Alfred Scow

Alfred John Scow (born April 10, 1927, in Alert Bay, British Columbia, died Feb 26, 2013)^[1] was the first Aboriginal person to graduate from a BC law school, the first Aboriginal lawyer called to the BC bar and the first Aboriginal legally trained judge appointed to the BC Provincial Court.^[2]

Scow attended UBC where he completed 3 years of his undergraduate degree and was awarded an LLB degree.

Judge Scow received numerous awards including the UBC Great Trekker Award, Aboriginal Achievement awards, a UBC Honorary Doctor of Laws Degree in 1997, the Order of Canada in 2000, and the Order of British Columbia in 2004.^[3]

While at the University of British Columbia, Scow played for the Thunderbirds soccer team.^[4]

Scow was also a hereditary chief of the Kwikwasutinuxw of the Kwakwaka'wakw people.^[5]

References

1. Obituary: ‘Trailblazer’ first nations judge Alfred Scow led a life of firsts -- Kwicksutaineuk-ah-kwa-mish First Nation man was most proud of his work on aboriginal issues, by Kim Pemberton, in the Vancouver Sun; published March 6, 2013; retrieved March 24, 2016
2. B.C. Judge Alfred Scow remembered as "aboriginal pioneer", by Yolande Cole, in the Georgia Straight; published March 8, 2013; retrieved March 24, 2016
3. "The Honorable Alfred J. Scow, OC, OBC".
4. "Remembering" (PDF). UBC TREK. No. 33. University of British Columbia. May 2013. p. 45. Retrieved January 4, 2022. A few years before Alfred Scow played varsity soccer and became the first Aboriginal person to graduate from the UBC Faculty of Law, he participated in an important moment in Thunderbird history.
5. Profile of Judge Scow at Save Our Rivers Archived February 11, 2009, at the Wayback Machine

External links

• The Scow Institute
• Profile of Judge Scow at the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation