Queen’s law professor earns Global Scholar recognition – Queen’s Gazette

Lindsay Borrows joins an international research network for her work exploring Indigenous legal traditions and environmental governance.

When Queen’s researcher Lindsay Borrows (Law) first worked with a coastal First Nation responding to a devastating oil spill, she began thinking differently about law and governance.

She joined community members, scientists, artists, harvesters, Elders, and legal practitioners in discussions about how to heal damaged marine ecosystems that carried cultural, spiritual, and economic importance. The process drew on stories, ceremony, relationships, and collective responsibility to the land and water, reflecting forms of governance and decision-making not typically recognized within conventional legal frameworks.