Sandy Sanderson, CEO Goodfish Business Corp., spoke at the Aboriginal Consultation and Engagement Speaker Series in Edmonton, Alberta on October 22, 2013. His topic was Maximizing Business Opportunities Through Industry Engagement.
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In 2013 we hosted a Speaker Series in Edmonton. Below are the speakers who kindly presented.
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By Kate Buttery, Affiliate Counsel with First Peoples Law; reprinted with kind permission from Kate Buttery
CASE COMMENT ON MOHAWKS OF THE BAY OF QUINTE V. CANADA, 2013 FC 669
Aboriginal people hear a lot about the honour of the Crown, but rarely encounter it. The Federal Court’s recent decision in Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte v. Canada is a welcome example of a First Nation succeeding in enforcing, on a practical level, the Crown’s obligations to engage honourably and negotiate in good faith.
By Bruce McIvor, principal, First Peoples Law
reprinted with kind permission from Bruce McIvor
Case Comment on Adams Lake Indian Band v. British Columbia (Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations), 2013 BCSC 877
If government had its way, the duty to consult would suffer the plight of Bill Murray in Groundhog Day—devoid of a past and a future, doomed to the confines of the present.
With its recent decision in Adams Lake, the BC Supreme Court has made a further contribution to the developing law on whether there are past and future components to the duty to consult with mixed results for government and First Nations.
May 8, 2013
Legislation supports greater involvement for First Nations in consultation process
A First Nations Consultant's Perspective.
Dion Arnouse, founding CEO of 2Badgers Consulting Inc., an Aboriginal owned and operated consulting company, spoke at Expanding Our Knowledge Conference in April, 2013.
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