Éloïse Ouellet-Décoste is a law professor at the University of Ottawa, where she teaches a mandatory first year course entitled « Indigenous peoples and the Law » which was developed in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Call to Action #28. She is also a PhD candidate in the Département des sciences juridiques at the Université du Québec à Montréal where she works under the supervision of Professor Bernard Duhaime on the righting of violations of the rights of Indigenous peoples.
She was the recipient of a doctoral grant from the Fonds de recherche du Québec – Société et Culture. Ms. Ouellet-Décoste holds a Bachelor of Arts in Environmental Studies and Political Science and a Bachelor of Arts in Bijural Law from McGill University. She also holds a Master’s in International Law from the Geneva Academy of International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights. In addition, Me Ouellet-Décoste has worked for the International Committee of the Red Cross, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the Court of Appeal of Quebec, the Special Claims Tribunal as well as Quebec Native Women Inc. (Femmes Autochtones du Québec) and the Institut de Développement Durable des Premières Nations du Québec et du Labrador.
