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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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SCC case will affect expert witnesses in Aboriginal rights cases (WBLI v Abbott and Haliburton)
A few weeks ago, the Supreme Court of Canada released their decision in WBLI v Abbott and Haliburton, a long awaited case on the issue of impartiality of expert witnesses.…
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Saik'uz and Stellat'en case opens up new legal options for First Nations to sue industry
A First Nations’ lawsuit against a private company for harming Aboriginal rights can go to trial, says BC Court of Appeal in Saik’uz First Nation and Stellat’en…
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Post-secondary Aboriginal institutes achieve milestone
The new Ontario budget marks the beginning of an exciting new path for First Nations’ education in Ontario, with the inclusion of $5 million in new funding for Aboriginal Institutes…
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What Canada can learn from the World (Bank)
Canada, and its past 40 years of legal cases wrestling with Aboriginal land rights, has something to contribute to the global conversation on sustainable land use and reducing poverty. I…
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OKT congratulates moot participants
OKT was proud to be part of two recent moot competitions. These competitions place law students in mock courtrooms or around negotiation tables to develop their oral advocacy skills and…
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Bill C-51 could be a blank cheque to the government to stifle Indigenous dissent
Never ones to let a crisis go to waste, the federal government has tabled a bill in Parliament to give itself new powers…
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