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The Way It Is – Our Growing and Necessary Re-Connection to Indigenous Laws
June 1 2023
By Tumia Knott, spaləl̕
Apply Now! 2023 Indigenous Law Student Scholarship
May 19 2023
By First Peoples Law LLP
Now What? Next Steps for Uprooting the Doctrine of Discovery
April 13 2023
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Initial Thoughts on Today's Announcement from the Catholic Church
March 30 2023
By Bruce McIvor
In Brief: Jim Shot Both Sides, et al. v. His Majesty the King
March 16 2023
By Kate Gunn and Tyler Swan
200 Years of Denial: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery
March 2 2023
By Bruce McIvor
The Alberta “Sovereignty” Act and Indigenous Jurisdiction
February 2 2023
By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil
Hot off the Press! Indigenous Peoples and the Law in Canada 2023
January 19 2023
By Kate Gunn, Geneva Lloyd and Cody O'Neil
Indigenous Rights 2022 Year in Review
January 5 2023
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Indigenous Hunting Rights and the NRTA: Case Comment on R. v. Green
December 1 2022
By Kate Gunn and Nisha Sikka
Indigenous Jurisdiction and Bill C-92 at the Supreme Court of Canada
October 26 2022
By Kate Gunn
First Peoples Law Expands into Ontario
October 3 2022
By First Peoples Law LLP
Meet the Recipient of our 2022 Indigenous Law Student Scholarship!
September 29 2022
Justice O’Bonsawin and the Supreme Court of Canada
August 31 2022
By Bruce McIvor
Indigenous Jurisdiction and the Charter at the Supreme Court: Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation
August 3 2022
By Kate Gunn
Consent, Indigenous Rights and the Tahltan Agreement
July 6 2022
By Kate Gunn
2022 Indigenous Law Student Scholarship
June 3 2022
By First Peoples Law LLP
Denouncing Denial: BC’s New Directives on Civil Litigation Involving Indigenous Peoples
May 25 2022
By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay
Apply Now: Introduction to the Defence of Indigenous Rights
April 20 2022
By First Peoples Law LLP
The Cost of Denial: Case Comment on Anderson v. Alberta
April 13 2022
By Kate Gunn
Hot off the Press! Annotated Aboriginal Law 2022
February 2 2022
By First Peoples Law LLP
Whose Rule of Law? Case Comment on CN Rail v. Doe
January 26 2022
By Kate Gunn
Indigenous Rights Year in Review
January 5 2022
By Bruce McIvor
The Over-Representation of Indigenous People in Prison
November 24 2021
The Honourable Harry S. LaForme
Advance Costs and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court
November 9 2021
By Kate Gunn
Rebuilding Canada’s Flawed Foundation: Case Comment on Canada v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society
October 27 2021
By Kate Gunn
Made of Sterner Stuff—The Problem with Allies
September 29 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Meet the Recipients of our 2021 Indigenous Law Student Scholarship!
September 22 2021
Upholding Obligations and Compensating Wrongs: Case Comment on Southwind v. Canada
July 22 2021
By Kate Gunn
Time is of the Essence: Treaty Rights and Cumulative Impacts in Yahey v. British Columbia
July 8 2021
By Kate Gunn
Residential Schools and Reconciliation: A Canada Day Proposal
June 16 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Who are the ‘Aboriginal Peoples of Canada’?: Case Comment on R. v. Desautel
May 27 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Footing the Bill: The Supreme Court Weighs in on the Costs of Indigenous Rights Litigation
April 15 2021
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Reconciling Interests, Upholding Indigenous Land Rights: Aboriginal Title Cases to Watch
March 18 2021
By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay
A Monument to Indigenous & Environmental Racism: BC Doubles Down on Site C Dam
March 3 2021
By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor
Reclaiming the Law Part 2: Indigenous Law Students in Conversation
February 17 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Hot off the Press: 2021 Annotated Aboriginal Law by First Peoples Law
February 3 2021
By Angela D'Elia Decembrini and Kate Gunn
Annotated Aboriginal Law 2021
January 27 2021
By Bruce McIvor
Indigenous Law & Canadian Courts
January 20 2021
By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil
Indigenous Rights Year in Review
January 6 2021
By Bruce McIvor
First Peoples Law Multimedia List
December 27 2020
By Bruce McIvor
A Cold Rain Falls: Canada’s Proposed UNDRIP Legislation
December 16 2020
By Bruce McIvor
Decolonizing Justice: Case Comment on R. v. Turtle
November 18 2020
By Angela D'Elia Decembrini
Treaty Implementation: The Crown’s Ongoing Failure
November 4 2020
By Kate Gunn
Who are the ‘Aboriginal peoples’ of Canada?
October 21 2020
By Bruce McIvor
The Marshall Decision and Mi’kmaq Commercial Fishing Rights: An Explainer
October 8 2020
By Angela D'Elia Decembrini
Open Letter to Prime Minister Trudeau and Premier McNeil Re: Sipekne’katik Treaty-Based Fishery
October 1 2020
Righting the Wrongs of Colonization?: Cases to Watch at the Supreme Court of Canada
September 9 2020
By Kate Gunn
Indigenous Food Sovereignty and COVID-19
August 26 2020
By Angela D’Elia Decembrini
Reconciliation as a Massive Failure
August 12 2020
By Bruce McIvor
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