{"id":11981,"date":"2026-10-29T17:42:59","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:42:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/jfklaw.ca\/news-post\/whats-in-a-place-name-christina-gray-in-canadian-geographic\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T17:42:59","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T21:42:59","slug":"whats-in-a-place-name-christina-gray-in-canadian-geographic","status":"publish","type":"news-post","link":"https:\/\/jfklaw.ca\/fr\/news-post\/whats-in-a-place-name-christina-gray-in-canadian-geographic\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s in a Place Name? Christina Gray in Canadian Geographic"},"content":{"rendered":"

JFK Law senior associate Christina Gray was recently featured in Canadian Geographic<\/em> discussing Indigenous place names and rematriation.<\/p>\n

The article draws on a Yellowhead Institute report on the rematriation of Indigenous place names<\/a>, co-authored by Christina Gray (Ts\u2019msyen citizen from Lax Kw\u2019alaams and \u0141uts\u00ebl K\u2019\u00e9 Dene citizen) and Andrew Ambers (from the \u2018Namgis and Ma\u2019amtagila First Nations of the Kwakwaka\u2019wakw Peoples).<\/p>\n

Their work explores how Indigenous place names carry stories, languages, laws and relationships to land, and how rematriation can be part of recovery, return and making things right.<\/p>\n

Read What\u2019s in a place name (and how do you change it)?<\/a><\/em> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

JFK Law senior associate Christina Gray was recently featured in Canadian Geographic discussing Indigenous place names and rematriation. The article draws on a Yellowhead Institute report on the rematriation of Indigenous place names, co-authored by Christina Gray (Ts\u2019msyen citizen from Lax Kw\u2019alaams and \u0141uts\u00ebl K\u2019\u00e9 Dene citizen) and Andrew Ambers (from the \u2018Namgis and Ma\u2019amtagila First Nations of the Kwakwaka\u2019wakw Peoples). Their work explores how Indigenous place names carry stories, languages, laws and relationships to land, and how rematriation can be part of recovery, return and making things right. Read What\u2019s in a place name (and how do you change it)?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"featured-status":[],"news-category":[76,89],"class_list":["post-11981","news-post","type-news-post","status-publish","hentry","news-category-autodetermination-et-gouvernance-autochtones","news-category-jfk-culture"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nWhat\u2019s in a Place Name? Christina Gray in Canadian Geographic | Avocats JFK<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/jfklaw.ca\/fr\/news-post\/whats-in-a-place-name-christina-gray-in-canadian-geographic\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"fr_FR\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"What\u2019s in a Place Name? 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