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Riel and the Red River Rebellion
175th anniversary of the birth of Louis Riel and 150th anniversary of the Red River Rebellion.
Seminar of the Lieutenant Governor of Québec held in Quebec City in November 2019.
Topics :
Riel and the Métis of Manitoba
Lecture texts will be available soon:
Laurier and Riel
M. Réal Bélanger, Ph. D., codirecteur, Dictionnaire biographique du Canada
Riel and the Métis Resistance
M. Richard Webb, Ph. D., Associate Professor, Department of History, Laurentian University et Dr. Geoff Read, Ph.D., Huron College, Western University
The Unlikely Nation: The Red River Burnt Woods
Mr. Etienne Rivard, Ph. D., assistant professor, Université de Saint-Boniface
The constitutional aspect of the Riel case
Me Patrick Taillon, Ph. D., professor, Law Faculty, Université Laval
Online Doctrine
Selection of books and articles
Manitoba, Weir, Coschi, Fong and James-Abra (2019)
Métis Scrip in Canada, Robinson (2019)
Red River Rebellion, Bumsted, Foot and Yarhi (2019)
Battle of Seven Oaks, Barkwell (2018)
Daniels v. Canada: The Métis’ Journey to the Supreme Court of Canada, Cloutier (2018)
Manitoba Act, Rea and Scott (2017)
Wilfrid Laurier: Speech in Defence of Louis Riel, 1874, Wilfrid Laurier (2017)
RIEL, LOUIS (1844-1885), Thomas (2016)
Sayer Trial, Foster (2015)
Charles Fitzpatrick (1853-1942) Homme politique, Kantorowski (2000)
LAURIER, Sir WILFRID (baptized Henry-Charles-Wilfrid), Bélanger (1998)
Quand une majorité devient une minorité: les Métis francophones de
l’Ouest canadien, Martel (1979)
Speech of Mr. Wifred Laurier, M.O., on the Riel Question, Delivered in the House of Commons, March 16th, 1886, Laurier (1886)
From the Red River Settlement to Manitoba (1812–1870), Dictionary of Canadian Biography
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The Manitoba Métis Decision and the Uses of History, Berger (2015)
Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General): Breathing New Life Into the “Empty Box” Doctrine of “Indian Title”, O’Toole (2015)
Louis Riel: Patriot Rebel, McLachlin (2011)
Exoneration for Louis Riel: Mercy, Justice, or Political Expediency?, Teillet (2004)
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Selection of books and articles
An Apology for Louis Riel Too?, Canadian Lawyer (1998), K 3 A59 1998 v.22
Louis Riel and the Crown Letters, Canadian Lawyer (1998), K 3 A59 1998 v.22
Le messianisme de Louis Riel, University Press (1984), FC 3217.1 R555 M376 1984
The Queen v Louis Riel, University of Toronto Press (1974), F 1060.9 R555 1974
Le métis canadien : son rôle dans l’histoire des provinces de l’ouest, Giraud (1945)
Lord Durham’s Report on the Affairs of North America, Durham (1912)
Histoire véridique des faits qui ont préparé le mouvement des métis à la Rivière-rouge en 1869, Beauchemin (1905), F 1063 D866 1905
Rapport de lord Durham haut-commissaire de Sa Majesté, etc., sur les affaires de l’Amérique septentrionale britannique, Durham (1839)
Lexis Advance
Interview with Jean Teillet, Schwartz (2018)
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Selection of decisions
Numbered Treaties, Filice (2016)
Daniels v. Canada, 2013 FC 6
Keewatin v. Minister of Natural Resources, 2011 ONSC 4801
Montana Band v. Canada, 2006 FC 261
Gosselin c. Québec (Procureur général), 2000 CanLII 18504 (QC CS)
Reference re Manitoba Language Rights, 1992 CanLII 115 (SCC)
Attorney General of Quebec v. Blaikie et al., 1981 CanLII 14 (SCC)
Attorney General of Manitoba v. Forest, 1979 CanLII 242 (SCC)
Bertrand v. Dussault and Lavoie, County Court of Saint-Boniface 1909, reproduit dans Forest v. Manitoba, 1977 CanLII 1635 (MB CA) aux pages 459 à 462
The Initiative and Referendum Act (Re), 1919 CanLII 426 (UK JCPC)
Ottawa Separate School Trustees v. MacKell, 1916 CanLII 418 (UK JCPC)
La Reine vs. Louis Riel: accusé et convaincu du crime de haute trahison : rapport, Imprimeur de la Reine (1886)
- Procès à Régina
- Appel à la Cour du Banc de la Reine, Manitoba
- Appel au Conseil Privé, Angleterre
- Pétition pour l’examen du condamné par des médecins-experts
- Liste des pétitions pour la commutation de la sentence
Queen v. Riel, 1885 CanLII 158 (MB QB)
The Queen v. Riel, 1885 CanLII 88 (MB QB)
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Selection of legislation
The Constitution Act, 1982, s 35, 41, 133
Official Languages Act (current)
Manitoba Act (1870), ss 22, 23, 31
Related Web site
Louis Riel's trial
The lecture text will be available soon :
The Riel trial as seen by a contemporary criminal lawyer
Me Rénald Beaudry, criminalist, Beaudry, Roussin, avocats
Online Doctrine
Selection of books and articles
Louis Riel, Stanley (2016)
La non-responsabilité criminelle pour cause de troubles mentaux, Gagné (2014)
Histoire des institutions judiciaires du Canada, Huppé (2007)
Selection of research questions
Quelles sont les sources utiles à consulter sur les infractions contre l’ordre public?
Quelles sont les sources utiles à consulter sur la langue du procès en matière pénale?
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Exoneration for Louis Riel: Mercy, Justice, or Political Expediency?, Teillet (2004)
The Definition of Metis Peoples in Section 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982, Chartrand (2004)
Section 91(24) and Canada’s Legislative Jurisdiction with Respect to the Métis, Stevenson (2002)
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The Trial of Louis Riel, Scott (1986), K 12 A974 1986 v.20 p. 31 -37
A Digest of the Criminal Law of Canada (Crimes and Punishments) Founded by Permission on Sir James Fitzjames Stephen’s Digest of the Criminal Law, Stephen (1890), KE 8809 B946 1890
Histoire du droit canadien : depuis les origines de la colonie jusqu’à nos jours, Lareau (1888), KE 407 L321
A Treatise on Criminal Law as Applicable to the Dominion of Canada, Clarke (1872), KE 8809 C61 1872
The Provincial Justice, or Magistrate’s Manual, Being a Complete Digest of Criminal Laws of Canada, Koole (1858), KEO 1165 K82 1858
Lexis Advance
L’élargissement du concept d’obligation fiduciaire au profit des communautés de langue française en situation minoritaire dans leurs relations avec l’État, Larocque, Power, Vincelette (2012)
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Bessette v. British Columbia (Attorney General), 2019 SCC 31
R. v. Babos, 2014 SCC 16
Denver-Lambert c. R., 2007 QCCA 1301
R. v. Beaulac, 1999 CanLII 684 (SCC)
Winko v. British Columbia (Forensic Psychiatric Institute), 1999 CanLII 694 (SCC)
La Reine vs. Louis Riel : accusé et convaincu du crime de haute trahison : rapport, Imprimeur de la Reine (1886)
- Procès à Régina
- Appel à la Cour du Banc de la Reine, Manitoba
- Appel au Conseil Privé, Angleterre
- Pétition pour l’examen du condamné par des médecins-experts
- Liste des pétitions pour la commutation de la sentence
Brouillard Also Known As Chatel v. The Queen, 1985 CanLII 56 (SCC)
Regina v. Paul Rose, 1973 CanLII 1551 (CA)
The Queen v. Riel, 1885 CanLII 88 (MB QB)
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Mental disorder and criminal responsibility
Language of criminal procedures and trial (Cour suprême du Canada)
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Rose c. R., [1973] C.A. 579
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Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms (1982), ss 16-23
The Constitution Act, 1982, s 35
Criminal Code, ss 46-48
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (criminal procedure, language of the accused, sentencing and other amendments) (2008), s 21
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The Métis of Manitoba and Québec
Lecture texts will be available soon :
The Métis issue in Manitoba and Quebec
Ms. Geneviève Motard, Ph. D., Associate professor, Law Faculty, Université Laval
Online Doctrine
Selection of books and articles
The Supreme Court of Canada Refuses to Hear the Appeal of a Group Claiming Métis Status, Bundock (2019)
Daniels v. Canada: The Métis’ Journey to The Supreme Court of Canada, Cloutier (2018)
A Thunderbolt Decision on Métis Rights: Daniels v Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), Junger, Murphy, Timothy and Ryan (2016)
Court Rules that Members of the Métis Community of Domaine-Du-Roy and Seigneurie De Mingan have no Ancestral Rights, Bundock and Pittet (2015)
Reports of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (2015)
Federal Court of Appeal Confirms That Métis Fall Within Federal Jurisdiction Under Constitution, Isaac, King and Welsh (2014)
Selection of research questions
Quelles sont les sources utiles à consulter sur les Métis et les Inuits?
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Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General) : Breathing New Life Into the “Empty Box” Doctrine of “Indian Title”, O’Toole (2015)
A New Era in Metis Constitutional Rights: The Importance of Powley and Blais, Bell and Leonard (2004)
The Definition of Métis Peoples in Section 35(2) of the Constitution Act, 1982, Chartrand (2004)
Metis Constitutional Rights in Section 35(1), Bell (1997)
Lexis Advance
Who Are the Metis People in Section 35(2)?, Bell (1991)
Dèslibris
Métis-Crown Relations: Rights, Identity, Jurisdiction and Governance, Wilson and Mallet (2008)
LegalTrac
Blais et Powley : Les doctrines des droits aborigènes des Métis sous la loupe, O’Toole (2009)
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Le statut de métis au Canada : Histoire, identité et enjeux sociaux, Gagnon (2019), E 99 M47 G135 2019
“Our Time Has Come”: Reconciliation in The Wake of Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), Dubois (2018), K 18 E923 2018 v.23
The Métis and Thirty Years of Section 35: How Constitutional Protection for Métis Rights Has Led to The Loss of the Rule of Law, Teillet (2012), K 23 U64 2012 v.58
De la dissimulation à la revendication identitaire : l’exemple des Métis francophones du Manitoba, Gagné et Martin (2009), GN 380 A939 2009
Métis Rights, Isaac (2008), E 99 M47 I733 2008
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Online Case Law
Selection of decisions
Ghislain Corneau, et al. v. Attorney General of Québec, et al., 2019 CanLII 37472 (SCC)
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Daniels v. Canada (Indian Affairs and Northern Development), 2016 SCC 12
Manitoba Metis Federation Inc. v. Canada (Attorney General), 2013 SCC 14
R. v. Powley, 2003 SCC 43
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The Path to Reconciliation Act, Manitoba (2019)
Chartes des droits de la personne (Alter Ego 2018) : législation, jurisprudence et doctrine, (2018) Art. 35.
The Constitution Act, 1982, s 35(1), (2)
Indian Act (current), s 6
Nunavut Land Claims Agreement Act
The Constitution Act, 1867, s 91(24)
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Reconciliation with aboriginal peoples, CAIJ (2019)
