Baker Newby Black & White Logo
  • Our Firm
    • Our Team
    • What’s New
    • Our Community
  • Business Services
    • Agriculture
    • Business Financing
    • Business Structures
    • Purchases, Sales and Other Commercial Transactions
    • Commercial Dispute Resolution
    • Construction Law
    • Contracts and Other Legal Documents
    • Employment Law
    • Land Transactions
    • Indigenous Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Succession Planning
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Negotiation Services
    • Mediation Services
    • Arbitration Services
    • Litigation Strategy
    • Parenting Coordinator
  • Personal Services
    • Family Law
    • Estate and Wealth Preservation Law
    • Real Estate Law
    • Employment Law
    • Estate Litigation
    • Criminal Defence Law
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Insurance Law
    • Disability Insurance
    • Slip and Fall
  • Blog
  • Mediators
  • Career Opportunities
Menu
  • Our Firm
    • Our Team
    • What’s New
    • Our Community
  • Business Services
    • Agriculture
    • Business Financing
    • Business Structures
    • Purchases, Sales and Other Commercial Transactions
    • Commercial Dispute Resolution
    • Construction Law
    • Contracts and Other Legal Documents
    • Employment Law
    • Land Transactions
    • Indigenous Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Succession Planning
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Negotiation Services
    • Mediation Services
    • Arbitration Services
    • Litigation Strategy
    • Parenting Coordinator
  • Personal Services
    • Family Law
    • Estate and Wealth Preservation Law
    • Real Estate Law
    • Employment Law
    • Estate Litigation
    • Criminal Defence Law
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Insurance Law
    • Disability Insurance
    • Slip and Fall
  • Blog
  • Mediators
  • Career Opportunities
Contact Us

Chilliwack Office
P.O. Box 390, 9259 Main Street, Chilliwack, BC V2P 6K2
(604) 792-1376 

Abbotsford Office
200 – 2955 Gladwin Rd,
Abbotsford BC V2T 5T4
(604) 852-3646

©2020 Baker Newby
Full-Service Lawyers.
All rights reserved.

Baker Newby Black & White Logo
  • Our Firm
    • Our Team
    • What’s New
    • Our Community
  • Business Services
    • Agriculture
    • Business Financing
    • Business Structures
    • Purchases, Sales and Other Commercial Transactions
    • Commercial Dispute Resolution
    • Construction Law
    • Contracts and Other Legal Documents
    • Employment Law
    • Land Transactions
    • Indigenous Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Succession Planning
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Negotiation Services
    • Mediation Services
    • Arbitration Services
    • Litigation Strategy
    • Parenting Coordinator
  • Personal Services
    • Family Law
    • Estate and Wealth Preservation Law
    • Real Estate Law
    • Employment Law
    • Estate Litigation
    • Criminal Defence Law
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Insurance Law
    • Disability Insurance
    • Slip and Fall
  • Blog
  • Mediators
  • Career Opportunities
Menu
  • Our Firm
    • Our Team
    • What’s New
    • Our Community
  • Business Services
    • Agriculture
    • Business Financing
    • Business Structures
    • Purchases, Sales and Other Commercial Transactions
    • Commercial Dispute Resolution
    • Construction Law
    • Contracts and Other Legal Documents
    • Employment Law
    • Land Transactions
    • Indigenous Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Succession Planning
  • Dispute Resolution
    • Negotiation Services
    • Mediation Services
    • Arbitration Services
    • Litigation Strategy
    • Parenting Coordinator
  • Personal Services
    • Family Law
    • Estate and Wealth Preservation Law
    • Real Estate Law
    • Employment Law
    • Estate Litigation
    • Criminal Defence Law
    • Personal Injury Law
    • Privacy Law
    • Insurance Law
    • Disability Insurance
    • Slip and Fall
  • Blog
  • Mediators
  • Career Opportunities

News Release: Truth and Reconciliation in Practice

Personal Injury Law
October 12, 2016
Loading...

Animal skin drum made by the aboriginal people in Canada.

Truth and Reconciliation Commission

In late 2015, the Benchers of the Law Society of British Columbia have unanimously agreed that addressing the challenges arising from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s findings and recommendations is one of the most important and critical obligations facing the country and the legal system today. To the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, reconciliation is about establishing and maintaining a mutually respectful relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in this country. In order for that to happen, there has to be awareness of the past, acknowledgment of the harm that has been indicted, atonement for the causes, and action to change the behaviour.

The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s final report contains 94 recommendations to guide Canada towards this goal of reconciliation. Recommendations 27 and 28 speak specifically to the legal profession. Recommendation 27 calls upon the Federation of Law Societies of Canada to ensure that lawyers receive appropriate cultural competency training, which includes the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal- Crown Relations. Recommendation 28 calls upon law schools in Canada to require all law students to take a course in Aboriginal people and the law.

The Benchers recognize that reconciliation goes beyond these two recommendations to include a number of legal issues currently impacting Aboriginal communities. These include child welfare, overrepresentation of Aboriginal people in custody and the need for enhanced restorative justice programs, the disproportionate victimization of Aboriginal women and girls, Aboriginal rights and title (including treaty rights, the implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, unresolved residential school claims, and issues concerning jurisdictional responsibility for Aboriginal peoples. While the majority of the recommendations contained in the communal report are not directly aimed at lawyers, their implementation largely depends on the engagement of lawyers. Accordingly, the Law Society of British Columbia will begin to implement key initiatives

Related Posts

Get a Grip On Winter

With shorter days upon us and cooler temperatures in the forecast, winter is fast approaching. Before we know it, snow

Read More »
November 5, 2018

Waxing your board: Liability on the slopes

This past winter has been one of the best in recent memory for snow conditions on the local mountains. While

Read More »
October 12, 2016

Fore-Warned: Negligence on the Golf Course

Chilliwack is blessed with some of the most beautiful and playable golf-courses around, and may have more golf per capita

Read More »
March 8, 2013
Baker Newby Black & White Logo

Get our newsletter delivered to your inbox.

How Can We Help You?

Get Connected

Facebook Twitter Youtube Linkedin-in Instagram
Contact Us
Search
Close

© 2022 Baker Newby Full-Service Lawyers. All rights reserved. 

Privacy Policy | Designed by Jelly Digital Marketing & PR