Mid-Winter Meetings, CLE and Presidents' DinnerDate: Friday, February 3, 2017
Location: Memorial Hall, Confederation Centre of the Arts, Charlottetown
The Law Society Call to Action Committee is tasked with ensuring that the Law Society of PEI responds to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada's Call to Action # 27, which reads:
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We call upon the Federation of Law Societies of Canada to ensure that lawyers receive appropriate cultural competency training, which includes the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal-Crown relations. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.”
In the immediate term, the Committee will facilitate a training day on February 3, 2017, to engage the Law Society membership for the purpose of creating awareness and an understanding of the history and cultural legacy of the residential school system in Canada. In the long term, the Committee will work towards the goal of mandatory annual cultural competency training that engages and educates the membership in the broader objectives set out in the TRC's Call to Action # 27. The Committee will undertake all activities with the engagement and direction of the leadership of the Indigenous People of PEI - the Mi'kmaq.
Schedule8:30 AM Registration
9:00 AM Canadian Bar Association, PEI Branch Meeting
9:30 AM Law Society of PEI Meeting
10:00 AM Continuing Legal Education, Cultural Competency Training
- Opening Prayer and Smudge
- Home Fires Documentary
- Residential Schools Presentation from a PEI Mi'kmaq Perspective
- Residential Schools Presentation from a Legal Perspective
12:30 PM Luncheon (included in registration)
1:30 PM Continuing Legal Education, Cultural Competency Training, Cond't
- Panel Discussion and Question Period
3:30 PM Bowling
6:00 PM Presidents' Reception
7:00 PM Presidents' Dinner
This CLE provides 4.0 hours of mandatory CPD credits.Registration Fees
- CLE, Cultural Competency Training $60.00 plus $9.00 HST = $69.00
- Presidents's Dinner $55.00 plus $8.25 HST =63.25
RegistrationPlease complete the online registration form below or complete the attached registration form and submit it to the Law Society office before Janauary 27th.
