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UBC Professors’ Attempt to Deny the Facts of Law and History

By The Honourable Harry S. LaForme & Bruce McIvor

UNDRIP at the Federal Court: Case Comment on Kebaowek First Nation v. Canadian Nuclear Laboratories

By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay

In Brief: Wolastoqey Nations v. New Brunswick and Canada

January 23 2025

2024 Indigenous Rights Year in Review

By First Peoples Law LLP

Indigenous Self-Determination & Canada’s National Parks

November 28 2024

By Kate Gunn and Caitlin Stockwell

In Brief: New Tool for Enforcing Indigenous Laws

By Michael Davidson

Holding the Crown to Account: Restoule v. Ontario

Supreme Court of Canada Restoule Decision Released

By First Peoples Law LLP

Indigenous Sovereignty at the Supreme Court: Case Comment on Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

In Brief: Thomas v. Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 2024 BCCA 62

Just released! Indigenous Peoples and the Law in Canada: Cases and Commentary 2024

February 22 2024

By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil

The Troubling Basis for the Supreme Court’s Child Welfare Law Decision

February 12 2024

By Bruce McIvor

Reframing Aboriginal Rights: R. c. Montour

January 18 2024

By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil

2023 Indigenous Rights Year in Review

By First Peoples Law LLP

Indigenous Rights and Marine Spaces: Chippewas of Nawash v. Canada

November 30 2023

Treaty Rights at the Supreme Court of Canada: Restoule Appeal

November 2 2023

By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil

Limitations Legislation and Treaty Rights at the Supreme Court

October 26 2023

By First Peoples Law LLP

Aboriginal Rights as a Tool of Colonialism

September 29 2023

By Bruce McIvor

Aboriginal Rights as a Tool of Colonialism: Part Four

September 29 2023

By Bruce McIvor

Aboriginal Rights as a Tool of Colonialism: Part Three

September 28 2023

By Bruce McIvor

Aboriginal Rights as a Tool of Colonialism: Part Two

September 27 2023

By Bruce McIvor

Aboriginal Rights as a Tool of Colonialism: Part One

September 26 2023

By Bruce McIvor

Reconciliation and Aboriginal Title: Case Comment on The Nuchatlaht v British Columbia

By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay

The Way It Is – Our Growing and Necessary Re-Connection to Indigenous Laws

By Tumia Knott, spaləl̕

Now What? Next Steps for Uprooting the Doctrine of Discovery

By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor

Initial Thoughts on Today's Announcement from the Catholic Church

By Bruce McIvor

In Brief: Jim Shot Both Sides, et al. v. His Majesty the King

By Kate Gunn and Tyler Swan

200 Years of Denial: Johnson v. M’Intosh and the Doctrine of Discovery

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

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

Indigenous Jurisdiction and the Charter at the Supreme Court: Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation

Consent, Indigenous Rights and the Tahltan Agreement

Denouncing Denial: BC’s New Directives on Civil Litigation Involving Indigenous Peoples

By Kate Gunn and Nico McKay

Apply Now: Introduction to the Defence of Indigenous Rights

By First Peoples Law LLP

The Cost of Denial: Case Comment on Anderson v. Alberta

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

Indigenous Rights Year in Review

By Bruce McIvor

Advance Costs and Indigenous Rights at the Supreme Court

November 9 2021

Made of Sterner Stuff—The Problem with Allies

September 29 2021

By Bruce McIvor

Residential Schools and Reconciliation: A Canada Day Proposal

By Bruce McIvor

Who are the ‘Aboriginal Peoples of Canada’?: Case Comment on R. v. Desautel

By Bruce McIvor

Footing the Bill: The Supreme Court Weighs in on the Costs of Indigenous Rights Litigation

By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor

A Monument to Indigenous & Environmental Racism: BC Doubles Down on Site C Dam

By Kate Gunn and Bruce McIvor

Indigenous Law & Canadian Courts

January 20 2021

By Kate Gunn and Cody O'Neil

Indigenous Rights Year in Review

By Bruce McIvor

Decolonizing Justice: Case Comment on R. v. Turtle

November 18 2020

By Angela D'Elia Decembrini