BA (Manitoba) JD (Toronto) LLM (Arizona)
Metis Lawyer and Academic, Canada


Research Interests

Indigenous peoples in International Law


Biography

Brenda Gunn B.A. (Manitoba), J.D. (Toronto), LL.M. (Arizona) Brenda is Metis, born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She is currently articling with Sierra Legal Defense Fund in Toronto, Canada. Brenda has taught in the Native Summer Law Program at the University of Saskatchewan.  She has also worked as a researcher in Australia at the Gilbert + Tobin Centre of Public Law, Faculty of Law, UNSW on treaties and at Jumbunna Indigenous House of Learning, UTS researching issues related to international trade law and indigenous communities focusing on NAFTA. During law school, Brenda was actively involved in the Indigenous Law Journal and was the Editor-in-Chief in her final year. Brenda has participated in several United Nations meetings on Indigenous issues including the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues and the Working Group on the Draft Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Brenda is involved in several Aboriginal organizations including the Indigenous Bar Association and Rotiio' Taties Aboriginal Advisory Group, a non-profit organization comprised of Aboriginal lawyers, academics, law students and community member volunteers that advises various bodies on Aboriginal issues arising in law and the legal profession.