DGW Law's John Gailus Appears on APTN's Bears' Lair! This Sunday, September 18, DGW Law director John Gailus will appear as the second episode's guest judge for APTN's Bears' Lair, a show abourt Indigenous entrepreneurs. In this episode, the theme...
Chris Tuharsky was DGW Law’s 2022 intern for our Indigenous Student Internship program. After a summer in Victoria, Chris shares some of his experience below. Like any first day at a new job, I was wildly nervous. I remember staying up late the night before my first...
DGW Law Lawyers Named as Best Lawyers in Aboriginal Law! Once again, Christopher Devlin and John Gailus have been recognized by their peers in the Best Lawyers of Canada TM list of lawyers! This is the fifth year that Christopher has been reconginzed in Best Lawyers...
DGW Law Attends Tseshaht First Nation's Re-awakening of ƛuukᵂatquuʔis Ceremony on National Indigenous Day On June 21, 2022, National Indigenous Peoples Day, DGW Law’s Christopher Devlin and Ashley Cogswell were honoured to attend the Re-awakening of ƛuukᵂatquuʔis...
Canada Bar Association of British Columbia’s Agenda for Justice 2021 Presents Next Steps Forward to Creating Equity and Justice for Indigenous Peoples By Erica Fritch and Melodi Alopaeus As we complete a year of restrictions and changes in how we interact with each...
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Case brief of December 21, 2018, ruling by Justice Patricia Hennessy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in the Restoule v. Canada (Attorney General?, 2018 ONSC 7701 case.
Does Canada need to increase the annuity to the Anishinaabe of the upper Great Lakes region from the $4 per year that was set in 1850?
The annuity augmentation clause suggests that it does and the increase is long overdue.
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Photos from 2018 Christmas Party at Zambri’s restaurant in Victoria, BC. Celebrating our wonderful staff and co-workers, the end of another year, and the holiday season. Delicious food, great company, and fun Secret Santa gifting!
Case Brief of Williams Lake Indian Band v. Canada (Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development), 2018 SCC 4 At issue before the Supreme Court of Canada (“SCC”) in Williams Lake was the validity of a claim to compensation under the Specific Claims Tribunal Act, S.C....