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New edition of Aboriginal Law Handbook Now Available!
OKT Law is proud to announce that the 5th edition of the Aboriginal Law Handbook is now available from Thomson Reuters. Click here to see more about the book…
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OKT proud to work alongside Inuvialuit on their landmark child and family services law
November 25, 2021; updated November 26, 2021
“For the first time in modern history, the Inuvialuit have passed a law for the Inuvialuit.” (NNSL Media, Nov. 24, 2021)
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Statement by the Honourable Harry S. LaForme and the Honourable Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré regarding the submission of their report toward the creation of an independent Criminal Case Review Commission
The Honourable Harry S. LaForme and the Honourable Juanita Westmoreland-Traoré today made the following statement upon the submission of their report to the Minister of Justice with recommendations on the…
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Respect and Responsibility: Integrating Indigenous Rights and Private Land Conservation in Canada
This post contains the executive summary of a new report, Respect and Responsibility: Integrating Indigenous Rights and Private Conservation in Canada.
To download the full report, please click here.
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Federal Court Upholds CHRT Decisions re Compensation and Jordan's Principle Eligibility
Today the Federal Court released its decision (linked here) of Canada’s judicial review of the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal “Tribunal”) decisions regarding First Nations children in the child welfare…
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The flags are still flying at half-mast, but has everyone stopped noticing?
After the T’kemlups te Secwepemc Nation discovered 215 bodies of dead First Nations children in unmarked graves on the grounds of a former residential school near its community, the nation…
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Saugeen Ojibway Nation Trial Decision Released
SAUGEEN OJIBWAY NATION TRIAL DECISION RELEASED FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: JULY 29, 2021
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