Marion Buller

Marion Buller became Chancellor of UVic on January 1, 2022.

Buller received her undergraduate degree in anthropology (’75) and her law degree (’87) from UVic. In 1994, Buller became the initial First Nations woman appointed as a BC judge. In 2006, she established and presided in the First Nations Courts—now known as Indigenous Courts—and provided the foundation for the Aboriginal Family Healing Court conferences, meant to incorporate traditional restorative justice principles into sentencing proceedings and child protection matters. She was the chief commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls from 2016 to 2019. She served as both a director and president of the Indigenous Bar Association and has been a member of B.C.’s Law Courts Education Society, the province’s law foundation and the B.C. Police Commission. Buller was commission counsel for the Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice Inquiry and published reports and articles dealing with Aboriginal rights and legal services for First Nations in B.C. Buller has received the Distinguished Alumni Award from the UVic Faculty of Social Sciences and an honorary Doctor of Laws from Thompson Rivers University. She is a member of the Mistawasis Nêhiyawak, a Cree First Nation in Saskatchewan.