On March 21, 2017, Alberta enacted the Public Lands Administration (Exercise of Rights) Amendment Regulation, O.C. 106/2017, which creates explicit exemptions for the exercise of Treaty rights from various Read More
JFK Law’s Clayton Leonard published in Water Canada Magazine March/April edition on First Nation Water Rights on Reserve Lands
Clayton has an article published in the Water Canada’s special edition titled: Water Protectors – Roles and Rights of Indigenous Canadians. You can view the article here. Read More
United Nations report concludes Canada is failing to protect Wood Buffalo National Park
Today UNESCO’s World Heritage Committee released a much awaited report with its findings from a 10 day monitoring mission that UNESCO sent to Wood Buffalo National Park in the Read More
JFK Law’s Robert Janes, QC and Karey Brooks Interviewed in Gravity FM Podcast
JFK Law is pleased to share this recent interview for the Gravity FM Podcast, titled “A Crude Affair in Canada : The Alberta Tar Sands and First Nations”. In Read More
Sixties Scoop Survivors Win First Stage of Court Battle
The Ontario Superior Court has ruled in favour of Aboriginal Plaintiffs who were removed from their homes as children and placed with non-Aboriginal families (commonly referred to as the Read More
Karey Brooks Published in The Advocate – Reconciliation: A Lawyering Imperative
Karey Brooks has an article published in the latest edition of The Advocate. To read it click here: Advocate – Reconciliation A Lawyering Imperative By Karey Brooks Read More
An Inquiry Committee of the Canadian Judicial Council recommends the removal of Justice Camp
Karey Brooks represented Women Against Violence Against Women (WAVAW) as an intervener in the Inquiry into the conduct of Justice Camp while presiding over the trial in R. v. Read More
Karey Brooks is featured in this month’s Take Five Newsletter
Karey Brooks discusses the recent BCCA decision TWU v The Law Society of British Columbia in an article co-written with Tim Dickson. Click here to read the full article. Read More