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Ontario lawyers engaging in estate planning for First Nations Peoples living on reserve must be cognizant of the legislation applicable to property and persons on reserve, and draft accordingly. In the table below, I have summarized the main differences between the legislation applicable to First Nations persons living on reserve, and the legislation applicable to First Nations persons living off reserve.

The article discusses the Supreme Court of Canada's recent decision in Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.

First Nations with reserves administered under the Indian Act and band members who hold possessory interests within those reserves should be aware of the potential application and impact of adverse possession on reserve land.

This article explores some preconceived notions and hopefully draws on the need for cultural competence in the workplace. The concepts discussed are transferrable to multiple settings: the courtroom, meeting rooms, interviews and even emails. The need to be culturally sensitive should have a broad application and applies to all professional interactions. Specific examples focus on Indigenous practitioners, but there are transferrable concepts that apply to all groups of people.

An article on the Ontario Ombudsman's April 13, 2023  report "Missing in Inaction: Misty's Story".

Since the release of the TRC report in 2015, momentum has been building toward Indigenous justice and reconciliation. But stronger and deeper commitments and actions are necessary.

The Supreme Court must repudiate the Doctrine of Discovery and reconsider its jurisprudence in light of Canada's implementation of UNDRIP.

In this short piece, I would like to explore how Métis communities in the United States (“US”) could claim Canadian constitutional rights by making references to the fresh legal perspective advanced in Desautel. In a potential future case where Métis in the US might claim s. 35 Canadian constitutional rights, I advance the position that s. 35 should be interpreted in a purposive way that includes Métis people who were forced to move elsewhere or on whom international boundaries were imposed.

Exploring the decision in Gladue and its applicability to Section 7 of the Charter.