Keynote Speaker: Sara Mainville, Legal counsel, Strategic advisor and Negotiator, Olthius Kleer Townshend LLP

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“UNDRIP: The Four Pillars that will lead to fulfilling Legal Obligations within Treaty relationships with Indigenous Peoples in Canada”

 

Panel 1

Prospects for Indigenous Peoples Self-determination in UNDRIP

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Chair: Professor Amar Bhatia, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University

Anna Flaminio, Post-doctoral Fellow, University of Alberta, “Using a kinship model in UNDRIP for Criminal Justice Reform”

Tracey Coates, Coordinator, Aboriginal Studies and Long-Term Appointment Professor, University of Ottawa, “Leveraging the UNDRIP & TRC calls to action in praxis: Decolonizing and Indigenizing Post-Secondary Education”

Risa Schwartz, “Trade, Indigenous Peoples rights and Environmental Law”, International Law Practitioner

 

Panel 2

Exploring UNDRIP’s connection with other International Instruments and Norms

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Chair: Professor Maggie Quirt, Faculty of Indigenous Studies, Department of Equity Studies, York University

Patricia Galvao, A/Professor of Law, University of Windsor, “Integrating UNDRIP in Canadian Climate Action: Discourse versus Practice”

Mohammad Hasan, PhD candidate, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, “Can SDG Framework Embolden Canada Implementing UNDRIP?”

Alexandra Harrington, 2018 - 2019 Fulbright Canada Research Chair in Global Governance, “Governing the Sustainable Development Goals: Lessons from Governance Issues Relating to the UNDRIP”

Basil Ugochukwu, Research Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation “Implementing UNDRIP in Canada: Any Role for Corporations?”

 

Panel 3

Sustaining Cultural and Socio-Economic connections with UNDRIP’s Implementation

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Chair: Katherine Lofts, Managing and Research Director, Nomomente Institute

Paul-Emile McNab, Director, Business Development and Strategic Initiatives, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business “The Aboriginal Relations Program and UNDRIP-Opportunities for Strategic Linkages”

Jenna Davidson, Msc (cand), York University, “Intangible Cultural Heritage in Planning and Policy”

Oluwatobiloba Moody, Post-doctoral Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation “Canada’s Indigenous Intellectual Property: Advancing Domestic Norms through Progressive Trade”

Daniel Dylan, Assistant Professor of Law, Lakehead University, “Implementing UNDRIP Article 31 in Canada”