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Daniel Sims, Associate Professor of First Nations Studies; Adjunct Professor of Education, University of Northern British Columbia

Aboriginal title and land ownership is suddenly a hot topic in Canada — and won’t be settled anytime soon

Aboriginal title pertains to the rights Indigenous groups have to land. Fee simple title refers to the most common way individuals in Canada own land. How do these different forms of title interact?

The question isn’t new. And, as I recently stated at the annual conference of the Canadian Historical Association in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, a recent Supreme Court of Canada decision doesn’t fix it.

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