Anita Cardinal

First Year of Call

Areas of Practice
Class Actions

Description
Anita is Nêhiyaw (Cree) and a member of Woodland Cree First Nation situated on Treaty 8 Territory but currently lives in Edmonton with her family. Anita is a new lawyer who aims to work towards justice, truth and upholding Treaty Rights. She entered law school already being in the profession as a paralegal for over a decade and she has been fortunate to work on many class action files here at Cooper Regel such as the Sixties Scoop and Forced Sterilization of Indigenous Women in Alberta and B.C (her mother is the Representative Plaintiff in the AB Class Action). She obtained her Juris Doctor in April of 2022 at the University of Alberta Faculty of Law, where she served as President of the Indigenous Law Students Association for 2 terms and at the same time served as President of the National Indigenous Law Students Association and as a Student Representative for the Indigenous Bar Association. She sits on various boards in the province and is also the founder of Indigenous Runner YEG and the Race Director and organizer for the Annual Orange Shirt Day Run/Walk in Edmonton held on the National Day For Truth and Reconciliation. She is passionate about trail running and supporting diversity in the sport but she is most passionate about her family and providing a strong voice for human rights issues and children in care.