Randall Kahgee is senior counsel with Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend LLP and specializes in Indigenous rights law, with an emphasis on community-based processes and government-to-government negotiations. He served as Chief of the Saugeen First Nation for four consecutive terms from June 2006 to June 2014. He has worked with First Nation governments across Canada and participated in significant agreements between First Nation communities and provincial and federal governments on energy matters, including issues relating to the development of nuclear facilities, transmission lines, wind energy projects, as well as environmental matters. He has extensive experience in consultation and accommodation related issues and has also been involved in the negotiation and implementation of land claim and self-government agreements and participated in a number of successful impact benefit negotiations. He has also advised First Nations on a range of governance-related issues. He is a regular speaker at conferences and law schools on Indigenous legal and political issues. Randall received his BA (Hon) from York University and his LLB from the University of Toronto.
