MICHAEL COYLE
Address
University of Western Ontario
Western Faculty of Law
The Josephine Spencer Niblett Building
London, Ontario, Canada N6A 3K7
E_mail: mcoyle@uwo.ca
Phone: (519) 611-2111 (ext. 88453)
Fax: (519) 661-3790
Brief bibliography
Professor Coyle joined the Faculty of Law in 2000. He practised at Osler, Hoskin, Harcourt and clerked with the Chief Justice of the Ontario High Court. He has extensive experience in aboriginal land claims. From 1989-2000 he was Senior Counsel to the Indian Commision of Ontario. He has mediated a number of important land claim settlements, including the Camp Ipperwash negotiations. In 1992 he mediated the first significant tripartite treaty claim settlement in Ontario since the 1920s. He is the co-editor of Aboriginal Issues Today: A Legal and Business Guide.
Publications
"Addressing Aboriginal Land Rights in Ontario: An Analysis of Past Policies and Options for the Future -- Part II", (2006) 31 Queen's Law Journal 796.
"Addressing Aboriginal Land Rights in Ontario: An Analysis of Past Policies and Options for the Future - Part I ", (2005) 31 Queen's Law Journal 75.
“Loyalty and Distinctiveness: A New Approach to the Crown’s Fiduciary Duty Toward Aboriginal Peoples” (2003) 40 Alberta Law Review 841.
“Defending the Weak and Fighting Unfairness: Can Mediators Respond to the Challenge?” (1998) 36 Osgoode Hall L.J. 625.
“Claims Resolution: A Healing Process?” in Jill Oakes et al, ed., Sacred Lands: Aboriginal World Views, Claims, and
Conflicts (Calgary: Canadian Circumpolar Institute, 1998).
Aboriginal Issues Today: A Legal and Business Guide, co-edited with Stephen Smart, (Vancouver: Self-Counsel Press, 1997).
"Traditional Indian Justice in Ontario: A Role for the Present?" (1986) 24 Osgoode Hall L.J. 605.
