On February 27, 2018, Julian Falconer was interviewed on The Morning Show, with Mike Stafford and Supriya Dwivedi on the issue of racial profiling. In the segment entitled, “Ien: Driving While Black in Canada,” Julian commented on popular, aw...
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Today, the Nishawbe-Aski Legal Services 2018 NAN East By-Law Summit begins in Timmins, Ontario. The conference runs until March 1, 2018, and discusses how “Indigenous Legal Traditions can and are being revitalized through band bylaws.” Falconers ...
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In an article published by CBC, Julian Falconer commented that, the outrage felt and expressed across the country following the verdict in the Gerald Stanley trial comes from years of injustice that have deeply eroded confidence of Indigenous peoples in C...
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Today, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Grand Chief, Alvin Fiddler, published an opinion exposé in the Toronto Star entitled, “Colten Boushie verdict more proof legal system plagued by systemic racism.” Grand Chief Fiddler wrote: “The acquittal of Geral...
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Today, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“the Tribunal”) issued a significant decision regarding First Nations child welfare. This decision contains a series of groundbreaking orders against Canada, requiring Canada to fund the actual cost of child ...
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On January 31, 2018, Julian Falconer was interviewed on CBC’s Power and Politics with Chris Hall. In the segment entitled “Exclusion of First Nation Jurors”, Julian discusses the tragic death of Colten Boushie, a 22-year-old Indigenous m...
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The Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”) Special Chiefs Winter Assembly continues today at the Victoria Inn Hotel & Convention Centre in Thunder Bay, ON. Falconers LLP counsel Julian Falconer and Akosua Matthews are in attendance. Today, Wednesday, Ja...
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On Tuesday, January 26, 2018, Anthony Morgan of Falconers LLP was presented the Charles D. Gontheir Award, which was created by the Young Alumni Advisory Board of the Faculty of Law at McGill University in 2008. The Charles D. Gonthier Outstanding You...
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Julian Falconer and Associates are thrilled to announce that Falconers LLP lawyer, Asha James, has become a Partner, as of January 2018. Asha is a graduate of the University of Windsor Law School where she earned American (JD) and Canadian (LLB) law degre...
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The tragic death of Matthew Hines in 2015, a 33 year-old from Cape Breton with a history of mental health challenges, could lead to the first trial in Canada involving two correctional officers for their alleged part in an inmates’ death. On Wednesday, ...
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