Public Inquiries

Julian Falconer, of Falconers LLP, was a member of the School Community Safety Advisory Panel, which was formed to analyze school safety issues after the death of Jordan Manners at C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute in 2007. Read the report: Executive Summary Vol. 1 Vol. 2 Vol. 3 Vol. 4 Appendices Appendix A: Terms of Reference for the School Community Safety Advisory Panel June 5, 2007 Appendix B: Particularization of Terms of Reference July 6, 2007 Appendix C: Individuals and Organizations Con...

Falconers LLP represented Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto as parties with standing at the Inquiry into the Pediatric Forensic Pathology in Ontario.  Commissioner Goudge concluded that coroners do not attend deaths in First Nations communities.  Often, families who have lost children in First Nations communities never hear from coroners about the cause of their child’s death or about the location of their child’s remains, and there has been a system...

On September 7, 1995, Dudley George was shot by the OPP at Ipperwash Provincial Park.  George was unarmed.  The resulting public inquiry, launched on November 12, 2003, resulted in a four volume report containing numerous recommendations.  Julian Falconer and Julian Roy of Falconers LLP acted at the Inquiry on behalf of Aboriginal Legal Services of Toronto. The Report: Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 In the News 20 years after Ipperwash crisis, First Nation accepts $95M offer   CBC, Se...