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What We Heard report released on child naming and parentage laws
February 14, 2025 The Government of Yukon has released the Inclusive Yukon Families: What We Heard report, summarizing feedback on child naming and parentage laws. The public-engagement, which took place from February to April 2024, aimed to understand barriers, burdens and inequities within the current legislative framework and explore how the Yukon’s laws can be […]
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The Best Law Firms in BC, Alberta, and the Northern Territories – Canadian Lawyer Mag
Western Canada is at an exciting juncture driven by its localized law firms, based across the region, which are embedded in the communities they serve. This equips them with an insight and understanding that the larger, national firms cannot match. Due to the sterling work of these progressive local firms, the legal landscape across Western […]
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OKT ranked top Aboriginal & Indigenous Law firm by The Globe and Mail – OKT
October 23, 2024 We are proud to announce that OKT has been recognized in The Globe and Mail’s list of Canada’s Best Law Firms, receiving top recognition in the Aboriginal & Indigenous Law practice area. Rankings are based on over 10,000 recommendations from more than 3,100 lawyers, in-house counsel, and legal executives across Canada. The […]
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Gowling WLG represents Government of Nunavut in historic Devolution Agreement – Gowling WLG
31 January 2024 The Nunavut Lands and Resources Devolution Agreement, the largest land transfer in Canada’s history, was signed on January 18, 2024. The agreement grants Nunavut and its residents the authority to make decisions regarding public lands, freshwater, and non-renewable resources within the territory and, in turn, paves the way for the creation of […]
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Iqaluit lawyer appeals contempt of court ruling, calls it ‘miscarriage of justice’ – Nunatsiaq News
May 3, 2023 Although she was acquitted, Crown lawyer Emma Baasch argues judgment has put her in ‘legal jeopardy’ before Nunavut Law Society An Iqaluit Crown lawyer acquitted of contempt of court earlier this year has filed an appeal, asking for the judgment to be voided and calling the case a miscarriage of justice. Emma […]
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Indigenous course to be mandatory for Yukon lawyers – CBC
Mar 01, 2023 ‘Cultural competency training is part of being a competent lawyer in the Yukon,’ says law society president Lawyers practicing in Yukon will soon be required to learn about Indigenous history, culture and laws. The Law Society of Yukon, the regulatory body for the territory’s lawyers, says it will develop Indigenous cultural competency […]
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N.W.T. gov’t joins court challenge of federal law central to Inuvialuit family legislation – CBC
Dec 08, 2022 IRC Chair Duane Smith says the challenge came as a complete reversal of co-operation until then The N.W.T. government has joined a Supreme Court of Canada legal challenge of federal legislation it once appeared to support. Bill C-92, or the Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, gives […]
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Inuvialuit Regional Corporation Celebrates the First Anniversary of the passing of the First Ever Inuvialuit Law – Inuvialuit Qitunrariit Inuuniarnikkun Maligaksat
On November 24, 2021, the IRC Board of Directors passed the Inuvialuit Qitunrariit Inuuniarnikkun Maligaksat (“Inuvialuit Family Way of Living Law”). IRC would like to recognize that today marks the one-year anniversary of this first ever Inuvialuit law, and further represents the growing strength, resilience and wellbeing of all Inuvialuit. This law was designed to […]
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Practicing Law North of 60: The Path of a Northern Lawyer – OKT
I’ve lived and practiced law across Northern Canada for nearly a decade. When I started this journey, it was just me, quite literally. My arrival in the North began in the Kitikmeot Region of Nunavut. I was based in the hamlet of Cambridge Bay, or Iqaluktuttiaq meaning “good fishing place” in the area’s traditional Inuit language, […]
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Deportation of Herman Oyagak Deferred
December 2, 2021 We are pleased to announce that late yesterday afternoon, Herman’s immediate removal from Canada was cancelled. As Herman will not be deported at this time, OKT has not filed a constitutional challenge in Federal Court. We want to thank in particular the community of Aklavik who rallied around Herman, the Inuvialuit Regional […]
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