Paré, Julie | Langlois Lawyers

Key practice areas

Aboriginal Law, Public and Administrative Law, Government Affairs, Education Law, Constitutional Law

Québec Bar 2012

Montréal

Julie Paré focuses her practice on Aboriginal, administrative and education law. More specifically, she has developed comprehensive expertise with regard to the recognition of Aboriginal and treaty rights and regulation of the powers arising therefrom, environmental protection, sustainable socioeconomic development and education.

She represents Indigenous governments and organizations in matters of governance and internal policies, drafting of local laws and regulations, negotiation of agreements, consultation processes as well as the implementation of Aboriginal and treaty rights.

Julie took part in many negotiations with various levels of government regarding the implementation of the Agreement concerning James Bay and Northern Québec and other agreements pertaining to the recognition of the right of self-government and to the co-management of land use and environmental protection. She also participated in negotiations with respect to sustainable economic development, natural resources management, access to private property, and prioritization and training of local labour force.

Julie is prized for her people-centred and strategic approach and leverages her advanced knowledge of Indigenous economic, social and cultural realities to propose concrete solutions that address her clients’ needs and priorities.

Having worked in the legal department of a school service centre, Julie also acquired expertise in education law and access to education for all. Her experience enables her to provide clients with a wider and practical perspective on education law in Québec.

Intergovernmental negotiations on treaty rights

Negotiations with public administrative entities and various provincial and federal ministries focused on ensuring the implementation of treaty rights, including modernizing the laws and regulations in the construction industry, the awarding of public contracts, the protection and management of wildlife habitats, the forestry industry and the economic development on designated lands.

Environmental conservation and protection

Participation, within the framework of the international objectives on conservation set out for 2020 in the Aichi Convention of Biological Diversity, in representations and negotiations with the relevant government and decision-making bodies to foster the development of protected areas designed to ensure the protection of 23% of the James Bay Eeyou Istchee territory.

Interests in land and access to private property

Development and negotiation of amendments to a governance agreement to promote real access to private ownership in Category IA lands in designated territories.

Drafting of Indigenous government laws and regulations

Drafted local laws governing designated lands controlled by Indigenous local governments.

Training for Indigenous government bodies

Developed and gave training courses to Indigenous government bodies on negotiation strategies, ethics, governance and more.

Consulting for school service centre legal departments

Consulted for school service centre legal departments on governance and human rights under the Education Act.

Constitutional challenge

Represented two Indigenous organizations in challenging the constitutionality of the Charter of the French language before the Superior Court of Québec.

Comité régional d’éducation pour le développement international de Lanaudière (CRÉDIL), Director and Vice-President, 2019-2024
Bar of Montréal:
- Member of the International Influence Committee, 2016-2018
- Member of the Haïti Committee, 2013-2016
Young Bar of Montréal:
- Member of the Professional and Interprofessional Development Committee, 2013-2017
- Member of the Annual Convention and Gala Committee, 2013-2017

Co-author: “Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to Indigenous governments?”, July 23, 2024.
Co-author: “Commentaire sur le Renvoi relatif à la Loi concernant les enfants, les jeunes et les familles des Premières Nations, des Inuits et des Métis – L’autonomie gouvernementale des peuples autochtones en matière de services à l’enfance et à la famille à la lumière de l’arrêt de la Cour suprême” [Case comment on Reference re An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families – Indigenous peoples’ right of self government in light of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision], Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, April 2024, EYB2024REP3735.
Co-author: “Indigenous peoples’ right of self government in light of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Reference on Bill C-92”, March 20, 2024.
Co-author: “The importance of Charter values in the absence of the infringement of a constitutional right or freedom”, March 1, 2024.
Co-author: “R. v. Montour: a drastic shift in Indigenous rights jurisprudence”, January 11, 2024.
Co-author: “Commentaire sur la décision U.T. c. Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Lanaudière – Les défis que pose une action collective fondée sur le vice de consentement et la discrimination systémique au stade de l’autorisation” [Case comment on U.T. c. Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux de Lanaudière – The challenges of class actions based on lack of consent and systemic discrimination at the authorization stage], Repères, Éditions Yvon Blais, December 2023, EYB2023REP3691.
Author: “COP15 and its impacts on Indigenous and environmental law”, March 16, 2023.

Speaker: Le droit autochtone en territoire conventionné : La gouvernance de la Nation crie d’Eeyou Istchee [Aboriginal Law in Treaty Territory: Governance of the Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee], workshop for a client, Montréal, June 13, 2024.

Specialized Graduate Diploma in Management, HEC Montréal, 2018

LL.B., Université du Québec à Montréal, 2011

B.A., International Relations and International Law, Université du Québec à Montréal, 2009

Featured Articles

Publications

July 23rd, 2024

Does the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms apply to Indigenous governments?

In Dickson v. Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation, 2024 SCC 10 (“Dickson”), the Supreme Court of Canada (the “Supreme Court”) addressed complex issues affecting the coexistence of collective Indigenous rights and the individual rights guaranteed by the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms1 (the “Charter”).

Publications

March 20th, 2024

Indigenous peoples’ right of self government in light of the Supreme Court of Canada’s decision in the Reference on Bill C-92

On February 28, 2019, Parliament tabled Bill C-92, An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families (the “Act”). Its purpose is to recognize and implement Indigenous peoples’ right to use their own child and family services, based on the principles of cultural continuity, substantive equality and the best interests of the […]

Publications

March 1st, 2024

The importance of Charter values in the absence of the infringement of a constitutional right or freedom

Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment) On December 8, 2023, in its decision in Commission scolaire francophone des Territoires du Nord-Ouest v. Northwest Territories (Education, Culture and Employment),1 the Supreme Court of Canada set aside ministerial decisions refusing to admit children of non-rights holder parents2 to French-language schools […]

Publications

January 11th, 2024

R. v. Montour: a drastic shift in Indigenous rights jurisprudence

On November 1, the Honourable Sophie Bourque of the Superior Court of Québec handed down a decision that will have a huge impact on Indigenous law in the case of R. c. Montour. This decision marks a major paradigm shift in how the relationship between the Crown and Indigenous peoples is conceived; it has also […]

Publications

March 16th, 2023

COP15 and its impacts on Indigenous and environmental law

In December 2022, Montreal hosted the 15th Conference of the Parties (“COP15”) to the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity1 (“CBD”). The global meeting adopted the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework (“Kunming-Montreal Framework”),2 a non-binding agreement that sets historic goals and targets but leaves the means to achieve them in the hands of party states. This article […]

Firm news

October 3rd, 2022

Aboriginal and Education lawyer Julie Paré chooses Langlois

Julie Paré joins the Montréal Litigation Group