Red Ink in the Margins: Indigenous Law, Canadians and Current Legal Issues

Conference Schedule

February 20, 2004
Room 147 (Moot Court)
Fauteaux Hall
57 Louis Pasteur
University of Ottawa
Ottawa, Canada

2:00 Welcoming Remarks from University of Ottawa Aboriginal Law Students' Association
Hostess Charlene Desrochers and Host Jesse McCormick

2:05 Welcome
AFN National Chief Phil Fontaine

2:15 Opening Remarks and Introduction of Elder
Professor Larry Chartrand

2:25 Elder Prayer and Blessing
Elder William Commanda

2:30 Drum Group
TBA

2:35 Panel 1: Aboriginal Legal Traditions*
Student Moderator, Melissa Gus,
Patricia Monture, Tracey Lindberg Claudette Commanda

3:35 BREAK: Aboriginal Resource Council at the University of Ottawa

4:00 Panel 2: From Margin to Centre: Aboriginal Law in the Contemporary Context
Student Moderator: Scott Robertson
Kathleen Lickers, Violet Ford, Larry Chartrand, Nathalie Des Rosiers, Melanie Spiteri

5:20 BREAK: Aboriginal Resource Council at the University of Ottawa

5:40 Panel 3: The Powerly Decision
Student moderator, Charlene Desrochers, Jean Teillet, Clem Chartier, Jason Madden

6:50 Closing Remarks: Host and Hostess

7:00 Reception