Garwill Law Professional Corporation

Garwill Law Professional Corporation Litigation, Customs, Excise, Trade, Advice, ADR, Advocacy Garwill Law combines experience and creative energy with a spirit of professional innovation.

Garwill Law specializes in international trade, customs, excise, and investment law, representing clients in trade disputes, negotiating complex trade arrangements, interpreting complex treaty obligations, advocating on behalf of clients with Canadian and foreign governments, assisting in trade and investment matters, and participating in international trade arbitrations. Garwill Law also offers a

wide variety of federal administrative law litigation and advisory practice, including Charter, human rights and equity law issues, immigration, Aboriginal law, unjust dismissal, and judicial administration. The core service provided by Garwill Law is legal representation for challenges to the Customs Act and Excise Tax Act in the International Trade Tribunal and Federal Courts. The secondary service also provided by Garwill Law is representation, advocacy and advisory assistance concerning federal administrative law (Aboriginal, Immigration, Human Rights, judicial administration, Commissions, Review boards, etc.). A subset of the International Trade that Garwill Law offers is the specialized provision of quality export, import and investment advice and representation to First Nations and Aboriginal companies seeking to bring their product to a world market. Garwill Law offers a wide range of legal services with particular expertise in negotiation and dispute resolution with business and government, legal problem analysis, business negotiations, corporate structuring and planning, and cross-cultural facilitation. Garwill Law believes it is more productive to solve problems than to enter into disputes.

Looking forward to providing the opening remarks at the Indigenous Environmental Symposium tomorrow morning (4am local t...
05/13/2026

Looking forward to providing the opening remarks at the Indigenous Environmental Symposium tomorrow morning (4am local time).
Registration is free - however if you are in North America you have to get up really early!

Great discussion today with amazing presenters on the topic of “Commitment in Times of Crisis: Prospects for Internation...
04/29/2026

Great discussion today with amazing presenters on the topic of “Commitment in Times of Crisis: Prospects for International Environmental and Sustainable Development Regimes in 2026 and Beyond”. Huge thank you to the International Law Association (Canada) for hosting such a brilliant panel! With collective creativity we can move mountains!

With all that is happening around the world, on April 29th, 2026 I look forward to contributing to this timely discussio...
04/12/2026

With all that is happening around the world, on April 29th, 2026 I look forward to contributing to this timely discussion. Registration can be found on the International Law Association (ILA) Canada website. https://www.ila-canada.ca/

Opening our first textbook shipments with my co-lead, Professor Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, which is now availabl...
03/17/2026

Opening our first textbook shipments with my co-lead, Professor Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, which is now available through Cambridge University Press publication entitled: “Indigenous Peoples Inspiring Sustainable Development: Implementing UNDRIP through International Law and Covenants”
If you have scholarly or legal interest in any of these topics, then this textbook is for you
• Indigenous Peoples Rights in ILO 169 and UNDRIP
• Indigenous Peoples, Sustainable Development, and International Law
• Indigenous Trade and Investment for Sustainability
• Traditional Knowledge, Genetic Resources and Indigenous Treaty Law
• Renewable Resources, Sustainable Development, and Indigenous Treaty Law
• Indigenous Rights, Cultural Heritage, and Indigenous Treaty Law
• Extractive Industries, Sustainable Development, and Indigenous Treaty Law
• Honouring Treaty Rights in Canada
• Advancing Treaty Rights to Economic Sovereignty in the United States
• Giving Nature Legal Standing in New Zealand
• Exploring Indigenous Legal Geographies of the SDGs in the Andes
• UNDRIP Principles and Sustainability Innovations in Indigenous Trade Agreements
• New Directions for Treaties Advancing Sustainable Development in the Context of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Network

If you wish to order a copy of this book from Cambridge University Press, the Online DOI number for this book is: DOI: 10.1017/ 9781108553889
The hardcover ISBN number is: ISBN 978-1-108-42896-5

Here is the hyperlink as well:
https://www.cambridge.org/core/books/indigenous-peoples-inspiring-sustainable-development/4E3290DA03B7FD57A7D8AFAB217A5840

Huge shout out to all the fellow writers Professor Dr. Marie-Claire Cordonier Segger, Professor Dr. Robert Joseph, assistant editors Adv Hannibal El-Mohtar, Adv Eva Wu, expert Ambassador Francisco Calí Tzay, researchers Dr Tara Dawn Atleo, Cecilia Campero, Kiana Cardinal-Arcand, Elaina Cox, Adv Hafijul Islam Khan, Dr Odette Lara Morales, Christopher Wieczorek, Kelly Weiling Zou and proof readers Dr. Donna Williams, Yasmeen Elsayed and Smriti Pokhrel for their dedication and hard work to help make this book a reality.

