This blog from Olthuis Kleer Townshend (OKT) Law provides context and further explanation of the decision for Aboriginal title to apply to privately owned lands. In November of 2024, six Wolastoqey Nations in New Brunswick received a precedent-setting decision in their Aboriginal title claim
The Yellowhead Institute Treaty Map is an accessible introduction to Indigenous perspectives on treaties in Canada.
This webinar discusses the legal and policy opportunities and challenges of Indigenous-led conservation in Ontario and other regions.
This website is dedicated to highlighting the work of students, faculty, and staff of the [...]
This blog is the first in a series from West Coast Environmental Law that looks [...]
This report examines how IPCAs can offer pathways to bring together Indigenous and Crown legal systems. It looks at SGaan Kinghlas-Bowie Seamount Marine Protected Area in Haida Gwaii and Thaidene Nëné in Łutsël K’é Dene First Nation territory as two contemporary examples of how this can occur.
The buffalo treaty works to restore plains bison to the landscape and and renew relationships between this vital keystone species and Indigenous peoples of North America. This treaty brings together 31 tribes representing over 100,000 people and is the largest treaty among First Nations of the plains since 1850.
This page on the Government of the Northwest Territories website lists ongoing legislative initiatives on the topic of conservation and discusses the Partnership Process involved in these legislative initiatives (which include the Protected Areas Act, the Environmental Rights Act, and the Forest Act).
This is the Anguniaqvia niqiqyuam Marine Protected Areas (ANMPA) regulations. It is a legal document [...]
This training workshop focuses on Indigenous knowledge systems and legal orders for the Lower Similkameen Indian Band as they work to create three new IPCAs.