Events Calendar

Environmental and Community Development Project Management Planning Workshop
Tuesday May 29th and Wednesday May 30th, 2012
Early Bird Deadline - May 11th,2012
Toronto, Ontario

Strategies that will allow First Nations to more effectively:

• Plan, Manage and Implement cross- functional Enironmental and Community Development projects


• Communicate with Members, Multi-Jurisdictional (Goverment and Industry) Stakeholders


• Understand Human Interface Factors in Project Management that affect Interpersonal Communications and Relationships

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Global College Spring Institute on
Indigenous Property, Development and Extraction in Canada and Latin America

The University of Winnipeg Global College in partnership with The University of Winnipeg Indigenous Studies Department is pleased to announce the Spring Institute on Indigenous Property, Development & Extraction in Canada & Latin America beginning April through the Global College Institute for the Political and Cultural Studies of the Americas.

Course Director: Prof. Ross McCormack, Director of the Global College Institute for the Political and Cultural Studies of the Americas

For a Certificate as well as university credit

The course is supported by the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation

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Specific Claims: The New Process
May 8th–9th, 2012
Fairmont Château Laurier, Ottawa, ON

In June 2011, the Specific Claims Tribunal Rules of Practice and Procedure came into force and the Registry of the Specific Claims Tribunal opened for the filing of specific claims. The creation of the Specific Claims Tribunal is a key element of the Government of Canada’s Justice at Last: Specific Claims Action Plan aimed at improving the specific claims process and accelerating the resolution of specific claims. What progress has been made since the announcement of Justice at Last: Specific Claims Action Plan? How is the Specific Claims Tribunal operating to date? What issues are being encountered?

This forum assembles an expert faculty to provide delegates with an update on specific claims, including an update on specific claims policy, the specific claims process, negotiations, and an in-depth update on the operation of the Specific Claims Tribunal. In addition, the expert faculty will provide delegates with insight with respect to researching specific claims, preparing and drafting claim submissions, and current issues in specific claims and will facilitate discussion on what further steps need to be taken to improve the specific claims process and accelerate the resolution of specific claims.

Chairs:

David C. Knoll, Knoll & Company Law Corporation
Ron S. Maurice, Maurice Law Barristers & Solicitors

Faculty:

Dr. Carl Beal, University of Regina
The Honourable Justice Douglas R. Campbell, Federal Court of Canada
William B. Henderson, Barrister & Solicitor
Kathleen Lickers, Barrister & Solicitor
Stan Lore, Agropyron Enterprises Ltd.
Kevin McNeil (invited), Department of Justice, Specific Claims Section, Legal Services Unit AANDC
Candice S. Metallic, Maurice Law Barristers & Solicitors
Alan Pratt, Alan Pratt Law Firm
Neil Reddekopp, Ackroyd LLP
Vivian P. M. Russell (invited), Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada, Specific Claims (LSU)
The Honourable Justice Harry A. Slade, Specific Claims Tribunal
Tara J. Smock, Joan Holmes & Associates Inc.