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Item Open Access The 1990 Alberta Metis Settlements Legislation: An Overview(Canadian Instiutte of Resources Law, 1991) MacLachlan, LethaItem Open Access ABlawg articles(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 2010-11) Kwasniak, Arlene; Bankes, Nigel; Fluker, ShaunABlawg is the University of Calgary Faculty of Law’s Blog on Developments in Alberta Law. It includes commentary by faculty members, sessional instructors, research associates at the Faculty’s affiliated institutes, and students on court and tribunal decisions and legislative and policy developments in Alberta. ABlawg includes commentary in several areas of interest to readers of Resources: Aboriginal Law, Carbon Capture and Storage, Climate Change, Energy Law, Environmental Law, Natural Resources Law, Oil and Gas Law, and Water Law. Resources articles have sometimes been reprinted on ABlawg (see e.g. Nickie Vlavianos, The Issues and Challenges with Public Participation in Energy and Natural Resources Development in Alberta and David Laidlaw and Monique Passelac Ross, Water Rights and Water Stewardship: What About Aboriginal Peoples?); in this issue of Resources we feature three ABlawg posts concerning (1) judicial interpretation of the Alberta Land Stewardship Act, (2) regulatory approaches to CCS, and (3) standing at the Energy Resources Conservation Board. The posts included here have been edited for length. For full versions of the posts and to become a subscriber to ABlawg, go to http://ablawg.ca/.Item Open Access Aboriginal Peoples and Resource Development in Northern Alberta(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 2003) Ross, Monique M.This paper is the final component of a multifaceted research project on legal and institutional responses to land and resource use conflicts in Northern Alberta. The paper evaluates the situation of forest-based Aboriginal communities faced with intensifying resource development in the northern boreal region of Alberta. It considers the extent to which the rights and interests of Aboriginal Peoples are acknowledged, protected and accommodated in the provincial resource allocation and development process.Item Metadata only Access to Children Following Parental Relationship Breakdown in Alberta(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 1992) Perry, D.; Bolitho, F.H.; Isenegger, J.A.; Paetsch, J.J. (Ed.)Item Open Access Access to Forest Lands and Resources: The Case of Aboriginal Peoples in Alberta(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 2008) Passelac-Ross, MoniqueThe development of natural resources is central to the province of Alberta's economic growth and prosperity. Most of these resources - conventional oil and gas, oil sands, forests, coal, water - are owned by the province. They are managed under a highly centralized resource management regime that provides relatively few opportunities for local communities to influence decision-making. This is notably the case with respect to Crown forests, 89% of which are owned by the provincial government and allocated under long-term forest tenures to large integrated forest companies. The paper focuses on the situation of Aboriginal communities located within the commercial forest area of the province. It seeks to assess the extent and scope of their access to Crown forest lands.Item Open Access Access to Justice in Indigenous Communities: An Intercultural Strategy to Improve Access to Justice(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family, 2017-01) Wright, A.C.In 2015, the Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family partnered with Calgary Legal Guidance (CLG) to develop a project that would build intercultural partnerships in two Indigenous communities in order to build agency capacity that would increase access to justice. The project was funded in large part by the Human Rights and Education Multiculturalism Fund, with in-kind funding provided by the Institute through the Alberta Law Foundation, CLG and our community partners. Our community partners included Vanessa Omeasso of the Restorative Justice program in Maskwacis and Dr. Laura Kiepal of the Peace River Region Women’s Shelter in Peace River. In addition to agency partners and community members, we have also worked with Elders from these communities who have advised on the strategy. The project goal was to improve access to the justice system for all people, particularly in communities where there are barriers such as transportation and a lack of legal education. Over the last year, we conducted stakeholder meetings with community members, justice staff and social agency staff, and compiled information about the work already being undertaken in the communities that have been working with us. Our project sought to meet five primary outcomes: 1. establish intercultural partnerships that meet the diverse and unique needs of Indigenous communities; 2. foster agency relationships in order to deliver the project strategy, developed by the community and elder consultations; 3. support strategic partnerships to meet future research and project needs, identified throughout the consultations and focus groups; 4. increase access to and utilization of existing legal services in Indigenous communities; and 5. generate a method of practice for working inclusively within Indigenous communities.Item Open Access Access to Justice in Indigenous Communities: Know Your Rights with Police(Calgary Legal Guidance, 2017-01) Calgary Legal GuidanceTo provide basic information about