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Roy Stewart

Associate Lawyer / Avocat AssociƩ

Roy is a Mi’gmaw lawyer from New Brunswick, and resides in unceded Wolastoqiyik territory. As a full-time lawyer in private practice with Burchell Wickwire Bryson LLP, his practice is focused exclusively on working with Indigenous clients, including Indigenous not-for-profit organizations, communities, governments and individuals across Mi'gma'qi.


Roy has appeared before all levels of Court in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia, and has represented Indigenous organizations at provincial and national commissions of inquiry, including the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls. Negotiating rights implementation on behalf of Indigenous clients with the Federal and Provincial governments forms a large part of his practice.


Roy is a past Chair of the Canadian Bar Association-Nova Scotia Aboriginal Law Section and has been a part-time faculty member at the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University since 2020, where he is a Co-Coach of the law school’s Kawaskimhon Moot team. He also has a Certificate in Negotiation from Osgoode Hall Law School.


Roy est un avocat Mi’gmaw du Nouveau-Brunswick qui rĆ©side dans le territoire Wolastoqiyik non cĆ©dĆ©. En tant qu’avocat de pratique privĆ©e chez Burchell Wickwire Bryson LLP, sa pratique est axĆ©e exclusivement sur le travail avec des clients autochtones, y compris des organismes autochtones sans but lucratif, des communautĆ©s, des gouvernements et des particuliers du Mi’gma’qi.


Roy a comparu devant toutes les instances judiciaires du Nouveau-Brunswick et de la Nouvelle-Ɖcosse et a reprĆ©sentĆ© des organisations autochtones devant des commissions d’enquĆŖte provinciales et nationales, y compris l’EnquĆŖte nationale sur les femmes et les filles autochtones disparues et assassinĆ©es. La nĆ©gociation de la mise en œuvre de droits au nom de clients autochtones avec les gouvernements fĆ©dĆ©ral et provinciaux constitue une grande partie de sa pratique.


Roy est un ancien prĆ©sident de la Section du droit autochtone de la Nouvelle-Ɖcosse de l’Association du Barreau canadien, et il est membre Ć  temps partiel du corps professoral de la Schulich School of Law de l’UniversitĆ© Dalhousie depuis 2020, où il est coentraĆ®neur de l’équipe de plaidoirie Kawaskimhon de la facultĆ© de droit. Il dĆ©tient Ć©galement un certificat en nĆ©gociation de la Osgoode Hall Law School.

Roy Stewart
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