• #3 Interview with Lawyer Sara Mainville

  • Mar 2 2022
  • Length: 35 mins
  • Podcast

#3 Interview with Lawyer Sara Mainville

  • Summary

  • Sara Mainville (Partner, Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP) discusses what the duty to consult means from an Anishinaabe perspective. She explains how Indigenous Law relates to the duty to consult, treaty-making, and reconciliation. We also touch upon the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

    Sara Mainville is a Partner at Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP and works with First Nations, not only as a lawyer, but as a negotiator and advisor. She was elected Chief of Couchiching First Nation in 2014.

    References & Further Reading

    • United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, GA Res 61/295 (Annex), UN GAOR, 61st Sess, Supp No 49, Vol III, UN Doc A/61/49 (2008) 15.
    • Sara Mainville, “Hunting Down a Lasting Relationship with Canada — Will UNDRIP Help?” (2020) 57:1 Osgoode Hall LJ 98, online: Journals at Osgoode Digital Commons https://digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3583&context=ohlj
    • Haida Nation v British Columbia (Minister of Forests), 2004 SCC 73

    Podcast Creators: Tesia Doblanko, Liz England, and Zachary Gee

    Student Researchers

    Editing by: Richard Mailey, Research Associate and Mike Contos

    Music by: Richard Mailey, Research Associate

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