Alberta Courts’

Restorative Justice

Pilot Project Symposium

March 31, 2022

4:00 – 6:00 pm

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.