Margot HurlbertMargot Hurlbert is a Professor and Canada Research Chair, Tier 1, Climate Change, Energy, and Sustainability Policy of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, University of Regina. She explores the gap between what is needed to address limate change and current policy and behaviour. Margot’s scholarship concerns climate change adaptation and mitigation, energy, Indigenous peoples, water, droughts, floods, water governance and sustainability, and achieving net zero emissions. Margot has led and participated in many academic and industry funded research projects, serves on the editorial boards of international journals, and is a Senior Research Fellow of the Earth Systems Governance Project. Margot was Coordinating Lead Author of a chapter of the Special Report of the Intergovernmental Panel (“IPCC”) on ‘Climate Change on Land’ (2019) and a Review Editor and Contributing Author for the IPCC’s AR6 (WGI and WGII)(2021/2022). She also worked on Future Earth’s Earth Commission Working Group on Transformations (2019-2022) and is an expert panel member on ‘Adaptation’ for the Canadian Climate Institute and on the Research Board of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). I entered law school because I had a passion for justice. I eagerly embarked on a practice of law, but soon realized courts and the Canadian legal system always arrived at legal justice. But legal justice often isn’t the same as, nor does it achieve, substantive justice. As I have sought justice, and continue to do so, I seek a world without oppression and discrimination, where everyone has the same opportunities and life chances. To achieve this the words and knowledge of people that are oppressed and discriminated against need to be heard. I am a supporter, an ally that walks with and beside Indigenous peoples and visible minorities. I am part of the cheering crowd, not standing in front nor hiding behind. We are a team of community-based researchers who engage in ethical Indigenous research. All our work is informed by our longstanding respectful and reciprocal relationships with Indigenous communities. Our main goal is to promote Indigenous Peoples’ sovereignty and self-determination through research. Studies argue that self-determination is the key to closing Indigenous inequities (Reading & Wien, 2009). Particularly, this research will help address the water crises within remote Indigenous communities by highlighting community-led water management and protection. The research will benefit the community by enhancing access to safe drinking water while promoting Indigenous-led water governance. Read More Read Less