Produced as a result of dissatisfaction with the Department of Indian and Northern Affairs' engagement process for the development of proposed legislative framework for drinking water in First Nation communities. Looks at three types of water-related rights: water, self-government, and adequate levels of environment protection.
Research Report (Saskatchewan School Boards Association) ; no. 09-07
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joan Bellegarde
Description
Looks at historical reasons behind the tax exempt status provided through the Indian Act, and the applications and impacts on recruitment of First Nations teachers and other staff.
Guide provides Aboriginal perspective on "consultation in good faith" and outlines practices needed to gain positive results for First Nations in British Columbia.
[Frequently Asked Questions - Engagement Process - Amendments to the Registration Provisions of the Indian Act As per the Court of Appeal for British Columbia's Decision in the Sharon McIvor Litigation]
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
Description
Answers questions regarding new amendments to the Indian Act in the wake of the ruling of McIvor v. Canada (Registrar of Indian and Northern Affairs).
Webinar covers background to the child-first principle, progress in implementation, Federal and provincial governments' operational narrowing of its application and refusal to acknowledge cases, Pictou Landing Band Council (PLBC) & Maurina Beadle v. Canada, court rulings, and description of study which will collect systems information.
Duration: 1:15:59.
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 4
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Frank Iacobucci
Description
Session Four from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto.
Keynote speaker talks about handling the settlement.
Duration: 55.29.
Indigenous Law Journal, vol. 12, no. 1, 2013, pp. 1-31
Description
Concludes that band councils cannot exclude off-reserve members from receiving their fair share of any per capita distribution of money.
Entire issue on one pdf. Scroll to page 1 to locate article.
Zeitschrift für Kanada-Studien, vol. 33, no. 1, 2013, pp. 78-97
Description
"... this paper addresses community trauma produced through the sexism of federal law and its implications for exogamy and cultural genocide, as well as for land, housing, and other resources."
Comparative Research in Law & Political Economy Research Paper Series ; no.13
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Shin Imai
Ashley Stacey
Description
Discusses two cases Neskonlith Indian Band v Salmon Arm (City) and Wahgoshing First Nation v Solid God Resources Corp both involving failure to consult with First Nations by a municipality and a private business.
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 2
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Celeste Poltak
James Scott
Mitchell Taylor
Bruce Feldthusen
Terrence McMahon
Description
Plaintiffs', church, and government representatives as well a judge and academic speak about the process.
Session Two from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes.
Duration: 1:19:03.
Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes, Session 3
Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
Trevor Farrow
Paul Favel
John Terry
Carrie Menkel-Meadow
Description
Session Three from public conference Assessing the Indian Residential Schools Litigation and Settlement Processes held Friday, January 18, 2013 at the University of Toronto. Role of class council, non-class lawyers and legal fees.
Duration: 1:04:17.
McMillan Aboriginal Law Bulletin, May 2013, pp. [1]-5
Description
Discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's decision in Behn v Moulton Contracting Ltd which states that members of an Aboriginal group cannot invoke "self-help" remedies when claiming that the government breached its duty to consult.