Renée Pelletier is a partner at OKT. Pelletier is of Maliseet ancestry. Her practice includes work on Aboriginal, treaty rights litigation and specific claims. She has litigated judicial review applications and appeared before various levels of courts on motions, trials and appeals. Pelletier was cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in the high-profile case R. v. Ipeelee, 2012 SCC 13. Pelletier regularly advises and represents her Indigenous clients on consultation matters, regulatory and environmental matters, reserve land management and impacts and benefits agreements. Pelletier has served as a member of the Independent Federal Environmental Assessment Expert Review Panel. Recently, Pelletier was one of the lead counsel in Canada's first Aboriginal title to water case. She is currently lead counsel on the Wolastoqey Nation's recently launched Aboriginal title claim. She is a frequent guest lecturer in Aboriginal and Environmental Law and is currently Adjunct Faculty at the University of New Brunswick Law School and the Osgoode Professional Development Program where she teaches courses related to Aboriginal law. In 2024, Pelletier was the recipient of Osgoode Hall Law School’s Alumni Gold Key Award for a Career of Distinction.
