On April 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) released its decision in R. v. Desautel, 2021 SCC 17, which upheld the lower court decisions to acquit Richard Desautel of charges under the ...

TORONTO (Reuters) - A Canadian aboriginal leader was paid nearly C$1 million last year by his community, one of many large compensation packages revealed this week under a new law that has sparked ...

Now, a Canadian constitutional scholar is warning that those U.S. groups could also claim land in Canada, citing the ...

The Supreme Court of Canada ruled Friday that non-citizens and non-residents can claim an aboriginal right under the constitution. The case was about the definition of “Aboriginal peoples of Canada” ...

Aboriginal people in Canada are taking advantage of Web-based distance education, electronic conferencing, bulletin boards, e-mail, and self-directed-learning software to more fully participate in the ...

On April 23, 2021, the Supreme Court of Canada confirmed that residents of the United States of America can hold Aboriginal rights in this country. The Court concluded that the Aboriginal rights ...

OTTAWA (Reuters) - Aboriginals in British Columbia can stake a broad claim to traditional territories due to a landmark Supreme Court of Canada decision that also raises new questions about prospects ...

First Nations University of Canada was put on probation this month, the first time that the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada has taken such action. The group has given the only ...

Two very different decisions on Aboriginal title and private property rights expose a gap in Supreme Court doctrine ...

"This book emerged from a number of papers originally written for a conference held in Vancouver in 1998 by the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples"--Introduction. Contents Background / Paul L.A.H.

Imperial Oil and its partners in the Mackenzie Valley pipeline stalled work on the 1350-kilometre line last month, due to an increase in cash demands from native groups in exchange for land access.