This free webinar series held in partnership with Courthouse Libraries BC has been designed to initiate discussion and pave the way to a major national conference on Indigenous Peoples and the Law to be held in Vancouver on November 17-19, 2021. The webinars aim to enrich the participants’ knowledge of the subjects that will be component parts of the larger issues examined at the conference, providing attendees with in-depth knowledge so as to enrich the discussions that will take place.
60 to 90-minute webinars
Participation in this program is accredited in provinces where CLE requirements for lawyers are mandatory.
List of webinars (scroll down to access the videos)
- 1st Webinar: Overview of the Progress of the Calls to Action (October 14, 2020)
(In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
Speaker: Senator Murray Sinclair
Moderator: The Honourable Justice Michelle O’Bonsawin, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario) - 2nd Webinar: The Next Stages of Indigenous Governance in Quebec (October 21, 2020)
(In French, with simultaneous interpretation)
Speakers: Chief Ghislain Picard, Assembly of First Nations Quebec-Labrador (Innu from the community of Pessamit), Ken Rock, Executive Director, Uashat mak Mani-utenam Economic Development Corporation
Moderator: Michèle Moreau, Lawyer - 3rd Webinar: Looking at British Columbia’s Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (November 4, 2020)
(In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
Moderator: Professor Bradford Morse, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University - 4th Webinar: Discussing the Promises and Problems with the Act respecting First Nations, Métis and Inuit Children, Youth and Families (January 20, 2021)
(In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
Speakers: Jennifer Cox, Barrister & Solicitor and Project Lead, Enhanced Child Family Initiative (Kwilmu’kw Maw-klusuaqn); Naiomi Metallic, Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy and Assistant Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University - 5th Webinar: Investigating the Indigenous Languages Act (February 17, 2021)
(In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
Speakers: Chief Ronald E. Ignace (Stsmél̓qen), Skeetchestn Band, Adjunct Professor, Anthropology, Simon Fraser University (Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation); Professor Mariane Ignace, departments of Linguistics and Indigenous Studies, Simon Fraser University; Director, SFU’s Indigenous Languages Program and First Nations Language Centre; Professor Sarah Morales, Sarah Morales, Associate Professor, Faculty of law, University of Victoria (Coast Salish, Cowichan)
Moderator: The Honourable Justice W. James W. O’Reilly, Federal Court; President, CIAJ - 6th Webinar: Court Changes after the COVID-19 Pandemic and Indigenous Cultural Relevancy (March 10, 2021)
(In English, with simultaneous interpretation)
Moderator: Scott Robertson, Senior Associate, Nahwegahbow Corbiere Genoodmagejig Barrister & Solicitors (Six Nations of the Grand River, Hodinöhsö:ni’);
Speakers: Judge Brent Hoy, Provincial Court, British Columbia; Jennifer Carmicheal, Crown Counsel at Ministry of Children and Family Development and Mark Gervin, Gervin Law