Alberta Courts’
Restorative Justice
Pilot Project Symposium
March 31, 2022
4:00 – 6:00 pm
Free Public Registration
The Honourable Beverley Browne – Wîyasôw Iskweêw – Restorative Justice Committee is pleased to invite you to attend a Symposium to officially launch the Alberta Courts’ Restorative Justice Pilot Project. The Symposium will be broadcast by Webex from Calgary Court Centre.
Agenda
Agenda
4:00pm
- Ceremonial Smudge with Elders Gerald Sitting Eagle, Pii Toa Pi and John Bigstone, Osow Kihew (Golden Eagle) in Indigenous Court (not open for Webex access)
- Opening Prayer by Elder (not open for Webex access)
WEBEX ACCESS OPENS APPROXIMATELY AT 4:20pm
4:25pm
- Land Acknowledgment – retired Justice Tony Mandamin
- Opening remarks by Chief Justices Catherine Fraser and Mary Moreau and Chief Judge Derek Redman
- Remarks by the Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada and the Honourable Tyler Shandro, Minister of Justice and Solicitor General of Alberta
- Project overview by Co-Chairs Justice Anna Loparco and Judge Michelle Christopher
- Prosecution Referral Guideline presentation by Matthew Hinshaw
- Panel discussion with Indigenous leaders and urban restorative justice providers Introductions by Deputy Chief Judge Joanne Durant; moderated by Andrea Ménard
– Retired Justice Tony Mandamin
– Judge Eugene Creighton
– Judge Ivan Ladouceur and/or Stacey Harrison, Saddle Lake Boys and Girls Club
– Helen Flamand, Matoomitsipiim (First Walks In), Bigstone Restorative Justice
– Brad Cunningham, Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council
– China Sieger, Peace Region Restorative Justice
- Closing remarks by Deputy Chief Judge Joanne Durant
- Closing Prayer by Elder
- Remarks and blanket presentations by Canadian Bar Association President, Bianca Kratt and Law Society of Alberta President, Ken Warren
- Closing Prayer by Elder
This online event is FREE and open to all members of the bar and public.