rights of individuals when interacting with law enforcement • To provide some strategies for dealing with some situations that may arise during a police encounterItem Open Access Access to Legal Services in Women's Shelters(Canadian Research Institute for Law and the Family., 2015-12-01) Wright, A.C.; Bertrand, L.D.This study examines access to legal services among clients of three Calgary-area domestic violence shelters. The study samples the views of staff and clients at three domestic violence shelters with the goals of improving understanding of clients' legal service needs, understanding the challenges clients attempting to access legal services encounter and making recommendations for improvement. The authors conclude that clients' service needs are complex and often involve legal problems, yet shelters face specific organizational barriers to coordinating legal services. The authors recommend that a further analysis be undertaken to examine the legal access patterns of women experiencing domestic violence, to assess the prevalence of the barriers identified in the study and to determine whether further barriers are present in other shelters.Item Open Access Acid Rain: Bilateral Environmental Management in Jeopardy(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 1984) Saunders, J. OwenItem Open Access Acid Rain: Bilateral Environmental Management in Jeopardy(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 1984) Saunders, J. OwenItem Metadata only Adjustment and Integration of Immigrant Youth in Canada: Stage I - Design Report and Proposal(1992) Arnold, B.L.; Brannigan, A.; Perry, D.Item Metadata only Adjustment, Stress and Family Life in Adolescents in Canada, Britain, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan and The Philippines(Taylor & Francis Online, 1999) Bagley, C.; Mallick, K.; Verma, G.; Bolitho, F.; Bertrand, L.; Madrid, S.; Tse, J.Item Metadata only Adolescent Substance Use in Alberta(1994) Bertrand, L.D.Item Open Access The AEUB: A Short Chapter in Alberta's Long History of Energy & Utilities Regulation(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 2009-06) Cecilia A. LowPublic utility and energy resource regulation in Alberta date back to 1915 with the creation of the Alberta Board of Public Utility Commissioners and 1932 with the establishment of the Turner Valley Gas Conservation Board. The Alberta Energy and Utilities Board (AEUB) was created in 1995 when the government of Alberta merged the functions of the successors to those boards. Although the AEUB's tenure was relatively short-lived, it was also eventful. The article sets out a brief history of public utility and energy regulation in Alberta and provides an assessment of the context for the creation of the AEUB and of the AEUB's tenure. The article concludes that the AEUB's legacy of negotiated settlement processes and the adoption of a more collaborative approach to regulation of the electricity sector can only prove beneficial as the provincial government implements its Energy Strategy.Item Metadata only Age and Gender Differences in the Predictors of Adolescent Drinking(1998) Barber, J.G.; Bolitho, F.; Bertrand, L.D.Item Open Access Agricultural Land Protection in Quebec: A Victim of its Own Success?(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 1992) Giroux, LorneItem Metadata only Alberta(1988) Hornick, J.P.; Thomlison, R.J.; Nesbitt, L.Item Metadata only An Alberta Community Needs Assessment Survey(1989) Gubbels, P.; Hornick, J.P.; Nicoll, M.Item Open Access Alberta First Nations Consultation & Accommodation Handbook – Updated to 2016(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 2016-03) Laidlaw, DavidThis is an Update to our Alberta First Nations Consultation & Accommodation Handbook published on March 30, 2014 as CIRL Occasional Paper #44 (Handbook). The Handbook was a critical assessment of Alberta’s approach to satisfying the Crown’s duty to consult and accommodate aboriginal people in Alberta under The Government of Alberta’s Policy on Consultation with First Nations on Land and Natural Resource Management, 2013 (Consultation Policy). In the Handbook we reviewed the Consultation Policy, associated legislation and draft Corporate Guidelines as they existed at March 30, 2014. In this Update, we analyze the finalized guidelines, The Government of Alberta’s Guidelines on Consultation with First Nations on Land and Natural Resource Management (July 28, 2014) (Guidelines) together with relevant developments since March 30, 2014.Item Open Access Alberta First Nations Consultation & Accommodation Handbook(Canadian Institute of Resources Law, 2014-03) Laidlaw, David; Passelac-Ross, MoniqueAlberta has had two attempts to develop a First Nation’s consultation and accommodation process. The first in 2005 was controversial for First Nations and frustrating for resource companies. The First Nation Consultation Policy (2013) was released on August 16, 2013. There were some conceptual improvements such as the centralization of First Nation Consultation and a consultation levy on resource companies. There are notable failures including the process of developing the new policy and the continued misunderstanding of the governing Treaties. Aboriginal consultation in Alberta after the new Policy will still be a frustrating, complicated, and expensive exercise despite government, industry, First Nations’ and public hopes. It need not be so. In this report, this latest attempt is described and critiqued with best practices from other jurisdiction suggested to correct the flaws.