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The firm's co-founding partner, Paul Dionne, has published his memoir entitled Portages, in which he recounts his experiences in Indigenous communities, particularly on the North Shore of Quebec in Innu territory, in Nunavik with the Inuit, on the land of Eeyou Istchee among the Cree, and on the Nitaskinan territory of the Atikamekw peoples. He [...]

On February 12, 2025, the Court of Appeal issued its decision in the class action brought by Atikamekw women who claim to have undergone sterilization procedures at the CISSS de Lanaudière without their free and informed consent. It allowed the appeal of the representatives, U.T. and M.X., and dismissed the appeal of the doctors, thus [...]

On December 2, 2024, Sara Andrade and Rose Victoria Adams participated in Open Forum’s strategic day on consultation and accommodation with Indigenous ommunities. It was an opportunity for participants to have a meaningful dialogue on the implementation and development of the duty to consult Indigenous peoples. Sara Andrade and Rose Victoria Adams presented on "The [...]

Members of the Percival Class Action lawsuit regarding the Indian Boarding Home Program may file claims starting today until February 22, 2027. This Class Action seeks to compensate Indigenous people who were placed with a family by the Government of Canada between September 1, 1951 and June 30, 1992, for the purpose of attending an [...]

Notice of settlement of the Percival Indian Boarding Homes class action, for which Dionne Schulze acts as counsel for the Quebec subclass, was published on May 21, 2024. This class action seeks to compensate individuals placed with a family by the government of Canada, for the purpose of attending elementary or secondary school (whether in [...]

Dionne Schulze is honoured to represent the Assembly of First Nations of Québec-Labrador in its intervention before the Supreme Court of Canada | Cour suprême du Canada in the case of Attorney General of Québec v. Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan.This case concerns the funding of the First Nations Policing Program (FNPP) in Canada and the constitutional obligations [...]

David Schulze is proud to have been invited to participate in the first Additions to Reserve Policy Redesign Engagement Session held in Montreal by the First Nations Lands Managers Association for Quebec and Labrador.A second session is scheduled for April in Wendake. The recommendations resulting from these discussions will then be presented to Crown-Indigenous Relations [...]

The nominations for the 2024 edition of the Canadian Legal Lexpert Directory have finally been announced.We are proud to be listed as one of the most frequently recommended Quebec law firms in Aboriginal law. Thanks to our peers for recognizing our lawyers’ deep expertise and commitment to legal excellence.Congratulations to David Schulze, Elisabeth Patterson and [...]

Dionne Schulze is proud to have organized a week-long workshop on Indigenous class actions, which took place at McGill University's Faculty of Law from February 26 to March 1, 2024, as part of Focus Week. Marie-Alice D'Aoust, Sarah-Maude Belleville-Chénard, and Léa Lemay Langlois worked with the 16 students enrolled in the workshop to explore the [...]

On January 20, the radio show Kwé, Bonjour hosted Joëlle Perron-Thibodeau to talk about justice and comment on the recent Quebec Superior Court decision R. v. Montour. During this interview with Sophie-Claude Miller and Sylvestre Desterres, Joëlle Perron-Thibodeau shared about her career as a Kanien’kéhà:ka lawyer, and presented various aspects of the decision, including the place of traditional #Indigenous systems [...]

A turning point in the history of Aboriginal law: Two decades after the Mitchell decision, a Quebec court has made an exceptional turnaround. Quebec Superior Court Justice Sophie Bourque concluded that the Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawks) have an aboriginal right to freely pursue economic development. Taking into account the entry into force of the Canadian Act respecting [...]