DGW Law is pleased to announce that associate lawyer Courtenay Jacklin has joined the roster of lawyers who work with West Coast Environmental Law’s Environmental Dispute Resolution Fund (“EDRF”) clients to provide legal services for the protection of the environment! This fund is a unique access to environmental justice program that provides financial assistance to BC residents to retain legal counsel and has worked with Indigenous and non-Indigenous applicants.
BC Provincial Approving Officer Rejects US-based Subdivision Application for ȽEL¸TOS (James Island) Tsawout First Nation celebrates the rejection by the Province of an application for a subdivision on ȽEL¸TOS (James Island), an island off the east side...
Sixties Scoop Settlement Deadline August 30, 2019 What is the Sixties Scoop? The Sixties Scoop is the name for a series of policies enacted by provincial child welfare authorities starting in the mid-1950s and continued into the 1980s, that saw thousands of Indigenous...
In this case brief, John Gailus, an experienced lawyer in Aboriginal law in Canada, explains the decisions and the implications of the court’s decision in the case of West Moberly v. British Columbia
Case Brief: Mikisew Cree First Nation v. Canada (Governor in Council), 2018 SCC 40 In a considerably divided 7-2 majority, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled that the duty to consult Indigenous peoples does not apply to the law-making process. Mikisew Cree Nation had...
Case Brief: Tsleil-Waututh v. Canada (Attorney General), 2018 FCA 153 Federal Court of Appeal decision released August 30, 2018 regarding Trans Mountain pipeline Tsleil-Waututh is the second grand slam decision from the Federal Court of Appeal (the “FCA”) quashing an...
CASE BRIEF First Nation of Nacho Nyak Dun v. Yukon, 2017 SCC 58 On December 1, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada allowed the appeal of the Nacho Nyak Dun (the “First Nation”) regarding the approval of land use plan for the Peel Watershed in the Yukon. While the case...
CASE BRIEF: Ktunaxa Nation v. British Columbia (Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), 2017 SCC 54 On November 2, 2017, the Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeal of the Ktunaxa Nation’s claim that the province’s decision to approve the Jumbo Glacier...
John Gailus discusses land management and economic development under the Indian Act as part of Cape Breton University's "Indigenous Governance and Business Structures" course. Tune in below. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ECRSO1DurPs