Karen Drake She/Her/Hers

Karen has experience working with elders to support First Nations in renewing and revitalizing their traditional legal orders. She is committed to furthering her knowledge of Anishinaabe law and constitutionalism, for example, by working toward learning Anishinaabemowin. Her focus also includes the application of Aboriginal and Treaty Rights within Canadian law, the duty to consult and accommodate, and Indigenous dispute resolution.

After articling in Toronto with a leading Canadian law firm, Karen completed a clerkship with the Ontario Court of Appeal and subsequently served as a part-time judicial law clerk with the Federal Court. She previously served as a Commissioner of the Ontario Human Rights Commission, on the Board of Directors of the Indigenous Bar Association, and on the Board of Directors of the Human Rights Legal Support Centre. As a full-time faculty member at Osgoode Hall Law School, Karen teaches courses on Indigenous Peoples and Canadian Law, Indigenous Legal Traditions, Property Law, and Legal Process; she has also served as Co-Director of the Osgoode Mediation Clinic.