’m sure you do. It is at the bottom of page 3 in this sentence:’Aboriginal use of symbols rather letters has allowed evidence of totemic…’.
Chi chi miigwech for your work,
Boo Watson