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The BC Human Rights Tribunal Leads the Way for the Implementation of UNDRIP

The BC Human Rights Tribunal Leads the Way for the Implementation of UNDRIP

The BC Human Rights Tribunal is at the forefront for implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (“UNDRIP”), in keeping with BC’s commitment to...

 Frances Rosner 

Environmental Sustainability and Customary Indigenous Law

December 2020

Environmental Sustainability and Customary Indigenous Law

Indigenous artists are incorporating customary laws into environmental sustainability efforts to move into a climate friendly future. Customary Law encompasses Indigenous elder teachings of...

Randolph W. Robinson

70K Legal Battle Leads to Finding that the MCFD Made Unauthorized Orders on a Parent

October 2020

70K Legal Battle Leads to Finding that the MCFD Made Unauthorized Orders on a Parent

When parents become involved with the Ministry of Children and Family Development (“MCFD”) following a child protection report, one of the potential responses is the creation of safety...

White Buffalo Calf Woman Teachings

October 2020

White Buffalo Calf Woman Teachings

Human sexuality and the law

Troy Hunter

Reconciliation as a Massive Failure

August 2020

Reconciliation as a Massive Failure

Denial and violence is at the heart of Canada’s past and present

Dr Bruce McIvor

First Nations’ Injunctions & Unfairness

August 2020

First Nations’ Injunctions & Unfairness

When an injunction is sought by First Nations (“FN”) people, it is often rejected. Large corporations and provincial authorities, conversely, have considerably more success obtaining...

Carrie Robinson

Cutting Connections to Indigenous Children in Care During COVID-19

June 2020

Cutting Connections to Indigenous Children in Care During COVID-19

In response to COVID-19, the Ministry of Children and Family Development (“MCFD”) developed and implemented a blanket policy suspending in-person visits between children in care and...

Frances Rosner

Exercising Indigenous Sovereignty in the Pandemic

June 2020

Exercising Indigenous Sovereignty in the Pandemic

Although this pandemic has brought major shifts in the ways we are working, relating, and coping with new realities of daily life, the tide of Rights Recognition seems to have largely remained...

Dallas Tooshkenig & Patricia Barkaskas

Indigenous Smudging and Hoop Dancing Prayer Will Continue in Alberni District No. 70

April 2020

Indigenous Smudging and Hoop Dancing Prayer Will Continue in Alberni District No. 70

On January 8, 2020, The Honourable Mr. Justice Thompson decided that exposure to an Indigenous smudging ceremony and prayer associated with traditional hoop dancing in a Port Alberni elementary...

Frances Rosner

Alternative to Private Practice

April 2020

Alternative to Private Practice

In-house counsel at a First Nations organization

Grant Christoff

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