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Callison & Hanna was established 30 years ago out of a desire to raise the economic and social profile of Indigenous communities. As Indigenous Advocates, we are dedicated to achieving self-determined results and implementing inherent rights.<\/p>\n
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Callison & Hanna is an Indigenous led and Indigenous law focused firm. We understand community aspirations and we are committed to facilitating community goals.\u00a0We build community-driven strategies that allow our clients to achieve their long-term goals and to ensure successful futures.\u00a0 As a full-service law firm, we provide legal services related to:<\/p>\n
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Recognition & Reconciliation of Rights<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Treaty & Specific Claims<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Environment & Resource Management<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Economic Development<\/p>\n<\/li>\n
Governance, Finance, & Employment<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
We provide advice and strategy to negotiate and enter precedent setting agreements for Indigenous governments participation in resource development and government relations in the areas of:\u00a0Land,\u00a0Forestry,\u00a0Mining,\u00a0Energy,\u00a0Gas. \u00a0Through our work in changing economies, we have witnessed great improvements in the economic and social profile of Indigenous communities and nations.\u00a0<\/p>\n
2016 Aboriginal Business Award, BC Achievement Foundation,\u00a0representing Aboriginal Entrepreneurial Excellence<\/em><\/p>\n 2014 Premier’s Award GNWT for Collaboration on the Wildlife Act Working Group<\/em><\/p>\n 2013 Aboriginal Lawyers Forum Award, BC Branch, Canadian Bar Association recognition for Aboriginal People in Law<\/em>\u00a0 [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” background_image=”https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/CH-Law-Image-1.png” background_position=”center_left” module_alignment=”center” height=”500px” height_tablet=”300px” height_phone=”200px” height_last_edited=”on|tablet” border_radii=”on|10px|10px|10px|10px” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Callison & Hanna was established 30 years ago out of a desire to raise the economic and social profile of Indigenous communities. As Indigenous Advocates, we are dedicated to achieving self-determined results and implementing inherent rights.Callison & Hanna is an Indigenous led and Indigenous law focused firm. We understand community aspirations and we are committed […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-109","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=109"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":486,"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109\/revisions\/486"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chlaw.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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