Public Has Right to Know Names of Cops Who Kill, says Falconers LLP
In an April 3, 2017, Toronto Star article, Julian Falconer of Falconers LLP, advocates that the public has the right to know the names of police officers who have killed a civilian while on duty. Falconer stated, “they are public officials doing pub...
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Canadian Human Rights Tribunal Orders Endorse NAN Immediate Relief Resolutions
Falconers LLP is pleased to report that the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“Tribunal”) has issued a March 29, 2017, decision in support of Nishnawbe Aski Nation’s (“NAN”), immediate relief resolutions. In doing so, the Tribunal ...
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Denouncing Dual Discrimination: Falconers LLP Highlights Connection Between Anti-Indigenous Hate Crimes and Systemic Racism in Policing
On March 31, 2017, the CBC Radio program, Day 6, featured comments by Julian Falconer of Falconers LLP. Falconer’s comments highlighted the interconnection between anti-Indigenous hate crimes and the persistence of systemic racism in the Thunder Bay Pol...
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Falconers LLP Proposes New Tort Targeting Inadequate Police Training on Use of Lethal Force
Falconers LLP partner, Julian Falconer, and associate, Marc Gibson, have co-authored an article featured in the March 2017 issue of The Litigator, the Journal of the Ontario Trial Lawyers Association. Falconers LLP argues that police use of force trainin...
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Police Must Collect Race-Based Data to Help Combat Racism, says Falconers LLP
The Toronto Star recently featured comments by Falconers LLP associate, Anthony Morgan, in a March 19, 2017, article on the issue of police collecting race-based disaggregated data. In support of the police collecting and publishing race-based data, Morga...
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Good Luck Sam!
Today, members of Falconers LLP celebrated Samantha Ramage, who is leaving us to begin her own practice in her home community. Sam joined us a second-year Lakehead University student, did her placement with us, and began her legal career as an associate a...
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THREE DAY HEARING UNDERWAY AT HUMAN RIGHTS TRIBUNAL
From March 22 to 24, 2017, a compliance hearing will be taking place in Ottawa where Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”), through legal counsel, Falconers LLP, will be advancing issues relating to Indigenous child welfare equity with the Canadian Hu...
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REMOTENESS QUOTIENT TABLE LAUNCHED: NAN and Canada Announce Ground Breaking Remoteness Quotient Table To Address Discrimination in Supports for Indigenous Children of Remote Communities
Today, Grand Chief Alvin Fiddler of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Canada’s Minister of Indigenous Affairs Carolyn Bennett formally signed an Agreement creating a ground breaking Remoteness Quotient (“RQ”) Table to develop a new funding formula that equi...
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Falconers LLP Weighs In On the Injustices of Solitary Confinement
Falconers LLP lawyer, Julian Falconer, is joined on panel by Robert King, and Albert Woodfox of “The Angola 3”. Robert King, Albert Woodfox, and Herman Wallace spent a combined total of 113 years in solitary confinement for crimes they did not...
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NAN Files Latest Submissions in Historic Case Seeking Indigenous Child Welfare Equity
On February 28, 2017, Falconers LLP, representing Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN), filed its latest legal arguments for Indigenous Child Welfare Equity with the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal (“Tribunal”). These submissions were filed as part of the ongoi...
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Convicted Police Officers: A City News Investigation
City News has launched an investigation into police officers who have been convicted of criminal offences, yet remain on the job. Julian Falconer, who has represented many family members and individuals who have been the victim of police use of force was ...
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10-Year Anniversary of First Nation Child Welfare Human Rights Complaint
Nishnawbe Aski Nation (“NAN”), an interested party in the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada et al. v. Attorney General of Canada complaint, are represented by Falconers LLP lawyers Julian Falconer, Akosua Matthews, and Anthony Mo...
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