Indigenous Laws and Trans-Pacific Trade | Lois autochtones et commerce transpacifiqueÂ

Led by Pooja Parmar, Associate Professor of Law, President's Chair in Law and Indigeneity in a Global Context, and CAPI Senior Research Fellow, and in collaboration with Awi Mona, Professor and Director of the Department of Institute of Financial and Economic Law, National Dong Hwa University (NDHU) in Taiwan, this project will deliver a two-part innovative symposium designed to strengthen capacity of Indigenous communities to further implement the Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement (IPETCA). This project will be delivered through two conferences, the first will be hosted over two days by UVic from 22-23 May 2025, and the second by NDHU's Department of Law in Taiwan from 14-16 May 2026. The conferences will center Indigenous laws, ethics and principles governing trade relations, economic empowerment, ecological balance and wellbeing. The project seeks to strengthen Canada's commitments to working with Indigenous partners in Canada and the Indo-Pacific region, remove barriers for Indigenous economic empowerment, and facilitate trading relationships.
2025 Photos
2026 Conference Program
2025 Conference Program
Principal Collaborators
Pooja Parmar
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law;
President's Chair in Law and Indigeneity in a Global Context, UVic

Awi Mona
Professor and Director of the Department of Institute of Financial and Economic Law,
National Dong Hwa University
Rapporteur

Rebecca Wong
This project is funded by:












