Kent Roach is Professor of Law at the University of Toronto Faculty of Law. He is the award-winning author of seventeen books, including Canadian Justice and Indigenous Injustice: The Gerald Stanley and Colten Boushie Case (shortlisted for the Shaughnessy Cohen Prize for Political Writing). He has also written over 275 articles and chapters published around the world. He served as volume lead for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Report on the Legacy of Residential Schools. In 2015, he was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada.