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 :

Seminar opening lecture texts (available soon):

  • Ms. Sophie D’Amour, rector, Université Laval

  • The Honourable J. Michel Doyon, Lieutenant-Governor of Québec

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

 

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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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Riel and the Red River Metis resistance

Online Case Law

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)

Online Legislation

 

Selection of legislation

The Constitution Act, 1982, s 35, 41, 133

Official Languages Act (current)

Manitoba Act (1870), ss 22, 23, 31

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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 Case Law

Selection of decisions

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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Case Law available in co-working libraries

 

Rose c. R., [1973] C.A. 579

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

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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)

  • Open « Suivi / Historique » to access all decisions

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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Manitoba and Québec Metis Rights

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