Deborah Curran is a Professor at the University of Victoria in the Faculty of Law and School of Environmental Studies (Faculty of Social Sciences), and the Executive Director of the Environmental Law Centre where she works with students on environmental law cases for community and Indigenous organizations across British Columbia, Canada. Deborah’s work is in the areas of land and water law, with a particular focus on environmental protection and collaborative governance, municipal sustainability, healthy foodscapes, and how Indigenous law is shaping colonial law. Deborah has spent the past 20 years working with local governments on sustainable communities and green bylaws, and teaches a national field course in Reconciliation, Ecology and Place-based Law.