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Isabel Klassen-Marshall
Summer Student
She/Her/Hers- Iklassen-marshall@jfklaw.ca
- 1100 - 65 Queen Street West Toronto, ON M5H 2M5
Isabel is a settler born and raised in Toronto, on the territories of Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat peoples. She is grateful to work with JFK law in service of Indigenous nations on those territories today
Isabel is entering her third year at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. During her time at law school, she has had the opportunity to work with the Indigenous Law Journal, the David Asper Centre for Constitutional Rights working group on Indigenous Child Welfare and Self-Government, and the Indigenous Youth Outreach Program with Level Justice. She also participated in the Kawaskimhon National Aboriginal Moot and received the Laskin Prize in Constitutional Law. After first year, she worked at the Algoma Community Legal Clinic in Sault Ste. Marie and was honoured to work with the clinic’s Indigenous Justice Co-Ordinator to facilitate outreach to nearby Indigenous Nations. She also acted as a research assistant to Professor Richard Stacey, researching if and how the duty to consult and accommodate can be utilized as a method to express Indigenous sovereignty.
Isabel has a Bachelor of Arts from McGill University where she pursued joint honours in History and Political Science with a minor in Indigenous Studies. During her undergraduate degree, Isabel tutored at the Kahnawake Survival School and was active in community advocacy through work with Mobilizing for Milton-Parc and Montreal in Action.
In her free time Isabel enjoys playing soccer, reading, and spending time outside with friends and family.
Highlights
Publications
On July 26, 2024, the Supreme Court of Canada (“the Court“) released a unanimous
On June 7th, the Provincial Court of Nova Scotia issued a decision in R.