Jean Teillet

Jean Teillet is called to the Bars in Ontario, British Columbia, the Northwest Territories and Manitoba.  She is a partner in the firm of Pape Salter Teillet with offices in Vancouver and Toronto.  Ms. Teillet specializes in Aboriginal rights litigation and negotiations, with a particular emphasis on Métis rights.

Since 1993, she has been a tutor and mentor to Aboriginal students at the University of Toronto, the University of Alberta and Osgoode Hall Law School.  As a founding member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, founding president of the Métis Nation Lawyers Association and former treasurer and vice-president of the Indigenous Bar Association of Canada, she has freely devoted her time and efforts to the Aboriginal Community.

In 2002 Ms. Teillet became the first recipient of the Law Society of Upper Canada's Lincoln Alexander Award for her work "as a mentor and teacher and her commitment to advancing Aboriginal issues".

The 2005 Aboriginal Justice Award was presented to Jean Teillet by the Aboriginal Law Students' Association, Faculty of Law, University of Alberta "In Recognition of Service to the Aboriginal Community" and for her "Outstanding Contributions to the Development of Aboriginal Justice".

Ms. Teillet is the great-grandniece of Louis Riel.

 

RÉSUMÉ OF JEAN TEILLET

 Partner – Pape Salter Teillet Barristers & Solicitors
(with offices in Vancouver, Toronto &  Behchokö, NT)
Specialists: Aboriginal, Environmental, Constitutional and Labour Relations Law

   
EDUCATIONAL DEGREES:
•
B.F.A. - York University
•
LL.B. - University of Toronto

 
EXAMPLES OF RECENT LEGAL WORK:
•
 Advisor to the Métis National Council - Constitutional Rights
•

Counsel in Supreme Court of Canada:
   - Delgamuukw v. British Columbia (for BC First      Nations Summit)
   - R. v. Pamajewon (for the Shawanaga First Nation)

•
 Counsel in Ontario Court of Appeal, Manitoba Court of Appeal:
   - R. v. Perry (for the Métis Nation of Ontario)
   - R. v. Powley (Supreme Court of Canada)
   - R. v. Blais (Supreme Court of Canada)
•
 Counsel in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, Saskatchewan Queen's Bench, Federal Court Trial Division
   - R. v. Powley (for the Defendants)
   - R. v. Morin & Daigneault (for the Defendants)
   - R. v. Maurice (for the Métis National Council)
•
 Counsel for negotiations:
   - Métis Federal Accord with HRDC - Métis National      Council
   - Métis Nation Agenda pursuant to the Federal      Reconciliation Policy - Métis National Council
   - Aboriginal Healing Foundation - Métis National      Council
   - Association of Ontario Midwives - 1999-2000 Funding Agreement with the Province of Ontario
 
PREVIOUS WORK EXPERIENCE:
•
 Producer of staged events (television, film and live performance) for Major League Baseball, Toyota, Ontario Place, Kelloggs, Owl TV, etc.
•
 Writer, Performer, Dancer, Teacher, Choreographer, Director for CKRC Radio, Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers, Toronto Dance Theatre, Danny Grossman Dance Company, Toronto Workshop Productions, Theatre London, Studio Seven, etc.
•
 Counsellor for the Morgentaler Clinic.

 

ASSOCIATIONS:
•
 Indigenous Bar Association of Canada
Member and immediate past vice-president

The Métis Nation Lawyers Association
Former president
   
   

CALLED TO THE BAR:
Ontario, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories

E-MAIL jteillet@pstlaw.ca
   
CLICK HERE FOR MORE DETAILS

MEDIA COVERAGE:
Family Business by Megan Easton
THE LAWYERS WEEKLY Vol.23, No. 21