The settlement process: A personal reflection
This paper discusses the author’s personal experiences as the chief negotiator of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement for the Assembly of First Nations. She discusses the key and central role the AFN played in the formulation of the Settlement Agreement, the values and principles tha...
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crunivtoronpr:10.3138/utlj.2485 2024-09-15T18:06:38+00:00 The settlement process: A personal reflection Mahoney, Kathleen 2014 http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/utlj.2485 https://utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/utlj.2485 en eng University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) University of Toronto Law Journal volume 64, issue 4, page 505-528 ISSN 0042-0220 1710-1174 journal-article 2014 crunivtoronpr https://doi.org/10.3138/utlj.2485 2024-08-29T04:20:48Z This paper discusses the author’s personal experiences as the chief negotiator of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement for the Assembly of First Nations. She discusses the key and central role the AFN played in the formulation of the Settlement Agreement, the values and principles that informed the Assembly’s positions and strategies, and some of the behind-the-scene steps that led to its rapid adoption. She argues that reconciliation is a long-term project that will require more than reparations and that Canada must take the major responsibility for creating conditions for reconciliation, which it is not presently doing. She argues that the legal profession and the law must be more context sensitive and take Aboriginal laws and values into account or justice to the Aboriginal population will never be achieved. Article in Journal/Newspaper First Nations University of Toronto Press (U Toronto Press) University of Toronto Law Journal 64 4 505 528 |
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This paper discusses the author’s personal experiences as the chief negotiator of the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement for the Assembly of First Nations. She discusses the key and central role the AFN played in the formulation of the Settlement Agreement, the values and principles that informed the Assembly’s positions and strategies, and some of the behind-the-scene steps that led to its rapid adoption. She argues that reconciliation is a long-term project that will require more than reparations and that Canada must take the major responsibility for creating conditions for reconciliation, which it is not presently doing. She argues that the legal profession and the law must be more context sensitive and take Aboriginal laws and values into account or justice to the Aboriginal population will never be achieved. |
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