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# Aboriginal Legal Services
- URL: https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/aboriginal-legal-services/
- Published: 1999-01-02T08:24:00.000Z
- Updated: 2025-03-20T19:21:30.000Z
- Author: Liam Sturgess
- Tags: Profiles, #docs, #organization

**Aboriginal Legal Services (ALS)**, formerly **Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto**, is a Canadian legal services organization based in Toronto, Ontario.

## Organization

ALS is represented as a member of the Indigenous Advisory Group of the [Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Action-Committee-on-Court-Operations-in-Response-to-COVID-19).[\[1\]](#fn1)

### Personnel

ALS's leadership is listed on its website.[\[2\]](#fn2)

| Name               | Position                              | Notes                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                            |
| ------------------ | ------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Karlie Nordstrom   | Vice President                        | Métis Nation Saskatchewan, [Pro Bono Students Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pro-Bono-Students-Canada), Metropolitan Action Committee on Violence Against Women and Children (METRAC), Casey House, Aird & Berlis                                                                                                 |
| Chelsea Young      | Secretary                             | [Pro Bono Students Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Pro-Bono-Students-Canada), [Law Students' Legal Advice Program](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Law-Students-Legal-Advice-Program), Fasken                                                                                                                |
| Basima Roshan      | Treasurer                             | Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC), YMCA of Greater Toronto                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Darian Baskatawang | Director                              | Whitesand First Nation, [Indigenous Bar Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Indigenous-Bar-Association) (IBA), [Advocates' Society](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Advocates-Society), Olthuis Kleer Townshend (OKT), Office of the Prime Minister of Canada, Chiefs of Ontario, Independent First Nations |
| Anette Borger-Snel | Director                              | Humber College                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                   |
| Alexandra Cropp    | Director                              | Norway House Cree Nation, Mokwateh, Norway House Cree Nation Health Centre of Excellence                                                                                                                                                                                                                                         |
| Hugh O'Reilly      | Director                              | Acuity Global, Innovate Cities, Global Risk Institute, [C.D. Howe Institute](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/C-D-Howe-Institute), Namerind Housing Corporation, Orbis Canada, OPTrust                                                                                                                                      |
| Carolyn Parkinson  | Director                              | Sheridan College                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                 |
| Cheyenne Latimer   | Shadow Director                       | Latimer Legal Services                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           |
| Derek James Martin | Shadow Director                       | Nigigoonsiminikaaning First Nation, Morrow Sodali, James and Oak, University of Sydney Law School                                                                                                                                                                                                                                |
| Lori Mishibinijima | Community Council Member[\[3\]](#fn3) | [Indigenous Bar Association](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Indigenous-Bar-Association) (IBA), Osgoode Hall Law School                                                                                                                                                                                                    |

### Funding

ALS is funded by:[\[4\]](#fn4)

- Alnoba Lewis Family Foundation
- Anti-Racism Action Program
- Delta Bingo & Gaming
- [Department of Justice Canada](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Department-of-Justice-Canada)
- Law Foundation of Ontario
- Legal Aid Ontario
- Make Music Better
- Miziwe Biik Aboriginal Employment and Training
- Ontario Arts Council
- Ontario Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services
- [Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care](https://www.whiteroseintelligence.com/Ontario-Ministry-of-Health-and-Long-Term-Care)
- Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
- Service Canada
- Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC)
- Toronto Foundation
- United Way Greater Toronto
- Women and Gender Equality Canada (WAGE)

## External links

- [Website](https://www.aboriginallegal.ca/)
- [X](https://x.com/aboriginalls)

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1. *Terms of Reference - Indigenous Advisory Group.* (2023, October 24). Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. <https://web.archive.org/web/20231120040325/https://www.fja.gc.ca/COVID-19/Terms-of-Reference-for-the-Indigenous-Advisory-Group-Mandat-du-groupe-consultatif-autochone-eng.html> [↩︎](#fnref1)
2. *Board of Directors.* Aboriginal Legal Services. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from <https://www.aboriginallegal.ca/board-of-directors.html> [↩︎](#fnref2)
3. *About the IBA.* Indigenous Bar Association. Retrieved March 12, 2025, from <https://www.indigenousbar.ca/about#leadership> [↩︎](#fnref3)
4. *About Us.* Aboriginal Legal Services. Retrieved March 13, 2025, from <https://www.aboriginallegal.ca/about-us.html> [↩︎](#fnref4)