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Justice; safety; securityAleida WhiddenAugust 20, 2025MMIWG, Colonization, Gender

Colonization as Gendered Oppression: Chapter 4 of the MMIWG Report

Justice; safety; securityAleida WhiddenAugust 20, 2025MMIWG, Colonization, Gender
Colonization as Gendered Oppression: Chapter 4 of the MMIWG Report
Essential servicesRachel McMillanAugust 20, 2025Clean Water Act, UNDRIP

OPINION: Bill C-61 Continues to Muddy the Reconciliation Waters

Essential servicesRachel McMillanAugust 20, 2025Clean Water Act, UNDRIP
OPINION: Bill C-61 Continues to Muddy the Reconciliation Waters
Land & resource rightsLogan BillardAugust 20, 2025Clean Water Act, UNDRIP

A Bridge Over Troubled Water? How First Nations-Led Safe Drinking Water Initiatives Are Addressing Water Insecurity on Canadian Reserves

Land & resource rightsLogan BillardAugust 20, 2025Clean Water Act, UNDRIP
A Bridge Over Troubled Water? How First Nations-Led Safe Drinking Water Initiatives Are Addressing Water Insecurity on Canadian Reserves
Land & resource rightsAaron TolkampAugust 20, 2025Treaty rights, Reconciliation

Returning to the Council Fire: Treaty Interpretation and Reconciliation in Ontario v Restoule

Land & resource rightsAaron TolkampAugust 20, 2025Treaty rights, Reconciliation
Returning to the Council Fire: Treaty Interpretation and Reconciliation in Ontario v Restoule
Jurisdiction & governanceMachel MaxwellAugust 20, 2025Statues, Section 35 of the Constitution Act

Keeping Time on Your Side: A Guide to Limitation Statutes for Indigenous s. 35 Claimants in Atlantic Canada

"Lefty Clock" by RBerteig is licensed under CC BY 2.0.

Jurisdiction & governanceMachel MaxwellAugust 20, 2025Statues, Section 35 of the Constitution Act
Keeping Time on Your Side: A Guide to Limitation Statutes for Indigenous s. 35 Claimants in Atlantic Canada
Language & cultureMichaela HillAugust 20, 2025Freedom of Religion, SCC

The Impact of Ktunaxa Nation on the Protection of Indigenous Sacred Sites

Language & cultureMichaela HillAugust 20, 2025Freedom of Religion, SCC
The Impact of Ktunaxa Nation on the Protection of Indigenous Sacred Sites
Land & resource rightsSky ShinAugust 20, 2025Self-determination, Clean energy, Environmental Law

Fueling Indigenous Self-Determination: From Diesel Dependency to Energy Leadership

Land & resource rightsSky ShinAugust 20, 2025Self-determination, Clean energy, Environmental Law
Fueling Indigenous Self-Determination: From Diesel Dependency to Energy Leadership
Language & cultureAna SperanzaAugust 20, 2025Repatriation, Cultural Heritage

A Way Home: Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage in Canada

Language & cultureAna SperanzaAugust 20, 2025Repatriation, Cultural Heritage
A Way Home: Repatriation of Indigenous Cultural Heritage in Canada
Justice; safety; securityIra HendersonAugust 20, 2025Mi'kmaq, MLSN

Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network Services

Justice; safety; securityIra HendersonAugust 20, 2025Mi'kmaq, MLSN
              Mi'kmaw Legal Support Network Services
Essential servicesFaith ThompsonAugust 20, 2025Healthcare, Advocacy

Indigenous Patient Information Toolkit: Access Healthcare

Essential servicesFaith ThompsonAugust 20, 2025Healthcare, Advocacy
Indigenous Patient Information Toolkit: Access Healthcare
Land & resource rightsJessica LandryAugust 18, 2025Land, Reserve land, Self-government, Framework Agreement

The Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management Act - A Critical Perspective

Land & resource rightsJessica LandryAugust 18, 2025Land, Reserve land, Self-government, Framework Agreement
The Framework Agreement on First Nations Land Management Act - A Critical Perspective
Land & resource rightsRowan MarkesteynAugust 18, 2025Indian Act, Land, Reserve land, Self-government

