| Speaker: |
Hallie (Kwanxwa’logwa) Bruce, JD, Barrister & Solicitor / Mediator, Cedar & Sage Law |
| Date/Time: |
Monday, November 25, 2024 at 12:00pm - 2:00pm (PT) |
| RSVP: |
Closes Thursday, November 21, 2024 |
| Registration: |
Member: $130 (+GST)
Non-Member: $200 (+GST)
Articling Students: $60 (+GST) |
| CPD: |
2.0 Hours (Ethics) |
SYNOPSIS
This webinar is a part of the CBABC Advancing Reconciliation Series.
Incorporating Indigenous values into governance, policies and procedures advances reconciliation and builds more meaningful partnerships. Kwakwaka’wakw and Tlingit lawyer, Halie Kwanxwa’logwa Bruce, explores how to apply a reconciliation lens to engagement, project management, trust-building and conflict resolution.
ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
About Hallie Kwanxwa'logwa Bruce, JD
Halie (Kwanxwa’logwa) Bruce is a Kwakwaka’wakw, Tlingit, and Scottish/Canadian mother, wife, lawyer, mediator, adjudicator, sometimes soccer coach and Sixties Scoop Survivor. She was called to the British Columbia Bar in 2008. Her practice areas include Aboriginal law, family law, child welfare, fisheries law, Indigenous laws and governance, and Aboriginal business law. Since 2010, Halie has also devoted part of her practice to Indigenous restorative justice initiatives, including writing Gladue Reports for Indigenous people at bail, sentencing and appeal courts in BC.
Halie attended Simon Fraser University before attaining a Bachelor of Laws degree from UBC. She has over 30 years of experience working with Indigenous communities, and Indigenous, provincial and federal governments, and businesses. She has extensive training in mediation and alternative dispute resolution through courses taken at the Continuing Legal Education Society of BC, Justice Institute of BC, and the Social Justice Mediation Institute.
ACKNOWLEDGING FIRST NATIONS TERRITORIES
This webinar is hosted by CBABC, which is located on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Squamish, Tsleil-Waututh and Musqueam First Nations. We encourage our members to explore the rich history and knowledge of Indigenous people, and to continue learning about their experience in Canada, past and present.
TECHNICAL INSTRUCTIONS
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