Determining Access Conference Team: Organizing Team: • Professor Dr. Janna Promislow, TRU Law • Professor Nicole Schabus, TRU Law • Professor Sharon Mascher, University of Calgary, Faculty of Law • Paul Michel, Executive Director, TRU Aboriginal Education • Kukpi7 (Chief) Judy Wilson, Neskonlith • Kukpi7 (Chief) Ryan Day, Stuctwewsem • Prof. Brian Noble, Dalhousie University, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology • Prof. Kent McNeil, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, • Arthur Manuel, Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade • Julie Falck, Osgoode Hall Law School, PhD student • Emma Feltes, UBC, PhD Student • Chris Albinati, Osgoode Hall Law School, Master’s student, TRU Law alumni • Harman Bains, TRU Law Student • Ken McLeod, TRU Law Student • Dawn McConnell, TRU Law Student • Jasmine Dhillon, TRU Law Student • Laura Jacquard, TRU Law Student • Emma Adbjalieva, TRU Law Student • Jesse Olynyk, TRU Law Student With the support of: Thank you to all our presenters, honoured guests, and attendees! Determining Access: Theory and Practice in Implementing Indigenous Governance over Lands and Resources Thompson Rivers University ne Secwepemc’ulecw 900 McGill Road Kamloops, BC, House of Learning Barber Centre February 15 & 16, 2016 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Determining Access: Theory and Practice in Implementing Indigenous Governance over Lands and Resources FEB. 15 - 16, 2016 Conference Agenda Monday, February 15, 2016 Time 9:00-9:15 Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Session Welcome: Kukpi7 (Chief) Judy Wilson, Neskonlith and Kukpi7 (Chief) Wayne Christian, Splatsin, Tribal Chief of Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, for Secwepemc hosts Dean Morse, TRU Faculty of Law Session 1: Indigenous territorial governance in the Interior Location 9:15-10:45 Indigenous Governance and Aboriginal Title: Identifying the Holders of Authority and Rights. Professor Kent McNeil, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Time for questions BREAK (snacks and refreshments provided) 10:45-11:00 TRU President Alan Shaver more words of welcome Session 2: Indigenous law and Indigenous governance Barber Centre Earth Conciliations: The Burgeoning Work of Indigenous Territorial Authority in Alliance with Settler Polities. Professor Brian Noble, Dalhousie University, Department of Anthropology Indigenous Peoples’ Control over Access to Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge in the Interior of British Columbia Professor Nicole Schabus, TRU Faculty of Law Barber Centre Barber Centre Intersections between Environmental Law and Indigenous Governance of Aboriginal Title. Professor Sharon Mascher, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Small “t” Treaty Relations: Decolonizing L’sitkuk Ancestral Homelands. 10:45-12:00 Sherry Pictou, PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University Pipsell (Jacko Lake), Ajax Mine and Stk’emplusemc Te Secwepemc Nation Statement of Claim and Project Assessment Process Dr. Ron Ignace, Kukpi7 (Chief) of Skeetchestn Hat Creek Land Use Plan. Kukpi7 (Chief) Ryan Day, Stuctwewsemc, Secwepemc Spokesperson for 11:00-12:15 the Interior Alliance together with Chief Darrell Bob, Xaxli’p, St’at’imc Spokesperson for the Interior Alliance. Transmountain Pipeline Project. Rueben George, Tseil-Wauthuth Nation Time for questions 10:30-10:45 BREAK (snacks and refreshments provided) Session 4: Indigenous Knowledge and Alliances Barber Centre Location Haida Nation Governance. Guujaaw, Skidigate representative and past president, Council of the Haida Nation 9:00-10:30 Barber Centre Session Session 3: Indigenous territorial governance and environmental stewardship (fisheries, forests and waters) Barber Centre Implementing a declaration of Aboriginal Title. Chief Russell Myers Ross, Yunesit’in, Tsilhqot’in Nation Logging to challenge provincial and assert Indigenous jurisdiction. Arthur Manuel, George Manuel Institute and Secwepemc plaintiff in ongoing title litigation Time Time for questions Pipelines, Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Authority. Professor Gordon Christie, Associate Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, Director, Indigenous Legal Studies Program, University of British Columbia. Time for questions Determining Access Conference attendees are invited to attend the DIALOGUE ABOUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CLIMATE