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Aboriginal title can be declared over privately-owned land
Friday, November 15, 2024
The six Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick recently received a precedent-setting decision in their Aboriginal title claim. In Wolastoqey Nations v New Brunswick…
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The Ten Commandments of A Better Relationship
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Ten Commandments for Partnering with First Nations in order to Co-implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous…
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Monuments are one thing, Stare Decisis and Racist Colonial Law is Another
John A. Macdonald was a man of his times. I gather that is the underlying social acceptance that Canada’s early days were days in which racism against Indigenous peoples fuelled…
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OKT’s named partners voted as "Best Lawyers" in Aboriginal Law
On behalf of OKT, I would like to congratulate our founding partners, John Olthuis, Nancy Kleer and Roger Townshend, on being included in the magazine Best Lawyers for their…
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Mattagami First Nation seeks justice for oil spills in territory
Mattagami First Nation has launched a lawsuit against CN Railway for damages caused by two separate train derailments near Gogoma, Ontario. The derailments, which occurred in February and March 2015,…
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Recent Supreme Court decisions fail to embrace promise of UNDRIP and renewed nation to nation relationship
OKT lawyers Krista Nerland, Matt McPherson and Lorraine Land have produced this long-form guide to the Court’s new decisions on the duty to consult…
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OKT’s Summer 2018 Student Recruitment
We are pleased to let law students know that we are recruiting 2L students for Summer 2018 positions in our Toronto office. We may also consider applicants who are interested…
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