At a recent 4-Directional Workshop for Grand Council Treaty #3’s Abinoojii Inakonigewin hosted on Treaty #1 territory, JFK Law LLP was pleased to present Ogichidaa Francis Kavanaugh with a Read More
Sara Mainville Discusses the Opportunities and Challenges of UNDRIP in interview with APTN’s Face to Face
JFK Law LLP is pleased to announce managing partner Sara Mainville’s feature appearance in the latest installment of APTN’s “Face to Face”. Sara Mainville who is Anishinaabekwe, a member Read More
Grand Council Treaty #3 appears at Ontario Court of Appeal in Mathur et al v His Majesty in Right of Ontario
On January 15, 2024, the Grand Council Treaty #3 appeared before the Ontario Court of Appeal in the Mathur appeal. The case challenges Ontario’s weak target to curb greenhouse Read More
The Challenges with Indigenous Class Actions and Contingency Fees in the Era of Indigenous Self-Determination
**This blog post was first published on November 20, 2023. It was updated January 15, 2024 to incorporate a recent decision by the Federal Court of Canada on the Read More
Vatican Issues Long-awaited Repudiation of Doctrine of Discovery
Today, Thursday March 30, 2023, the Vatican finally responded to demands from Indigenous peoples of Canada and throughout the world to rescind the papal bulls that underpinned the doctrine Read More
JFK Law Welcomes Kim Bragg and Trish Badry
JFK Law is pleased to introduce Kim Bragg and Trish Badry to our team! Kim Bragg joins our assistant team as a Legal Administrative Assistant in our Vancouver office. Read More
JFK Law Welcome Vanessa Phillips and Ashween Kaur
JFK is pleased to introduce Vanessa Phillips and Ashween Kaur to our team! Vanessa Phillips joins our assistant team as an Executive Assistant/ Legal Assistant to Robert Janes and Read More
BC Releases its first action plan under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act
On March 30, 2022, the BC Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation released its first action plan under the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (“DRIPA”). The Read More