Reconciliation as a Massive Failure Denial and violence is at the heart of Canada’s past and present Dr Bruce McIvor
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
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
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
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
April 2020 Alternative to Private Practice In-house counsel at a First Nations organization Grant Christoff
February 2020 Canada’s Response to the Overrepresentation of Indigenous Children in Care Frances Rosner
December 2019 BC Leads Canada on the Implementation of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples If passed, Bill 41 would pave the way for the recognition of Indigenous peoples’ rights in BC by developing a framework for a dialogue between the... Frances Rosner
December 2019 Tsleil-Waututh Nation on Media Relations How TWN navigates the media Chief Leah George-Wilson