W. Thomas Molloy, is a Canadian

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 lawyer, treaty

Treaty

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 negotiator, and Chancellor

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 of the University of Saskatchewan

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Born in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, he received a Bachelor of Arts

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 degree from St. Thomas More College and a Bachelor of Laws

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 degree from the University of Saskatchewan both in 1964. He is a member of the Saskatchewan and Alberta Bars

Law Society of Alberta

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. He is a counsel with the Saskatoon law firm of MacPherson Leslie & Tyerman LLP.

He was the Chief Negotiator for the Government of Canada

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 in the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement.

He is the author of the book, The World is Our Witness: The Historic Journey of the Nisga'a into Canada.

In 1996, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada

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for "his integrity, commitment to a just settlement and personable rapport".