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University of Calgary law student Ruby Pyke explores the topics discussed on the first day of CIAJ’s 49th Annual Conference. In her post, she considers the panel discussions in light of her background in environmental science, highlighting the tension between protecting the environment and allowing economic development, as well as the huge challenge to addressing the changing climate.

Mathur v. Ontario — A historic legal battle by 7 young people to uphold the Charter in the fight against climate change. Join us in Vancouver, Oct. 28-30 2025, to reflect on the future of environmental law in Canada.

Artificial intelligence is a myriad of environmental contradictions. For the good (or bad) it does for the society, AI leaves behind a heavy environmental footprint. However, this work is to highlight how AI can be wielded for good or bad when it comes to greenwashing…

Mathur v. Ontario — A historic legal battle by seven young people to uphold the Charter in the fight against climate change. Join us in Vancouver, October 28-30, 2025, to reflect on the future of environmental law in Canada.

This Report incorporates research conducted in Australia and Canada during a Study Leave between September 2023 and April 2024. Australia provided the primary comparative reference for this study and, as contemplated in my Study Leave Proposal (see Annex A), I focus on the Federal Court of Australia’s leadership in digitization….

How can Indigenous and state justice systems coexist equally? Canadian and Ecuadorian judges explored this question in Quito. Read Justice Abrioux’s reflections.

Following CIAJ 2024 Indigenous Justice System Symposium, a report was written highlighting key insights and outcomes on Indigenous justice and self-governance.

Meetings often start with an acknowledgement that they are taking place on unceded Aboriginal lands. Few know what the lack of cession means; the path of reconciliation will require us to learn…

In two firsts, the SCC decided that the unwritten constitutional principle of the honour of the Crown applies to certain non-treaty contractual arrangements with Indigenous groups and referred to reconciliation a constitutional principle in Quebec v. Pekuakamiulnuatsh Takuhikan….

This paper examines the harm to families and particularly children, caused by the litigation method of dispute resolution for making parenting plans. That this harm occurs in the area of law entrusted with promoting the best interests of children is morally, ethically, and legally unacceptable…