This week's edition includes injunctions, Indigenous food sovereignty, climate change, colonial policing, environmental racism, cross-border rights, #1492LandBackLane, #SipeknekatikStrong and more.
IN THE NEWS
Mi’kmaq continue to defend their inherent and Treaty rights on the land and water
First Peoples Law is a law firm dedicated to defending and advancing the rights of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. We work closely with First Nations to defend their Aboriginal title, rights and Treaty rights, uphold their Indigenous laws and governance and ensure economic prosperity for their members.
It was a real honour to join my friends and colleagues Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond and Val Napoleon this week for a webinar on "Allyship" as part of the Alternative Dispute Resolution Institute of Canada's ongoing commitment to legal education.
It was also great to see how many people across northern Ontario tuned in for a webinar on environmental racism I co-presented with Councillor Mary Laronde, Teme-Augama Anishinabai.
My colleague Kate Gunn and I recently had the honour of representing the Indigenous Bar Association on their intervention in the Desautel appeal at the Supreme Court of Canada. Check out my blog post on our submissions, including a video recording.
On October 28th, I'll be presenting on the duty to consult and UNDRIP at the PBLI's conference on recent developments in Aboriginal and Indigenous law.
Bruce McIvor, lawyer and historian, is principal of First Peoples Law Corporation. He is also an Adjunct Professor at the University of British Columbia’s Allard School of Law where he teaches the constitutional law of Aboriginal and Treaty rights. Bruce is a proud Métis from the Red River in Manitoba. He holds a Ph.D. in Aboriginal and environmental history and is a Fulbright Scholar. A member of the bar in British Columbia and Ontario, Bruce is recognized nationally and internationally as a leading practitioner of Aboriginal law in Canada.
