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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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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?
Click on the video link below to hear from Harry…
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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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OKT Podcast - Overview of the Reference on Bill C-92
Tuesday, February 20, 2024
We are excited to introduce the inaugural episode of the OKT podcast!
In this debut installment, Jesse Abell, Krista Nerland, and Judith Rae discuss the intricacies…
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Supreme Court upholds First Nations’ rights to self-govern in child and family services
Friday, February 9, 2024
This morning, the Supreme Court of Canada released a unanimous decision in the C-92 Reference (Attorney General (Quebec) v Attorney General (Canada), 2024 SCC 5.)…
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