OKT Welcomes Randall Kahgee as Senior Counsel
Press Release OKT is pleased to announce that Randall Kahgee has joined the firm as Senior Counsel. Randall is an accomplished Aboriginal law and Indigenous law practitioner who brings a…
Civil Liberties and Indigenous Rights Groups Call on CRCC to Immediately Take Conduct of Investigation into Wet’suwet’en Land Defender’s Police Complaint
Press Release VANCOUVER/ (Xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish) and səl̓ilwətaʔɬ/sel̓ílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, August 27, 2020 –BC Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs are calling on the Chairperson of…
LSO: 2019 Annual Report Now Available
Press Release August 10, 2020 The Law Society’s 2019 Annual Report and Financial Statements are now available. Read more. IBF5…
Senator Murray Sinclair to Join Emerging Indigenous Law Firm, Cochrane Saxberg
Press Release OTTAWA, Aug. 4, 2020 – In addition to his appointment as Senator, Murray Sinclair will be joining Cochrane Saxberg Barristers and Solicitors, one of the leading Indigenous law…
Norton Rose Fulbright: Indigenous Law Update: Review Of Recent Cases
Press Release Over the course of 2019 and first half of 2020, there have been a number of significant developments in Canadian law relating to Indigenous people and their rights…
Bennett Jones Signs BlackNorth Initiative Law Firm Pledge
Press Release Bennett Jones has signed the BlackNorth Initiative Law Firm Pledge, committing to specific actions and targets designed to end anti-Black systemic racism and create opportunities for those in…
Re: Submission on “Parks Control By-law Updates – Temporary Shelter in Parks”
Press Release July 13, 2020 Sent via email: PBcommissioners@vancouver.ca Commissioner Camil Dumont Commissioner Dave Demers Commissioner Gwen Giesbrecht Commissioner Tricia Barker Commissioner John Coupar Commissioner John Irwin Commissioner Stuart Mackinnon…
Supreme Court of Canada: Judgments in Leave Applications – 2020-07-02
Press Release July 2, 2020 For immediate release OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada has today deposited with the Registrar judgments in the following leave applications. Coldwater Indian Band…
Reconciliation on Trial: Wet’suwet’en, Aboriginal Title and the Rule of Law
Press Release June 10, 2020 Why are so many Canadians surprised when Indigenous people erect blockades to defend their lands and children’s future? I think it’s because most Canadians prefer…
IBA Stands in Solidarity with the Black Lives Matter Movement and Calls upon Federal, Provincial and Territorial Governments and the Media to Put an End to Systemic Anti-Black Racism and Discrimination in Canada
Press Release OTTAWA, ONT – The Indigenous Bar Association in Canada (the “IBA”) stands in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter movement in Canada and the United States and the…
