Name Alfred Scow | Died February 26, 2013 | |
Education University of British Columbia Faculty of Law | ||
Alfred scow ubc alumni achievement award winner
Alfred John Scow (born April 10, 1927, in Alert Bay, British Columbia, died Feb 26, 2013) was the first Aboriginal person to graduate from a BC law school, the first Aboriginal lawyer called to the BC bar and the first Aboriginal legally trained judge appointed to the BC Provincial Court.
Judge Scow received numerous awards including the UBC Great Trekker Award, Aboriginal Achievement awards, a UBC Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree, the Order of Canada, and the Order of British Columbia.
Scow was also a hereditary chief of the Kwikwasutinuxw of the Kwakwaka'wakw people.
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