Beverly Jacobs

Beverly Jacobs is Associate Professor at the University of Windsor Faculty of Law and Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Relations and Outreach. A Mohawk scholar from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, she previously served as President of the Native Women's Association of Canada (2004-2009) and practices law focusing on Indigenous rights.

Education:

• PhD from University of Calgary
• LLM from University of Saskatchewan
• JD from University of Windsor

Research Focus: Jacobs' scholarship examines Indigenous legal orders, decolonization of Eurocentric law, Indigenous wholistic health, and missing/murdered Indigenous women. Her work centers Haudenosaunee legal traditions and Indigenous research methodologies.

Honors:

• Member of the Order of Canada (2018)
• Franco-German Prize for Human Rights (2016)
• Laura Legge Award, Law Society of Ontario (2021)

Publications: Her extensive writings include analyses of the Indian Act's discriminatory provisions, decolonization frameworks for addressing violence against Indigenous women, and reconciliation in constitutional contexts. Recent works explore Indigenous water law and the Doctrine of Discovery's contemporary impacts.