Indigenous Rights

Through strong and productive relationships, Stewart McKelvey can help facilitate the partnerships between members of indigenous communities and governments and businesses. Our experience includes:

• Working and advising on projects in the energy and resources sector as part of the regulatory and environmental approval process;
• Advising on engagement reports, protocol agreements, ecological study reviews, liaison committees, consultation duties;
• Accommodation duties, and benefit issues;
• Negotiating directly or indirectly with major stakeholders in the private and public sector, including with respect to mutual benefit agreements; and
• Acting in legal proceedings before courts and tribunals to resolve engagement, consultation, and accommodation issues.