Day 3 − 2023 Annual Conference on The Law of Borders (4:53:31)

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2023

8:00 – 9:00 am | REGISTRATION AND BREAKFAST

9:00 – 10:30 am | PANEL 8 – Indigenous Sovereignty and Borders

Chair

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

Speakers

  • Bonnie Cole, Legal Counsel, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne
  • Wayne D. Garnons-Williams, Senior Lawyer and Principal Director, Garwill Law; Principal Director, Indigenous Sovereign Trade Consultancy; Chair, IITIO
  • Michael Kanentakeron Mitchell, Former Grand Chief, Mohawk Council of Akwesasne

10:30 – 10:45 am | BREAK

10:45 am – 12:15 pm | PANEL 9 – Family Law

Chair

  • The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec; First Vice-President, CIAJ

Speakers

  • Awatif Lakhdar, Partner, Lavery
  • Mélanie Raymond, Administrative Judge, Tribunal administratif du travail
  • Oren Weinberg, Partner, Boulby Weinberg LLP

12:15 – 1:15 pm | LUNCH

1:15 – 2:00 pm | PRESENTATION OF CIAJ PRIZES & AWARDS

  • 2023 Christine Huglo Robertson Essay Recipient: Seth Gordon, BCL/JD candidate, Faculty of Law, McGill University
  • 2023 Charles D. Gonthier Research Fellowship Recipient: Robert J. Currie, K.C., Professor of Law, Distinguished Research Professor, Schulich School of Law, Law & Technology Institute, Dalhousie University

2:00 – 3:00 pm | FIRESIDE CHAT

Moderator

  • Stephen Bindman, Visiting Professor, Faculty of Law – Common Law Section, University of Ottawa

Speakers

  • Ghizal Haress, Visiting Scholar, Faculty of Law and Massey College, University of Toronto; Former Ombudsperson, Islamic Republic of Afghanistan

3:00 – 3:15 pm | CLOSING REMARKS

  • The Honourable Justice Julie Dutil, Court of Appeal of Quebec; First Vice-President, CIAJ

2023  I  CIAJ’s 47th Annual Conference on The Law of Borders (October 25-27, 2023 in Ottawa and Online)