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Virtual event honouring the late Vern Harper
6/8/2023 It has been five years since Elder Vern Harper passed away. Vern was an integral part of the Toronto Indigenous community for decades and worked for many years at Aboriginal Legal Services as a Youth Courtworker. On Tuesday, June 13, at 7 pm. the Toronto Workers History Project will be holding a virtual event […]
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Read MoreFirst Peoples Law May 31 – June 6, 2023 – First Peoples Law
Language rights continue to top Quebec headlines along with Indigenous governance and self-determination Kahnawake says no to proposed language law | Local Journalism Initiative Hurons sign framework agreement with federal government | Local Journalism Initiative Kitcisakik signs new deal with federal government | APTN News BC news included fisheries, forestry, cross-border Treaty rights and language […]
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Read MoreA conversation with Kimberly Murray – CBA National Magazine
6 Jun 2023 The special interlocutor spoke with CBA National about the efforts to locate, repatriate, and commemorate Indigenous children who died in residential schools. Over the past year, Indigenous elders and survivors have been telling Kimberly Murray they don’t need another colonial law because they have their “own laws.” As special interlocutor to lead […]
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Read MoreThe Way It Is – Our Growing and Necessary Re-Connection to Indigenous Laws – First Peoples Law
June 1, 2023 Indigenous Laws refer to laws or ways of being rooted in inherent and generational Indigenous teachings and connections to land, place, spirit, and each other. In my own community of Kwantlen First Nation, with traditional villages on both sides of the now urbanized lower Fraser River east of Vancouver in British Columbia, […]
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Read MoreIndigenous History and the Law – Law Society of Alberta
When I think of Indigenous History Month, all I can think about is my father, who recently made his journey to the spirit world. He was an Elder in our community and full of so much knowledge and history of our people. He was even given a traditional name when he was 5 that translates […]
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Read MoreLawyer clears up ‘confusion’ around two day school settlements – APTN News
Jun 01, 2023 Claims opened in January and survivors have six months left to apply for $10,000 payment There’s confusion about two day school settlements with similar sounding names, but a lawyer familiar with both says they compensate Indigenous survivors for different things. “The day scholar compensation payment is based solely on attendance at a […]
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Read MoreFirst Peoples Law May 24-30, 2023 – First Peoples Law
We’re proud of our Manitoba clients for taking a stand in defence of their lands, waters and Treaty rights Manitoba Hydro being sued by Cree nation for ‘years of harm’ | APTN News First Nation files suit against Hydro over river diversion | Winnipeg Free Press Law enforcement and legal education were also in the spotlight […]
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Read MoreFilling the gaps in Indigenous law – CBA National Magazine
29 May 2023 Ensuring our published laws are aligned with the needs of Indigenous people is an issue that demands more attention. We frequently hear about the transformative impact of data-driven technologies, so it’s easy to assume that the task of making legal content available online is done. However, significant gaps remain, particularly concerning Aboriginal […]
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Read MoreYour Opportunity to Give Back to Indigenous Communities in the GTA Call for Board of Directors
5/25/2023 The Aboriginal Legal Services (“ALS”) Board of Directors is a group of dedicated volunteers supporting the mission and goals of ALS: to strengthen the capacity of the Indigenous community and its citizens to deal with justice issues and provide Indigenous-controlled and culturally based justice alternatives. ALS was established on February 21, 1990, and is […]
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Read MoreManitoba lawyers will be required to take Indigenous culture course – CBC
May 26, 2023 Requirement aims to fill gaps in knowledge, advance reconciliation, law society says Manitoba lawyers will soon have to take mandatory training about Indigenous rights and history as part of a new requirement from the Law Society of Manitoba. The one-time, mandatory training is a new requirement from the Law Society of Manitoba, […]
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