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As a lawyer and an information professional at Woodward, Kate brings extensive practical experience in legal research, evaluating systems and structures through intersectional frameworks, and advocating for transformative change. Kate is passionately committed to leveraging her unique skillset to support Indigenous peoples in upholding and advancing their inherent rights, self-determination, and jurisdiction.
Kate first joined the firm as an articling student in 2024 and returned in 2025 as Special Projects Lawyer, where she collaborated with the leadership team to create policies, resources, and systems that uphold best practices in an environment of reconciliation. In her current role, Kate focuses primarily on advocating for Section 35 rights and seeking processes and resolutions informed by Indigenous nations’ legal traditions and laws.
Kate holds a Juris Doctor with a Certificate in Aboriginal and Indigenous Laws (2024) from the Schulich School of Law and a Master of Information (2024) from Dalhousie University. Her academic background also includes a Master of Arts in English (2020) and a Bachelor of Arts in English with First Class Honours (2018) from the University of Calgary.
During law school, Kate served as the Library Intern and Reference Assistant at the Sir James Dunn Law Library, where she gained extensive legal research, law librarianship, and archival experience. She also worked as a research assistant supporting projects revitalizing Mi’kmaq laws and governance, and published an open-access Indigenous Laws Citation Guide in collaboration with the Lnuwey Dêbludaqan Wiguom (Mìgmaq Law Lodge). Her past leadership roles include serving as Co-President of the Dalhousie Indigenous Law Students Association and President of the National Indigenous Law Students Association.
Kate is proudly Red River Métis and a citizen of the Otipemisiwak Métis Government.