Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 9, November 1999, p. n/a
Description
If appeal is successful federal government would have to pay larger share of the settlement in lawsuit involving St.George's Residential School in Lytton, B.C.
Discusses the oppressive nature of child welfare systems as they relate to the criteria for "good" mothers imposed by dominant, Western cultural values.
Federal Court of Appeal upheld decision concerning lower pension benefits for First Nation people on-reserve, who had not contributed to the Canada Pension Plan until 1988.
University of British Columbia Law Review, Special Edition: Aboriginal Justice, 1992, pp. 41-146
Description
Lengthy review (100 pages), is a background study for the Law Reform Commission of Canada's report on Aboriginal Peoples and Criminal Justice; covers wide range of topics, both historical and contemporary, concerning the Canadian justice system's treatment of Aboriginal peoples.
Cumberland Law Review, vol. 32, no. 2, 2001-2002, pp. 281-310
Description
Argues that the Canadian experience of joint government/church involvement in residential schools proves the validity of American policy of separation of church and state, and the court decisions which upheld it.
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 10, December 1999, p. 1
Description
Anglican church to appeal B.C. Supreme Court decision that held church liable for 60 per cent of settlement for sexual abuse that took place at St. George's Indian Residential School in Lytton, B.C.
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 3, March 2004, p. 8
Description
Blackwell decision finds government 100 per cent liable for damages suffered at the Alberni Indian Residential School; application for appeal to Supreme Court of Canada to be made.
Paediatrics & Child Health, vol. 17, no. 7, Healing Winds: Aboriginal Child and Youth Health in Canada, Aug./Sept. 2012, pp. 368-370
Description
Summarizes the child-first principle, raises questions about the Federal Government's interpretation and implementation of the policy, and gives brief description of the Maurina Beadle and Pictou Landing Band Council v. Attorney General of Canada case.
Canadian Journal of Women and the Law, vol. 26, no. 1, White Settler Colonialism and Indigeneity in the Canadian Context: A Tribute to Patricia Monture, 2014, pp. 23-50
Description
Comments on the case, McIvor v The Registrar, that had the potential to correct the history of sex discrimination in the Indian Act but failed.
IALL 18th Course on International Law Librarianship
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Pamela O'Connor
International Journal of Legal Information, vol. 28, no. 2, Summer, 2000, pp. 232-265
Description
Brief historical overview followed by discussion of the Federal government's and churches' changing responses to the issue, and judicial decisions which clarified liability in sexual abuse cases.
Documentary about a landmark discrimination case filed by the Assembly of First Nations and the Child and Family Caring Society of Canada against Indian and Northern Affairs Development Canada in 2007 about the treatment of First Nations children.
Duration: 2:42:53.