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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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Supreme Court applies Charter to Indigenous Governments, but protects “Indigenous difference"
Tuesday, April 23, 2024
The Supreme Court’s recent decision in Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin interprets the relationship between individual Charter rights and freedoms, and Indigenous collective rights.1 A majority of…
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Historic Agreement Recognizes Haida Title to Haida Gwaii
Friday, April 19, 2024
On April 14, 2024, the Haida Nation and the Province of British Columbia signed the Gaayhllxid/Gíihlagalgang “Rising Tide” Haida Title Lands Agreement. This Agreement recognizes…
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UNDRIP is now part of Canada’s “domestic positive law”. What does this mean?
Thursday, April 4, 2024
Seventeen years after the UN General Assembly passed the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UNDRIP”), and eight years after Canada endorsed…
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The Charter versus Aboriginal Rights? Supreme Court Releases Decision on Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin
Thursday, March 28, 2024
Today, the Supreme Court released Dickson v Vuntut Gwitchin, 2024 SCC 10 (Dickson), an important decision that interprets the relationship between individual Charter rights and…
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What is the Doctrine of Discovery?
Tuesday, March 26, 2024
What is the Doctrine of Discovery and how does it continue to impact Indigenous peoples today?
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OKT Recognized in the 2024 Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory
Tuesday, March 5, 2024
OKT is proud to announce that we have once again been recognized as a national leader by Lexpert magazine and have been ranked as "Most Frequently…
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