Minutes and Resources

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Kasandra Cronin, Defence Counsel at LaLiberte Cronin, , Halie Bruce, Counsel at Cedar & Sage Law.

This meeting was held at 5:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Chief Judge Melissa Gillespie, Provincial Court of British Columbia; Ian Donaldson, QC, Donaldson's; and Todd Gerhart, Public Prosecution Service of Canada.

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Peter Edelmann, Defence Counsel with Edelmann & Co. Law Offices, , Joven Narwal, Defence Counsel with Narwal Litigation LLP, , Tony Paisana, Defence Counsel with Peck and Company Barristers.

This meeting was held at 5:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was the Honourable Judge Ellen Gordon, Judge of the Provincial Court of British Columbia; Kaityln Chewka, Legal Counsel for the Constitutional & Administrative Law Group of the Ministry of Attorney General; and Meghan Forhan, Defence Counsel with Mickelson & Whysall.

This report summarizes the activity of the Criminal Justice - Vancouver Section for the 2017/2018 term.

Indigenous people are the most over-represented population in Canada’s criminal justice system. Their experiences within the system are interwoven with issues of colonialism and discrimination. Indigenous People and the Criminal Justice System: A Practitioner’s Handbook takes an expansive view of these issues and their impact. Author Jonathan Rudin also provides a practical review of leading case law, as well as day-to-day considerations for practitioners who are working with Indigenous clients.

This meeting was held at 12:30 PM at CBABC boardroom in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was former BC Supreme Court Justice, the Honourable Donna Martinson Q.C.; Mary Ainslie Q.C., Crown counsel with the public prosecution service; and Sarah Rauch, who practices criminal defense, prisoner advocacy, family, child protection, and Indigenous and children’s rights law.

This meeting was held at 5:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Kevin Westell, Partner, Pender Litigation; and Tony Paisana, Counsel, Peck and Company Barristers.

This meeting was held at 05:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Rod Garson, Deputy Director of the Prosecutor Support Unit; and Eric Gottardi and Mila Shah, Peck & Company.

This meeting was held at 5:30 PM at Clough Club in Vancouver, British Columbia. Guest speaker was Justice Martha Devlin, Marilyn Sandford Q.C., Chris Greenwood.