Brandon Montour

Brandon Tehsenrehtanion Montour is Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk, Wolf Clan) of Kahnawà:ke and a citizen of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. He is an assistant professor of Indigenous and Aboriginal Law and the founding director of the Institute for Indigenous Law and Resurgence at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law. He holds a B.A with Great Distinction from Concordia, a B.C.L and J.D from McGill, and an LL.M from the University of Toronto where he is completing his S.J.D under John Borrows.

Brandon’s scholarly work and approach to teaching is informed by his lifelong upbringing as a Kahnawà:ke Mohawk. His research is community-focused and geared towards the resurgence of Mohawk and Haudenosaunee law. Brandon has shared his research at community and international forums and has been awarded a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Canada Graduate Scholarship in recognition thereof. His work has been published in the Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law, the Indigenous Law Journal, and the Osgoode Hall Law Journal.

Prior to joining Toronto Metropolitan University, Brandon was a Loveland Research Fellow at the University of Toronto and a Dean’s Graduate Fellow at the University of Victoria where he taught Transsystemic Property Law in the joint degree program in Canadian Common Law and Indigenous Legal Orders. He also teaches in the Professional LLM in Dispute Resolution program at Osgoode Hall Law School.

Brandon has served his community across different roles and organizations including as Chairperson of the Kahnawà:ke Cannabis Control Board and on the board of directors of Kahnawà:ke Shakotia’takehnhas Community Services. In 2025, he was appointed by the Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke as an adjudicator to the inaugural Kahnawà:ke Administrative Tribunal – a cornerstone of the Kahnawà:ke justice system and the first of its kind for a First Nations community in Canada. Brandon hears a broad range of public and private matters, including but not limited to membership and residency, licensing, worker’s compensation, and complaints against elected Chiefs.