Case Brief: Thomas and Saik’uz First Nation v. Rio Tinto Alcan Inc., 2022 BCSC 15 By Kajia Eidse-Rempel and Courtenay Jacklin On January 7, 2022, the BC Supreme Court released reasons for judgment in Thomas and Saik’uz First Nation v. Rio Tinto Alcan Inc.[1] The main...
Case Brief: AltaLink Management Ltd v Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2021 ABCA 342
Case Brief: AltaLink Management Ltd v Alberta (Utilities Commission), 2021 ABCA 342 By Courtney Jacklin and John Gailus On October 15, 2021, the Court of Appeal of Alberta released its decision in AltaLink Management Ltd v Alberta (Utilities Commission). The court...
Case Brief: Canada (Attorney General) v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969
Case Brief: Canada (Attorney General) v. First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, 2021 FC 969 By Courtney Jacklin and Kajia Eidse-Rempel What this case is about This case is about the compensation owed to Indigenous children as a result of system...
Case Brief: Snaw-Naw-As First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 BCCA 333
Case Brief: Snaw-Naw-As First Nation v. Canada (Attorney General), 2021 BCCA 333 By Christopher Devlin and Courtney Jacklin What this case is about In 1912, the federal government granted a right of way to the E&N Railway Company through Snaw-naw-as First Nation’s...
DGW and Aboriginal Law: Reflections from DGW’s 2021 Indigenous Summer Intern
Sayre Potter was DGW Law’s 2021 intern for our Indigenous Student Internship program. After a summer in Victoria, Sayre shares some of his experience below. As I began my first day at DGW, in the middle of the third wave of COVID-19 infections, there was a sense of...
Section 119 Agreements: Indigenous Nations Negotiate Exemptions from BC’s Cannabis Legislation
Section 119 Agreements: Indigenous Nations Negotiate Exemptions from BC’s Cannabis Legislation By Tanner Doerges Many Indigenous nations across British Columbia are pursuing economic development through cannabis businesses both on- and off-reserve. Some nations have...
Case Brief: Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287
Case Brief: Yahey v. British Columbia, 2021 BCSC 1287 By Christopher Devlin and Kajia Eidse-Rempel What this case is about Blueberry River First Nations (“Blueberry”) brought a claim against the Province of British Columbia (“Province”) alleging the cumulative effects...
UNDRIP is Law, the Time for Meaningful Action is Now
UNDRIP is Law, the Time for Meaningful Action is Now by Kajia Eidse-Rempel On June 16, 2021, the Senate passed legislation that commits Canada to taking “all measures necessary” to align Canadian laws with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
DGW and Aboriginal Law Through the Eyes of an Articling Student: From My First Real Job to Articling During a Pandemic
DGW and Aboriginal Law Through the Eyes of an Articling Student: From My First Real Job to Articling During a Pandemic by Lorenzo Rose DGW Law gave me my first opportunity in the legal industry when they hired me as a law co-op student in the summer of 2018. I then...
Call For Proposal – Funding available for Indigenous communities to exercise jurisdiction in relation to child and family services
Call for Proposal: Funding available for Indigenous communities to exercise jurisdiction in relation to child and family services During the 2020 Economic and Fiscal Snapshot, the Government of Canada committed over $542 million over five years to support the...