Gail Dickson

Justice Gail Dickson is a British Columbia Court of Appeal judge known for her majority opinion in a significant ruling regarding the province's mineral claims regime, which found the regime inconsistent with the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (DRIPA). Her opinion emphasized the immediate legal effect of incorporating the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) into British Columbia's positive law, setting a new benchmark for reconciliation efforts in the province.