b'COVER STORYBEAR MOONINTERGENERATIONAL COURAGE By Rick GarrickPhoto Credit: Nadya Kwandibens / Red Kimberly MurrayWorks Photography.remembers her roots along her journey for Indigenous justiceK imberly Murray didnt always want to be a lawyer. Now an associate professor at Queens University, she recalls the time she real-ized she wanted to pursue a career in law while working at a legal aid clinic in downtown Toronto.When I went to law school, I didnt really know if I wanted to be a lawyer. But once I was in law school and I participated in the Parkdale Community Legal Clinic Program, where I worked in downtown Toronto, I realized this was the type of law I wanted to practice, says Murray, a Kanehsat:ke Mohawk Nation citizen who holds an LLM and LLB from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University. I was actually at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto and there was a panel of community members talking about police violence against Indigenous people in the city of Toronto. There was a lawyer on that panel who worked at Aboriginal Legal Services and I just remember thinking to myself, I want that persons job.And Murray succeededafter completing law school, she launched her legal career at Aboriginal Legal Services. I was there for 15 years practicing law in the city of Toronto, serving Indigenous people, mostly people that were on the streets of Toronto, and doing things like police complaints, human rights cases, social assistance, helping people get housingall those important things that people need help with in a city like Toronto, Murray 18 Fall/Winter 2025'