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March 29, 2005 St. Thomas University Native Studies Programme
Co-Hosts Fredericton – The St. Thomas University Native Studies Programme, the Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs and KAIROS, a Canadian ecumenical organization focusing on justice initiatives, will be co-hosting a symposium on “Human Rights and First Nations in Canada”. The symposium will take place Thursday, March 31st and Friday April 1st, 2005 in the Holy Cross House Conference Room. Bruce Wildsmith, lead lawyer in the Marshall and Bernard cases before the Supreme Court of Canada, will speak on “Negotiating Aboriginal and Treaty Rights” on Thursday, March 31st at 7:30 pm. The following day, Friday, April 1st, Paul Williams, lawyer for the Iroquois Confederacy, will speak on “Human Rights and the Confederacy, Fifteen Years after Oka” at 10:00 am. Following that presentation, Ed Bianchi, of KAIROS, will speak on “International Human Rights Systems” at 11:00 am. The symposium will conclude with a panel discussion with Bruce Wildsmith, Paul Williams, Ed Bianchi and Dr. Roland Chrisjohn beginning at 1:00 pm. A light lunch will be served at the symposium on Friday. The symposium is being held in conjunction with Native Awareness Days, sponsored by the Native Student Council at St. Thomas University. For further information, contact Norah Ward, Atlantic Policy Conference
at 1 877 667-4007. Media Contact – Jeffrey Carleton, St. Thomas University, (506) 452-0522 or carleton@stu.ca. |
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