Day 1 AFN Special Chiefs Assembly - our resolution to have the Assembly of First Nations support the development of a na...
12/03/2025

Day 1 AFN Special Chiefs Assembly - our resolution to have the Assembly of First Nations support the development of a national day of recognition for sixties scoop survivors for the National Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation of Canada. Congrats to board members Kukpi7 (Chief) Mike Christian and designate Troy Abromaitis for leading the charge on this wonderful initiative.

As president of the IITIO - International Inter-tribal Trade & Investment Organization I had the great pleasure of parti...
10/26/2024

As president of the IITIO - International Inter-tribal Trade & Investment Organization I had the great pleasure of participating in the on-line sessions today at the Biodiversity & Governance Day 2024, an adjunct of COP16 Colombia. I had the honour of speaking at the opening plenary and co-chairing with the fabulous environmental law and policy leader Prof Dr Marie Claire Cordonier-Segger, chair of Sustainability Law and Policy ,University of Cambridge. Together we co-chaired the second panel entitled “Fostering Biodiversity through Treaty Law" where the talented Eva Wu and Elaina Cox led us through the main presentation after which excellent interventions were provided by Dr. Rebecca Major, Research Chair in Indigenous issues, Yukon University and Dr. Wenona Singel, professor and director of the Indigenous Law and Policy Center at Michigan State University College of Law followed by Advocate Smriti Pokhrel of the Nepal Law Commission. The event was closed by a very special guest, Indigenous child author, Sydnee Wynter Amie Nisyok and descendant of a 60's scoop survivor and child author of the award-winning children’s book describing the 60’s scoop, "Brothers Reunion”. This award winning children's book developed through the Voices of Future Generations Children´s Initiative and a sponsored grant provided by The National Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation of Canada.

Looking forward to presenting with my IITIO - International Inter-tribal Trade & Investment Organization executive team ...
10/26/2024

Looking forward to presenting with my IITIO - International Inter-tribal Trade & Investment Organization executive team (James Collard; Valerie Devol and Alana Kennedy) at the day 3 morning panel on US-Canada-Australian Indigenous Trade issues at World Indigenous Business Forum. Hope to see you in Albuquerque, New Mexico next week!

Interested in learning about biodiversity law/policy and international Indigenous rights? This year’s Biodiversity Law a...
10/25/2024

Interested in learning about biodiversity law/policy and international Indigenous rights? This year’s Biodiversity Law and Governance Day (BLGD 2024) will be held online on Saturday, 26 October 2024 during the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia.

IITIO _ International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organization is proud to support and be involved with distinguished plenaries, celebratory launching events, more than 8 world-class specialist panels and workshops, as well as the presentation of the 2024 Biodiversity Law and Governance Global Leadership Awards.

I hope that you can join us online at the Biodiversity Law and Governance Day at COP 16 set for this Saturday Oct 26, 2024. I attach the hyperlink for registration

A convening of international experts to increase ambition, harness knowledge, and advance insights in biodiversity law and governance.

This year’s Biodiversity Law and Governance Day (BLGD 2024) will be held online on Saturday, 26 October 2024 during the ...
10/24/2024

This year’s Biodiversity Law and Governance Day (BLGD 2024) will be held online on Saturday, 26 October 2024 during the 16th Conference of the Parties (COP16) to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) in Cali, Colombia.

IITIO _ International Inter-Tribal Trade and Investment Organisation is proud to support and be involved with distinguished plenaries, celebratory launching events, more than 8 world-class specialist panels and workshops, as well as the presentation of the 2024 Biodiversity Law and Governance Global Leadership Awards.

I hope that you can join us online at the Biodiversity Law and Governance Day at COP 16 set for this Saturday Oct 26, 2024. I attach the hyperlink for registration

A convening of international experts to increase ambition, harness knowledge, and advance insights in biodiversity law and governance.

Height of my Career in Indigenous Trade!  Signed in early to do the sound, video and PowerPoint check  as I am teaching ...
10/17/2024

Height of my Career in Indigenous Trade! Signed in early to do the sound, video and PowerPoint check as I am teaching a Mini-Class on Indigenous Trade for the senior staff of the United States Trade Representative Service (USTR) which works out of the White House in Washington DC. Looking forward to giving the session to the senior USTR staff.

Proud to cheer on Terrance Carter, managing partner of Carters Professional Corporation, our law firm and lead lawyer fo...
09/25/2024

Proud to cheer on Terrance Carter, managing partner of Carters Professional Corporation, our law firm and lead lawyer for The National Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation of Canada, speaking on the Income Tax law panel looking at “granting to non-qualified donees” at the annual Philanthropic Foundations Canada / Fondations philanthropiques Canada Conference. Great panel discussion looking at a very challenging topic of how Foundaiotns can minimize risk, be CRA compliant and be innovative in grant giving without risking the loss of our Income Tax Act charity status.

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