Manitoba law society to launch mandatory Indigenous training – Law360 Canada

July 12, 2023

This fall, lawyers in Manitoba will have to start taking a new course on Indigenous culture as part of their law society’s competency mandate — something the regulator’s departing president hopes will start a “voyage of understanding and empathy.”

As of Oct. 1, members of the Law Society of Manitoba (LSM) will be called upon to take the regulator’s Indigenous Intercultural Awareness and Competency Training. More commonly known as The Path, it is an online course developed in conjunction with the Canadian Bar Association (CBA).

Put together by digital marketing agency NVision, the course will include content specific to Manitoba.

Indigenous people make up 18 per cent of Manitoba’s population, making it the province with the most Indigenous residents (not including the territories).

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