First Nations Land Management Regimes

Land & resource rightsRowan MarkesteynAugust 18, 2025Indian Act, Land, Reserve land, Self-government
First Nations Land Management Regimes
Language & cultureRobert KavanaghAugust 18, 2025Mi'kmaq, Qalipu, Aboriginal law

Aboriginal Law and the Qalipu First Nation

Language & cultureRobert KavanaghAugust 18, 2025Mi'kmaq, Qalipu, Aboriginal law
Aboriginal Law and the Qalipu First Nation
Language & culture, Jurisdiction & governanceCole CurnewAugust 18, 2025Indian Act, Section 35 of the Constitution Act, Mi'kmaq

Why is the Indian Act Still a Thing? A Case Study of Newfoundland’s Mi’kmaq

Language & culture, Jurisdiction & governanceCole CurnewAugust 18, 2025Indian Act, Section 35 of the Constitution Act, Mi'kmaq
Why is the Indian Act Still a Thing? A Case Study of Newfoundland’s Mi’kmaq
Land & resource rightsJane WarrenAugust 18, 2025Section 35 of the Constitution Act, Aboriginal rights

Defining Aboriginal Rights: How the Decision in R v. Montour Protects the Goal of Section 35(1)

Land & resource rightsJane WarrenAugust 18, 2025Section 35 of the Constitution Act, Aboriginal rights
Defining Aboriginal Rights: How the Decision in R v. Montour Protects the Goal of Section 35(1)
Essential servicesAlida DoelleAugust 18, 2025Self-government, UNDRIP, Reconciliation

Five Takeaways from the Reference Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families

Essential servicesAlida DoelleAugust 18, 2025Self-government, UNDRIP, Reconciliation
Five Takeaways from the Reference Decision of the Supreme Court of Canada on An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families
Essential servicesJasmine Chauhan & Maya SchofieldAugust 18, 2025Child welfare, C92, Self-government

Canada's Indigenous Child Welfare Laws

Essential servicesJasmine Chauhan & Maya SchofieldAugust 18, 2025Child welfare, C92, Self-government
Canada's Indigenous Child Welfare Laws
Language & cultureRebecca WaxmanAugust 18, 2025Indian Status, Indian Act

Ghel & Unstated Parentage

Language & cultureRebecca WaxmanAugust 18, 2025Indian Status, Indian Act
Ghel & Unstated Parentage
Justice; safety; securityAustin Hunt & Davin PortzAugust 18, 2025Gladue, Criminal law

Indigenous Peoples, Criminal Justice, & Gladue

Justice; safety; securityAustin Hunt & Davin PortzAugust 18, 2025Gladue, Criminal law
Indigenous Peoples, Criminal Justice, & Gladue
Hannah Kern-ChangAugust 18, 2025

Indigenous Land Defenders & Injunctions

Hannah Kern-ChangAugust 18, 2025
Indigenous Land Defenders & Injunctions
Language & cultureDanielle HargreavesAugust 18, 2025Qalipu, Indian Act, Section 35 of the Constitution Act

Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation and the Ongoing Fight for Indian Status

Language & cultureDanielle HargreavesAugust 18, 2025Qalipu, Indian Act, Section 35 of the Constitution Act
Qalipu Mi'kmaq First Nation and the Ongoing Fight for Indian Status
ReconciliationKelti McGloinJune 13, 2024Writing

Best Practices for Writing About Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Legal Context: An Evolving Style Guide for the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University

ReconciliationKelti McGloinJune 13, 2024Writing
Best Practices for Writing About Indigenous Peoples in the Canadian Legal Context: An Evolving Style Guide for the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University
ReconciliationChancellor's ChairSeptember 06, 2023Wiguom, Wikuom

Lnuwey Tplutaqan Wikuom Newsletter

ReconciliationChancellor's ChairSeptember 06, 2023Wiguom, Wikuom
Lnuwey Tplutaqan Wikuom Newsletter
ReconciliationChancellor's ChairSeptember 06, 2023Wiguom, Wikuom

Poqjituek Wi’kuominen: Interim Report on Outreach Initiatives for the Lnuwey Tplutaqan Wikuom

ReconciliationChancellor's ChairSeptember 06, 2023Wiguom, Wikuom
 Poqjituek Wi’kuominen: Interim Report on Outreach Initiatives for the Lnuwey Tplutaqan Wikuom
 

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