CHANGE February 17 and 18, 2016 at TRU Barber Centre Barber Centre Determining Access: Theory and Practice in Implementing Indigenous Governance over Lands and Resources FEB. 15 - 16, 2016 Conference Agenda Monday, February 15, 2016 Time 9:00-9:15 Tuesday, February 16, 2016 Session Welcome: Kukpi7 (Chief) Judy Wilson, Neskonlith and Kukpi7 (Chief) Wayne Christian, Splatsin, Tribal Chief of Shuswap Nation Tribal Council, for Secwepemc hosts Dean Morse, TRU Faculty of Law Session 1: Indigenous territorial governance in the Interior Location 9:15-10:45 Indigenous Governance and Aboriginal Title: Identifying the Holders of Authority and Rights. Professor Kent McNeil, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University Time for questions BREAK (snacks and refreshments provided) 10:45-11:00 TRU President Alan Shaver more words of welcome Session 2: Indigenous law and Indigenous governance Barber Centre Earth Conciliations: The Burgeoning Work of Indigenous Territorial Authority in Alliance with Settler Polities. Professor Brian Noble, Dalhousie University, Department of Anthropology Indigenous Peoples’ Control over Access to Biodiversity and Indigenous Knowledge in the Interior of British Columbia Professor Nicole Schabus, TRU Faculty of Law Barber Centre Barber Centre Intersections between Environmental Law and Indigenous Governance of Aboriginal Title. Professor Sharon Mascher, Faculty of Law, University of Calgary Small “t” Treaty Relations: Decolonizing L’sitkuk Ancestral Homelands. 10:45-12:00 Sherry Pictou, PhD Candidate, Dalhousie University Pipsell (Jacko Lake), Ajax Mine and Stk’emplusemc Te Secwepemc Nation Statement of Claim and Project Assessment Process Dr. Ron Ignace, Kukpi7 (Chief) of Skeetchestn Hat Creek Land Use Plan. Kukpi7 (Chief) Ryan Day, Stuctwewsemc, Secwepemc Spokesperson for 11:00-12:15 the Interior Alliance together with Chief Darrell Bob, Xaxli’p, St’at’imc Spokesperson for the Interior Alliance. Transmountain Pipeline Project. Rueben George, Tseil-Wauthuth Nation Time for questions 10:30-10:45 BREAK (snacks and refreshments provided) Session 4: Indigenous Knowledge and Alliances Barber Centre Location Haida Nation Governance. Guujaaw, Skidigate representative and past president, Council of the Haida Nation 9:00-10:30 Barber Centre Session Session 3: Indigenous territorial governance and environmental stewardship (fisheries, forests and waters) Barber Centre Implementing a declaration of Aboriginal Title. Chief Russell Myers Ross, Yunesit’in, Tsilhqot’in Nation Logging to challenge provincial and assert Indigenous jurisdiction. Arthur Manuel, George Manuel Institute and Secwepemc plaintiff in ongoing title litigation Time Time for questions Pipelines, Aboriginal Law and Indigenous Authority. Professor Gordon Christie, Associate Professor of Law, University of British Columbia, Director, Indigenous Legal Studies Program, University of British Columbia. Time for questions Determining Access Conference attendees are invited to attend the DIALOGUE ABOUT INDIGENOUS PEOPLES AND CLIMATE CHANGE February 17 and 18, 2016 at TRU Barber Centre Barber Centre Determining Access Conference Team: Organizing Team: • Professor Dr. Janna Promislow, TRU Law • Professor Nicole Schabus, TRU Law • Professor Sharon Mascher, University of Calgary, Faculty of Law • Paul Michel, Executive Director, TRU Aboriginal Education • Kukpi7 (Chief) Judy Wilson, Neskonlith • Kukpi7 (Chief) Ryan Day, Stuctwewsem • Prof. Brian Noble, Dalhousie University, Department of Sociology and Social Anthropology • Prof. Kent McNeil, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, • Arthur Manuel, Indigenous Network on Economies and Trade • Julie Falck, Osgoode Hall Law School, PhD student • Emma Feltes, UBC, PhD Student • Chris Albinati, Osgoode Hall Law School, Master’s student, TRU Law alumni • Harman Bains, TRU Law Student • Ken McLeod, TRU Law Student • Dawn McConnell, TRU Law Student • Jasmine Dhillon, TRU Law Student • Laura Jacquard, TRU Law Student • Emma Adbjalieva, TRU Law Student • Jesse Olynyk, TRU Law Student With the support of: Thank you to all our presenters, honoured guests, and attendees! Determining Access: Theory and Practice in Implementing Indigenous Governance over Lands and Resources Thompson Rivers University ne Secwepemc’ulecw 900 McGill Road Kamloops, BC, House of Learning Barber Centre February 15 & 16, 2016 9:00 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.