Beverly Jacobs
, University of Windsor

Beverly Jacobs, CM, LLB, LLM, PhD, Mohawk Nation of the Haundenosaunee Confederacy, Bear Clan, was recently appointed as Senior Advisor to the President on Indigenous Relations and Outreach at the University of Windsor and she practices law part-time at her home community of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. Her research focuses on Indigenous Legal Orders, Indigenous Wholistic Health, Indigenous Research Methodologies, and Decolonization of Eurocentric Law. Beverly obtained a Bachelor of Law Degree from the University of Windsor in 1994, a Master of Law Degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2000 and a PhD from the University of Calgary in 2018. Dr. Jacobs is a former President of the Native Women's Association of Canada (2004 to 2009). Beverly has been appointed as Indigenous Human Rights Monitor with the Mohawak Institute Residential School Survivors' Secretariat, established in 2021 to organize and support efforts to uncover, document, and share the truth about what happened at the Mohawk Institute during its 136 years of operation. Beverly is a consultant, researcher, writer, and public speaker. Her work centers around ending gendered colonial violence against Indigenous people and restoring Indigenous laws, beliefs and traditions. A prolific scholar, her published work has earned her numerous awards; her research combined with her advocacy has translated into national and international recognition.