John Gailus and Nick Leeson lead this session by exploring the basics of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and to uncover how they impact your practice.

All lawyers will benefit from this session, including those who work in law and policy reform.

Tue, Sep 26 | 12:30pm - 2:00pm | 1.5 CPD

When working to advance reconciliation, we take a decolonial approach to setting the foundation of this work together, engaging our minds, bodies, emotions and relationships.

Karen Snowshoe, KC leads this two-hour experiential session to teach you how to recognize how trauma shows up interpersonally, and how to apply key principles so you can respond in ways that actively resist re-traumatization. Take this session to make trauma-informed approaches the new normal standard of care in your practice.

Tue, Oct 3

False claims of Indigenous identity by non-Indigenous people perpetuates harm for Indigenous people and communities.

This session explores the fundamentals of Indigenous identity, key issues related to false claims and what non-Indigenous and Indigenous lawyers can do to appropriately protect against this. This session is for all lawyers, articling and law students, and judges.

Fri, Oct 27 | 12:30pm - 2:30pm | 1.5 CPD (Ethics)