Sections 25 and 35 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms address how rights protected under the Charter will intersect with existing rights held by Canada's Indigenous peoples. Section 25 guarantees that no rights protected under the…
In this paper, the author explores how we might understand law from an Aboriginal perspective. She makes a critical distinction between "legal systems" and "legal order". She explores the sources of law, the kinds of law, legal reasoning, and the…
This document is part of the 2012 Report of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada. This document contains all the Calls to Action outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's report.
This brochure provides information about the Teslin Tlingit Justice Council and Peacemaker Court. A tripartite agreement among the Teslin Tlingit Council, the Yukon government, and the Canadian government provided for the establishment of a Teslin…
This poster marks the creation of the Administration of Justice Agreement among the Teslin Tlingit Council, the government of Yukon Territory, and the government of Canada. This agreement, the first of its kind in Yukon Territory, gave the Teslin…
This is a hyperlink to the 2014 Supreme Court of Canada decision in Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia. In Tsilhqot’in Nation v. British Columbia, the Supreme Court of Canada established Aboriginal title for the Tsilhqot’in Nation. The case…
These files contain excerpts from Connolly v. Woolrich et al. , an important 1867 case. This case considered the legality of a marriage between a man employed by the Hudson Bay and an indigenous woman. The wedding was not performed by a priest, but…
This website highlights the Calls to Action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission that relate to equity. The website contains links to materials related to these calls for action and links to materials relevant to monitoring whether these calls…
Hyperlink to a website maintained by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. The hyperlink lands on a webpage containing the "Calls to Action: Justice" adopted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. It contains links to related…
This set of FAQs seeks to clarify the concepts of legal dualism and bilingual bisystemism. From this report: "Legal dualism is the explicative theory built on the coexistence of two legal systems of private law within the Canadian legal framework;…
From the website of the Government of Canada, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, "250th Anniversary of the Royal Proclamation of 1763": "On October 7, 1763, King George III issued a Royal Proclamation establishing a new administrative structure…
From the website (http://sidait-atris.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca/atris_online/home-accueil.aspx#): ATRIS is a Web-based information system intended to map out the location of Aboriginal communities and display information pertaining to their potential or…
This web page provides background information about the common law tradition, the civil law tradition, Aboriginal treaty rights, how Parliament makes laws, and the nature of regulations.
This audio file is an excerpt from the CBC Radio program, The Current, broadcast on Jan. 25, 2017. It reports on the failures of the Canadian federal government to make progress in addressing the Calls to Action outlined in the Truth and…
From the website: "As a legacy of the colonisation of North America by France and Great Britain, two legal traditions co-exist in Canada – civil law in Quebec and common law in all other provinces and territories. The Department of Justice is…
