In 2004, Gordon Christie joined the Faculty of Law at the University of British Columbia as an associate professor. Before this appointment, he worked as an assistant professor at Osgoode Hall Law School (York University), Central Michigan University and Lakehead University. He earned a law degree from the University of Victoria and a PhD from the University of California, Santa Barbara. Professor Christie is originally from Inuvik, Northwest Territories, and his mother's family is Inupiat-Inuvialuit.