Feb 14, 2024
Vancouver, BC – The Langara College Board of Governors is pleased to welcome a new member, Nick Smith, appointed by the provincial government for an initial term beginning December 8, 2023, through to July 31, 2025. He attended his first board meeting on January 25, 2024.
Nick is a lawyer at Miller Titerle Law Corporation (MT+Co), specializing in Indigenous business. He is of Cree and European descent, and his family is from the Ermineskin Cree Nation (a Treaty 6 Nation). In his practice, Nick works primarily with First Nations and Indigenous-owned businesses and not-for-profit societies. He provides a range of solicitor services, including those relating to economic development, governance, and government-to-government agreements, and supports the ongoing implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada.
Nick previously worked for a global law firm in Vancouver and holds a Bachelor of Applied Science in Civil Engineering from the University of British Columbia and a Juris Doctor from the Peter A. Allard School of Law at UBC. Nick is active in his community as a mentor to law students through the Canadian Bar Association (BC Branch) mentorship program, an alumnus of the Indigenous legal studies program at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, and a member of the Indigenous Bar Association. At MT+Co., Nick is the representative for the firm’s associate lawyers and sits on the student committee, and in his personal life, Nick loves competitive athletic activities.
About snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓ Langara College
Located in beautiful Vancouver, B.C., Canada, Langara College provides post-secondary education to more than 19,000 students annually. With more than 1,700 courses and 130 programs, Langara's expansive academic breadth and depth allows students of all ages, backgrounds, and life stages to choose their own educational path. Langara is also known as snəw̓eyəɬ leləm 'house of teachings', a name given to it by Musqueam, on whose unceded traditional territory the College is located.
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Mark Dawson
Manager, Public Affairs
Langara College
mdawson@langara.ca
