Day 1 − 2023 Symposium on Indigenous Courts (4:51:24)

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2023

10:00 – 10:30 am | LOG IN AND ONLINE PROGRAM SET UP

10:30 – 11:15 am | Land Acknowledgment and Opening Remarks

Elder:

  • Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell, Former Grand Chief, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

Guests of Honour:

  • The Honourable Murray Sinclair, CC, MSC, IPC, Former Senator; Chancellor, Queen’s University; General Counsel, Cochrane Saxberg, Winnipeg (pre-recorded presentation)
  • The Honourable Justice Leonard Marchand, British Columbia Court of Appeal (online)

Speaker:

  • The Honourable Justice P. Colleen Suche, Court of King’s Bench of Manitoba; Past President, CIAJ

11:15 am –12:00 pm | An Environmental Scan – The Legal Landscape in Canada

Moderator

  • The Honourable Justice Tracy Engelking, Superior Court of Justice (Ontario)

Speaker

  • Bradford Morse, Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University

12:00 – 12:30 pm | The Story of a Success: The BC Strategy

Moderator

  • Adam Letourneau, K.C., Founder and Managing Partner, Letourneau LLP

Keynote Speaker

  • Kory Wilson, Executive Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships, BCIT; Chair, BC First Nations Justice Council

12:30 – 1:30 pm | Block 1: What Kind of Justice Do You Want for Your Community?

Moderator

  • The Honourable Deputy Chief Justice Joanne Durant, Alberta Court of Justice

Speakers

  • The Honourable Justice Anna Loparco, Court of King’s Bench of Alberta
  • Larissa Speak, Assistant Professor, Bora Laskin Faculty of Law, Lakehead University
  • Jerilee Ryle, Manitoba Prosecution Services: Senior Crown Attorney, Chair of the Indigenous Counsel and Lead of the Reconciliation Committee

1:30 – 2:30 pm | LUNCH

2:30 – 3:30 pm | Block 2: Let’s Build Our Justice System! Some Strategies

Moderator

  • The Honourable Judge Margaret I. Wiebe, Provincial Court of Manitoba

Speakers

  • Pierre Clary-Rock, Regional Coordinator, Justice Program, Council of the Atikamekw Nation
  • Kevin Fleisher, Commissioner of Justice, Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke
  • The Honourable Justice Derek Redman, Alberta Court of Justice
  • Clarissa Pearce, Executive Legal Counsel, Alberta Court of Justice

3:30 – 3:45 pm | BREAK

3:45 – 4:45 pm | Plenary – Share Ideas on How to Build Your Justice System

Moderator

  • The Honourable Justice Derek Redman, Alberta Court of Justice

6:00 – 7:30 pm | COCKTAIL

2023  I  Symposium on Indigenous Courts (November 21-22, 2023 in Ottawa and Online)