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Rebeca Macias Gimenez is an Assistant Professor at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, specializing in environmental law, Indigenous peoples law, and trans-systemic comparative law. She teaches courses such as Constitutional Law and Indigenous Peoples Canadian State Law at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Rebeca holds a Ph.D. from the University of Victoria, an LLM from the University of Calgary, and a Bachelor of Law from the Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais in Brazil. Her academic career includes a postdoctoral fellowship at the University of Alberta, where she explored the articulation of legal principles related to Dunne-za Cree legal orders and Treaty 8 for land and natural resource decision-making. Currently, she is engaged in research supported by SSHRC Insight Grant, focusing on the implications of cumulative industrial development effects on Aboriginal Treaty rights, which demands a renewed interpretation of historic treaties in Alberta and British Columbia, particularly regarding Indigenous self-government initiatives.
Department: Mechanical Engineering and Engineering Management