Meritorious Service Cross

• Awarded on: May 8, 2017
• Invested on: January 26, 2018

Jean Teillet, M.S.C.
Vancouver, British Columbia

Métis lawyer Jean Teillet was instrumental in founding the Métis Nation of Ontario and the Métis Nation Lawyers Association, as well as organizing the first National Aboriginal Moot. An author and pre-eminent lecturer on such issues as human rights, resource development and social justice, she has shaped public policy and helped enshrine the rights of Indigenous peoples into Canadian law.