Victoria Fred*

Associate Counsel

Areas of Expertise

Traditional Knowledge
Treaty Negotiations

* Law Corporation

Profile

Victoria Fred is a member of the Aboriginal Focus Group and focuses her practice on traditional knowledge, constitutional and administrative law as these areas apply to First Nation issues. Victoria also assists Yukon First Nations in the areas of wills and estates.

Victoria is Tlingit from the Gaanaxtei.di Clan and a member of the Kwanlin Dün First Nation. She is dual qualified in British Columbia and the Yukon.

Education

University of Victoria, B.A.
University of Victoria, LL.B.
Year of Call: 2000 (BC); 2002 (Yukon)

Representative Transactions

Advising several Yukon First Nations on the negotiation and implementation of their land claims and self government agreements

Assisting in negotiations to achieve the Teslin Tlingit Council Administration of Justice Agreement with Canada and Yukon

Involvement in the development of Yukon First Nation constitutions and inter-government relations in relation to child welfare and human rights