Category Archives: Aboriginal
Indigenous Engagement and Consideration in the Newly Proposed Impact Assessment Act: The Fog Persists
By: David V. Wright PDF Version: Indigenous Engagement and Consideration in the Newly Proposed Impact Assessment Act: The Fog Persists Bill Commented On: Bill C-69, An Act to enact the Impact Assessment Act and the Canadian Energy Regulator Act, to amend … Continue reading
Tracing the Likeness of Colten Boushie in the Law Classroom
By: Lisa A. Silver PDF Version: Tracing the Likeness of Colten Boushie in the Law Classroom On January 29, 2018, the nation’s gaze was decidedly fixed on Battleford, Saskatchewan where the second-degree murder trial of Gerald Stanley was commencing. From that … Continue reading
Court Confirms that Good Faith Fulfilment of Modern Treaties is Essential to the Project of Reconciliation
By: Nigel Bankes PDF Version: Court Confirms that Good Faith Fulfilment of Modern Treaties is Essential to the Project of Reconciliation Case Commented On: First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v Yukon, 2017 SCC 58 (CanLII) In this unanimous decision authored by Justice … Continue reading
Ktunaxa Nation: On the “Spiritual Focal Point of Worship” Test
By: Howard Kislowicz and Senwung Luk PDF Version: Ktunaxa Nation: On the “Spiritual Focal Point of Worship” Test Case Commented On: Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), 2017 SCC 54 (CanLII) On 2 November 2017, the … Continue reading
Silencing the Qat’muk Grizzly Bear Spirit
By: David Laidlaw PDF Version: Silencing the Qat’muk Grizzly Bear Spirit Case Commented On: Ktunaxa Nation v British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), 2017 SCC 54 (CanLII) In the course of reading the recent decision of the Supreme Court … Continue reading
