The Law In Society Program and the Department of Sociology presents the 2016 Nels Anderson Lecture âSovereignty Changes Everything: Understanding Canadaâs Commitment to Nation to Nation Relations with First Nationsâ by Dr. Pamela Palmater, a Miâkmaw lawyer, author, and social justice activist from Eel River Bar First nation in New Brunswick and currently Chair in Indigenous Governance at Ryerson University.