Английская Википедия:Alfred Scow

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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]

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