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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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Aboriginal rights, conservation and Canada's future - the far reaching implications of the Tsilhqot’in case
The unanimous Supreme Court of Canada’s Tsilhqot’in decision in late June represents an important watershed in Canada’s long and often terrible relationship with the indigenous peoples who were here long…
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In a first for a Canadian court, SCC recognizes Aboriginal title for Tsilhqot'in Nation
Today, the Supreme Court of Canada made a landmark decision on Aboriginal title, by recognizing the land rights of the Tsilhqot’in Nation. This is great news –…
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Aboriginal Title Declared!
The Supreme Court of Canada has unanimously declared that the Tsilhqot’in Nation holds Aboriginal title to its territory in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, 2014 SCC 44. …
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Now available online! Archbishop Desmond Tutu’s keynote speech from As Long As the Rivers Flow conference
This weekend the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation (ACFN) and OKT hosted As Long As the Rivers Flow: Coming Back to the Treaty Relationship in our Time, a conference intended to…
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Articling opportunity 2015-2016
We are currently accepting applications for the 2015-16 articling year. If you have a demonstrated interest in the areas of law we practice, we encourage you to submit your application.…
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Tutu to join national Canadian conversation on treaty rights and reconciliation
Archbishop Desmond Tutu makes a long journey this week, from his home in South Africa to northern Alberta. Why would this Nobel peace prizer winner -- whose moral authority and…
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