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Kajia is a Partner of Sequoia Legal. Her legal practice spans both solicitor and litigation areas and includes Indigenous governance, Crown consultation, negotiations with industry, Aboriginal title and rights litigation, specific claims, and land stewardship. Kajia has appeared at the Supreme Court of Canada, the BC Court of Appeal, and the Specific Claims Tribunal, among others. Kajia is on the Executive of the Vancouver Island Aboriginal Law Section of the Canadian Bar Association.

Prior to joining Sequoia Legal, Kajia clerked at the Federal Court of Appeal for Justice Eleanor Dawson, working closely on Tsleil-Waututh Nation v. Attorney General, 2018 FCA 153, the judicial review of the Trans Mountain pipeline project, among others.

Kajia grew up in Treaty One territory in Winnipeg and attended law school at the University of Manitoba, where she completed internships with the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the Public Interest Law Centre and clerked for the Manitoba Court of Appeal. In addition to her law degree, Kajia holds a Master’s Degree in Philosophy from Western University.

Representative Experience

Governance and Land Use Planning

  • Draft First Nations laws, regulations, and policies
  • Employment and human rights advice
  • Strategic advice on housing, trespass, business licencing, and leasing issues on Indigenous lands

Negotiation and Consultation

  • Negotiation of reconciliation and government-to-government agreements, consultation protocols, and non-disclosure agreements
  • Crown consultation and accommodation negotiations
  • Negotiation of impact mitigation and benefit agreements between Indigenous clients and resource proponents
  • Advocacy on behalf of Indigenous clients in regulatory hearings and environmental assessment proceedings for major resource projects

Economic Development

  • Setting up Indigenous-owned limited partnerships, societies, joint ventures, and economic development companies
  • Strategic advice to Indigenous clients on leveraging Aboriginal and Treaty rights to preserve their lands and practices, and to benefit from the development of those lands for future generations

Litigation

  • Litigation support for Indigenous clients in Aboriginal title, Treaty and rights litigation, administrative and civil litigation, human rights complaints, and specific claims matters
  • Court appearances include the Supreme Court of Canada, BC Court of Appeal, and the Specific Claims Tribunal

Professional and Community Activities

  • Executive Member, Aboriginal Law Section (Vancouver Island), Canadian Bar Association
  • Guest lecturer on Aboriginal law issues at the University of Victoria
  • Member of the Law Society of British Columbia
  • Yude M. Henteleff Award in Human Rights and Civil Liberties, 2017
  • Pitblado Scholarship, Top 10% in Third Year Law, 2017

For a list of Kajia’s published articles and speaking engagements, please click here.

Our Team
Christopher Devlin » Partner
Tim Watson » Partner
Lorenzo Rose » Partner
Kiah Van der Loos » Partner
Melissa Molvik » Paralegal
Camille Cook » Paralegal
Ashley Cogswell » Chief Operating Officer
Tanae White » Accounting & Admin Assistant
Camille Boulianne » Associate
Madison Burt » Associate
Isabelle Gibson » Summer Law Student
Alena Holyk » Legal Administrative Assistant