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Andrew Ambers

Andrew Ambers
Position
Indigenous Internationalism Research Fellow (BIG)
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Indigenous Internationalism Research Fellow

Andrew Ambers is from the ‘Namgis and Ma’amtagila First Nations of the Kwakwaka’wakw Peoples. He is currently completing the Juris Doctor (JD) / Juris Indigenarum Doctor (JID) program at the 樱花影视, Faculty of Law. At the Borders in Globalization Research Lab, Ambers is the Indigenous Internationalism Research Fellow, where he researches Indigenous legal orders, international law, and the incorporation of international law into domestic Canadian law. He is currently working on establishing Aboriginal water rights, advancing Indigenous cross border rights, and clarifying the relationship between Indigenous and Canadian law to strengthen the incorporation of UNDRIP into Canadian law. 

Publications

  • Ambers, Andrew, & Jeff Corntassel. “Indigenous Internationalism and Kinship Diplomacy: The Relational Dimensions of Indigenous International Law.” Rooted: A Publication on Indigenous Law, 2025.
  • Ambers, Andrew, & Rachel George. “Fluid Internationalisms: The Ocean as a Source and Forum of Indigenous International Law.” Borders in Globalization Review, 2024.
  • Ambers, Andrew. “The River’s Legal Personhood: A Branch Growing on Canada’s Multi-Juridical Living Tree.” The Arbutus Review, 2022.

Works in progress

  • Ambers, Andrew. “Indigenous Cross Border Rights.” In Elgar Concise Encyclopedia of Law and Indigenous Peoples Rights (Edward Elgar Publishing).
  • Ambers, Andrew, & Jeff Corntassel. “Indigenous International Law and Treaty-Making: Reimagining the Relationship Between Indigenous and State Law.” In Indigenous Theories of International Law (Oxford University Press).
  • Corntassel, Jeff, Andrew Ambers, and Shane Baker. “Indigenous Internationalisms: Transcending State Borders through Community Diplomacies, Treaties, and Trade Networks.” In Non-state Actors, Diplomacies, and Canadian-Linked External Relationships (University of Toronto Press).
  • Ambers, Andrew, Carey Newman, & Jeremy Mendes. “The Seedling: Transforming Climate Through Art and Awi’nakola.” Memory Studies Review.
  • Ambers, Andrew. “Indigenous Nations and International Law: Identifying, Sourcing, and Applying Indigenous International Law.” Proceedings of the American Society of International Law Annual Meeting.