By Sanuda Ranawake  Local Journalism Initiative Reporter THE TELEGRAM Jolene Ashini will soon be the first Labrador Innu person to be called to the bar in Newfoundland and Labrador. Ashini currently lives in Ontario where she completed her education and will soon be called to the bar in Ontario. Following this, she will begin her application to be called to the bar in Newfoundland and Labrador. Among her many achievements, she was also awarded the Royal Society of Canada’s Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella Prize, which, according to Ashini, “is awarded to graduating law students in each Canadian law school, who are most likely to positively influence equity and social justice, and Canada, or globally upon graduation.” Ashini said being a lawyer was something she always knew was coming. “It

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