Shoshanna’s primary areas of practice include Aboriginal, labour and employment and intellectual property law, with a focus on negotiation, consultation, and governance.
Shoshanna is a member of English River First Nation, a Dene community located in Treaty 10 in northern Saskatchewan. She is a partner with TDS LLP who practices Aboriginal, labour and employment and intellectual property law, with a focus on negotiation, consultation, and governance for Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments and organizations.
Shoshanna has acted primarily for First Nation governments and their organizations in developing and implementing their own laws and policies, including land codes pursuant to the Framework Agreement on First Nation Land Management Act or personnel policies, including respectful workplace policies. Shoshanna has also worked on the negotiation and litigation of specific claims, as well as human rights and unjust dismissal disputes under the Canada Labour Code. Shoshanna also helps Canadian museums and arts organizations navigate complex issues related to reconciliation.
In addition to her practice, Shoshanna is the moot coach for the University of Saskatchewan College of Law’s Kawaskimhon National Moot team. She is also the Vice-Chair for the Intellectual Property Institute of Canada’s Indigenous Intellectual Property Committee.
JD – Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, 2014.
BA – University of British Columbia, 2007.
Manitoba, 2023
Saskatchewan, 2015
Board of Directors, Art Gallery of Saskatchewan (Remai Modern)
Committee Member, Indigenous Intellectual Property Committee, Intellectual Property Institute of Canada
The Indigenous Intellectual Property Program (“IIPP”) is a program run by the Government of Canada that provides grants to Indigenous organizations in an effort to create an intellectual property regime… Learn More
Bogue v Miracle, 2022 ONCA 672 On September 29, 2022, the Ontario Court of Appeal (the “ONCA”) in Bogue v Miracle, 2022 ONCA 672 [Bogue v. Miracle] affirmed the protections… Learn More
Date: Thursday, October 5, 2023 Time: 9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Location: Park Plaza Riverbank Hotel, 18 Albert Embankment, Vauxhall, London SE1 7TJ Thompson Dorfman Sweatman LLP lawyer Shoshanna Paul will… Learn More