Nigel Baker-Grenier

Nigel is of Gitksan and Cree ancestry. He has been a dancer and singer for Dancers of Damelahamid for all of its productions since Sharing the Spirit (2007). He created his first solo piece, Talking Past Each Other, in 2018. Nigel is also a lawyer at White Raven Law. His legal practice focuses on supporting Indigenous governments in asserting their Aboriginal rights and title, as well as navigating environmental, administrative, and natural resources law. Nigel holds a Bachelor of Arts in the History Honours program at the University of British Columbia and a Juris Doctor from the Peter A. Allard School of Law. He is a former Adjunct Professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, where he taught at the Indigenous Community Legal Clinic for several years. Nigel has also researched and published on Gitksan and Cree Indigenous legal orders. He is currently engaged in a three-year Cree language mentorship, funded by First People’s Cultural Council.