CLE Online

Welcome and Land Acknowledgement (9:00 – 9:10)

Teresa Sheward — Program Lawyer, CLEBC, Vancouver
Merle Lagax'niitsk Alexander, KC — Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Vancouver

Opening Prayer

Elder Carleen Thomas — Tsleil-Waututh Nation, North Vancouver

Free Prior and Informed Consent (9:10 – 10:00)

• origin of "Free Prior and Informed Consent"
• FPIC is an expression of Indigenous jurisdiction and law
• UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples: federal and provincial legislation 

Merle Lagax'niitsk Alexander, KC — Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Vancouver
Dr. Roshan Danesh, KC — Victoria
Stacey M. Edzerza Fox — Stacey Edzerza Fox Law Corporation, West Vancouver
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (aki-kwe), KC — Lafond & Mack Law Group, Saanichton

BREAK (10:00 – 10:15)

Negotiation of FPIC/UNDRIP Compliant Agreements (10:15 – 11:15)

• development of FPIC
• agreement template/sample
• the mechanics of a negotiated FPIC agreement: completion of the first major project negotiation of a FPIC/UNDRIP compliant agreement

Merle Lagax'niitsk Alexander, KC — Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Vancouver
Tamara Napoleon — Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Vancouver

BREAK (11:15 – 11:30)

Where Do We Go from Here? (11:30 – 12:30)

Merle Lagax'niitsk Alexander, KC — Miller Titerle Law Corporation, Vancouver
Dr. Roshan Danesh, KC — Victoria
Stacey M. Edzerza Fox — Stacey Edzerza Fox Law Corporation, West Vancouver
Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (aki-kwe), KC — Lafond & Mack Law Group, Saanichton