On June 21, 2023, the federal government released the UN Declaration Act Action Plan (Action Plan) which attempts to lay out the framework for following through on the Read More
Continuing Improvement of Economic and Social Conditions? Commentary on Canada’s Action Plan to Implement UNDRIP and How it Fails to Address the Need for Improved Living Conditions On-Reserve
This blog post – the fourth in our series of posts on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (“UNDA”) Action Plan – focuses on Read More
JFK is pleased to welcome our New Summer Students
JFK Law is pleased to introduce 3 new members of our team who will be joining us as they work on their summer terms. Sangey Tsering is our Toronto Read More
UN Declaration Action Plan and Treaties
In this blog, we provide an overview of the United Nations Action Plan’s (“UNDA”) distinction-based approach regarding historic and modern treaties. Canada has said that historic and modern Read More
Aria Laskin quoted in Wildlands Advocate Journal article “Duncan’s First Nation: Protecting the Land and Their Way of Life”
Aria Laskin was quoted in the Wildlands Advocate Journal summer 2023 article “Duncan’s First Nation: Protecting the Land and Their Way of Life” by Gillian Steward, speaking in relation Read More
A Critical Plan with its share of Criticisms: Canada’s UNDRIP Implementation Action Plan
Yesterday, June 21, 2023 – Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Canada tabled its United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act Action Plan. The Action Plan is intended to Read More
UN Declaration Action Plan
On June 21, 2023, National Indigenous People’s Day, the United Nations Declaration Act’s Action Plan (“Action Plan”) was tabled in the House of Commons and Senate. The Action Read More
Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples reference Sara Mainville of JFK Law in new report on the Cannabis Act and the long wait to accommodate First Nation Participation and Enforcement Needs
June 16, 2023 A newly released report of the Standing Senate Committee on Indigenous Peoples features prominent references to the testimony of Sara Mainville, Partner at JFK Law. Released Read More