Case Law

Sociology and Anthropology Thesis (M.A.)--University of Ottawa, 2012.

Legal Studies Thesis (M.A.)--Carleton University, 2012.

Overview of the history and intent of the Indian Child Welfare Act of 1978 and the growing urban Indian population.

Reviews litigation cases of Métis, Non-Status Indians and Aboriginal women used to achieve state recognition of Aboriginality.

Examines the fiduciary obligations between band councils and band members and argues that the current municipal model of band government is inadequate.

National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations discusses Saskatchewan's current resource-based boom, necessity for collaboration, and impact and benefit agreements with governments and companies. Duration: 2:00:34.

Argues that on the 25th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms it's a hard-won piece of legislation and what is missing is follow up by the government to act on the positive aspects of legal victories.

Uses historical analysis to argue that federal government has a clear obligation to provide health care to Aboriginals but has failed to provide adequate services.

Looks at lack of representation of First Nations people living in reserve communities in Northern Ontario. Includes recommendations.

Topics include the implications of the Tsilhqot’in and Grassy Narrows decisions, duty to consult, provincial treaty obligations, and proposed federal land claims policy.

Focuses on duty to consult and Indigenous rights.

Topics include Aboriginal title, treaties, the Métis, duty to consult, and land claims. 3rd edition.

Book review of First Person Plural by Sophie McCall. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 229.

Reviews court cases trying to clarify Indian salmon fishing treaty rights and Judge Boldt's decision in the case of United States v Washington.

Describes the reaction to the 1999 Supreme Court of Canada decision regarding Mi'kmaq fisherman Donald Marshall and how the media can shape public opinion.

Book review of Fishing in Contested Waters by Sarah J. King.

Judgement in case where the Truth and Reconciliation Commission and various other claimants under the Independent Assessment Process brought a suit to force the Canadian government and the Ontario Provincial Police to produce documents relating to abuse of students at St. Anne's Indian Residential School.

Case involves Canadian government's failure to disclose documents relating to the Ontario Provincial Police's investigation and resultant convictions during the Independent Assessment Process. These documents would have corroborated stories told by former students about physical and sexual abuse which took place at St. Anne's Indian Residential School.

Presents palynological (pollen analysis) data that was presented at the Delgamuukw vs. the Queen trial regarding Aboriginal title in British Columbia.

Discussion of the inherent theory of Aboriginal rights.

Interview with a Métis veteran recalling wartime experiences and postwar difficulties as a non-status Indian ineligible for a Aboriginal veterans' benefits.

Presents a story about a young man with a dream.

Discusses the problems associated with anthropological research in court cases involving fishing in British Columbia.

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).

Argues that there is room in Australian common law for a much stronger concept of Native title, and that the High Court has a responsibility to develop Native title in line with the principles of justice that motivated the Mabo case.

Argues that the Crown has a repsponsility to make good faith efforts to negotiate agreements specifiying the rights of the parties when it engages in actions which effect Aboriginal interests so that disputes do not end up in litigation.

Looks at the motives behind a group of men in New Caledonia who either upheld "Indian Law" or didn't.

Explains how to conduct land use research studies that meet the demands of academic requirements and simultaneously respects the Aboriginal communities participating. The article focuses on one specific example, that of the Long Lake First Nation.

Argues that Canada needs to adopt an understanding that legitimacy flows out of resolving issues with First Nations in a just manner.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--University of British Columbia, 2014.

Political Science Thesis (M.A.)--The University of British Columbia, 2004.

Looks at the logging dispute between the province of British Columbia and the Westbank First Nation that resulted in the Westbank Agreement.

Sociology and Anthropology (M.A.)--Simon Fraser University, 1998.

Discusses Supreme Court decisions in the cases R. v. Vanderpeet, R. v. Gladstone, R. v. N.T.C Smokehouse, R. v. Pamajewon as they pertain to defining Aboriginal rights.

Discusses cases relating to tribal membership and the differences between tribal and common law.

Reports discrimination remains in the registration provision of the Indian Act and is found in the second generation cut-off rule which was not looked at in the McIvor case.

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.

Book Review of:Ghost Dancing With Colonialism by Grace Woo.

Book review of: Ghost Dancing with Colonialism by Grace Li Xiu Woo. Scroll down to page 157 to read review.

Book review of Ghost Dancing with Colonialism by Grace Li Xiu Woo. Entire book review section on one pdf. To access this review scroll to p. 157.

Discusses the return of proceeds from the sale of fish seized in an alleged violation of the Fisheries Act.

Sociology Thesis (M.A.)--York University, 2014.

Video looks at the landmark decision by the Supreme Court of Canada, one that decreed that judges must take into account the unique circumstances of Aboriginal people when passing sentence on Aboriginal offenders. Discussion includes the original intent, conflicting opinions about it, opportunities it presents, and the work involved in upholding it.

Basic information on the court decision which gives Aboriginals special rights in terms of setting bail or during sentencing when they commit a crime.

"This curriculum is developed for the purposes instructing Aboriginal Court Workers on how to integrate Gladue Principles into speaking to sentence for an Aboriginal client."

Discusses Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) ruling that requires judges to consider the "circumstances of Aboriginal offenders." Author concludes that while the ruling is positive, it is unlikely to decrease the overrepresentation of Aboriginals in the penal system.