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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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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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Southwind v. Canada: Equitable Compensation for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
Southwind v. Canada: Equitable Compensation for Breaches of Fiduciary Duty
Justice Binnie’s famous remarks in Wewaykum Indian Band v. Canada[1] about the Crown “wearing many hats” have since…
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OKT's Statement of Solidarity with Residential School Survivors
The discovery of bodies of 215 Indigenous children on the grounds of Kamloops Residential School is devastating beyond words. All of us at OKT grieve with our friends, colleagues, clients…
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Indigenous Laws in the Context of Conservation
To successfully build Nation-to-Nation and Crown-to-Inuit relationships that recognize and reconcile Crown and Indigenous jurisdictions and authorities, Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) governance arrangements must find ways to…
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