Tania Talebzadeh-Takiyeh

Tania Talebzadeh-Takiyeh is first-generation Iranian and a graduate from the JD/JID (Joint Degree with Indigenous legal orders) program at the University of Victoria. 

Tania spent last summer working for Northern Indigenous communities in OKT’s Yellowknife office and is now an Articling student in the Toronto office.

Prior to law school, Tania completed her Bachelor of Arts at the University of British Columbia, where she focused on her people’s treaty obligations.

Tania’s legal career includes consulting the Shuswap Nation Tribal Council on housing their Child and Family laws, developing a Justice program in Victoria, BC focusing on the implementation of Indigenous laws throughout release mechanisms, and drafting an amicus curiae to support International Indigenous guardianship over waterways.