Grace Hermansen
Legal Assistant & Paralegal:
Jade Fraser
Education
- J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2021
- B. A. (Hons), University of British Columbia, 2017
Year Of Call
- Yukon, 2023
- British Columbia, 2022
Awards & Accolades
- Osgoode Centennial Entrance Scholarship for British Columbia
Grace maintains a practice focused on litigation and Indigenous governance. She works on a wide range of files in areas such as:
- Land and natural resources
- Aboriginal rights and title
- Child and family services
- General civil litigation
Grace is committed in her practice to continuously learning from and supporting Indigenous communities in their efforts to exercise their inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights. She has provided support on matters that have come before the courts of British Columbia, the Specific Claims Tribunal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
During law school, Grace participated in Osgoode’s environmental justice and sustainability clinical program and worked on projects related to affordable housing and environmental law reform in Ontario. Outside of work, Grace enjoys spending time outside, gardening and looking at plants, and in her kitchen, cooking.
- Ladysmith Maritime Society v Ladysmith (Town), 2023 BCSC 2285– Acted for Stz’uminus First Nation and its economic development company in successfully arguing against an injunction application that would have delayed implementation of their Reconciliation Agreement.
- Ratcliff News – “Reconciliation weighs heavily in balance of convenience in Ladysmith Maritime Society v Ladysmith (Town), 2023 BCSC 2285,” January 2024
- Author, “Ontario courts apply the Aboriginal title test to submerged lands and find historical treaty breach,” Ratcliff Publication, October 2023
Grace maintains a practice focused on litigation and Indigenous governance. She works on a wide range of files in areas such as:
- Land and natural resources
- Aboriginal rights and title
- Child and family services
- General civil litigation
Grace is committed in her practice to continuously learning from and supporting Indigenous communities in their efforts to exercise their inherent, Aboriginal and Treaty rights. She has provided support on matters that have come before the courts of British Columbia, the Specific Claims Tribunal, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, and the Supreme Court of Canada.
During law school, Grace participated in Osgoode’s environmental justice and sustainability clinical program and worked on projects related to affordable housing and environmental law reform in Ontario. Outside of work, Grace enjoys spending time outside, gardening and looking at plants, and in her kitchen, cooking.
- Ladysmith Maritime Society v Ladysmith (Town), 2023 BCSC 2285– Acted for Stz’uminus First Nation and its economic development company in successfully arguing against an injunction application that would have delayed implementation of their Reconciliation Agreement.
- Ratcliff News – “Reconciliation weighs heavily in balance of convenience in Ladysmith Maritime Society v Ladysmith (Town), 2023 BCSC 2285,” January 2024
- Author, “Ontario courts apply the Aboriginal title test to submerged lands and find historical treaty breach,” Ratcliff Publication, October 2023
Awards & Accolades
- Osgoode Centennial Entrance Scholarship for British Columbia
Year Of Call
- Yukon, 2023
- British Columbia, 2022
Education
- J.D., Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, 2021
- B. A. (Hons), University of British Columbia, 2017