Delia Opekokew ’77 – the first Indigenous woman to be called in 1979 to the Ontario and Saskatchewan bars – receives honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) degree from Law Society of Ontario

• Main Author: Office of External Relations & Communications
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Osgoode Digital Commons 2019
• Subjects: Canada; Indian; Tonkin; First Nations
• Online Access: https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/ovations/365; https://perma.cc/AU7B-SCNP

TORONTO, ON — The Law Society of Ontario presented a degree of Doctor of Laws, honoris causa (LLD), to distinguished Indigenous advocate Delia Opekokew at its Call to the Bar ceremony today at Roy Thomson Hall in Toronto. The Law Society awards honorary doctorates at Call ceremonies each year to dis...