Conference on the Report of
The Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
McGill University
31 January to 2 February 1997
During the last five years, the Royal Commission on Aboriginal
Peoples has engaged in the most extensive inquiry ever undertaken
on Aboriginal rights, policy, communities, and prospects for change.
It has issued six special reports addressing such crucial issues as
suicide, the justice system, and Aboriginal self-government. Its
long-awaited Final Report will be presented in the late Fall of 1996.
The Report will canvass the history of Canadian Aboriginal policy in
all its dimensions. It deserves intensive discussion and debate.
This major Conference will provide a forum for that debate.
The Conference will focus on the structural recommendations of the
various reports - those on governance, justice, and Aboriginal land
rights. It will bring together leading experts in the field, people
involved in current initiatives, and representatives of many interests
that have, to this point, remained outside the discussion of Aboriginal
issues. There will be skeptics as well as advocates.
A large number of experts in the field will be speaking at the
Conference. Those who have already confirmed their participation
include the two co-chairs of the Commission, Justice Rene Dussault
and Georges Erasmus, Richard Bird, A. Rodney Bobiwash, John
Borrows, Alan Cairns, David Cameron, Marlene Castellano, Rt. Hon.
Joe Clark, Bernard Cleary, Matthew Coon-Come, Thomas Courchene,
Justice Jean-Charles Coutu, Brian Crowley, Kenneth Deer, Olive
Dickason, Thomas Flanagan, Phil Fontaine, Allen Gabriel, Hon. A.C.
Hamilton, David Hawkes, Paul Joffe, Will Kymlicka, Andree Lajoie,
Joe B. Marshall, Ovide Mercredi, Brenda G. Miller, Patricia
Monture-Angus, Zebedee Nungak, James O'Reilly, Ghislain Otis,
Ernest Ottawa, Ghislain Picard, Geoff Plant, Thierry Rodon,
Jean-Jacques Simard, Brian Slattery, Neil J. Sterritt, Blair Stonechild,
Debbie Thomas, James Tully, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, and Sylvie
Vincent.
Registration fees (includes taxes):
- regular registration received by December 13, 1996 (includes lunch
on Sat. and Sun.): $90
- regular registration received after December 13, 1996 (includes
lunch on Sat. and Sun.): $140
- student registration: $25
To receive a registration form and a conference programme, please
contact:
Jose Cadorette
Conference Coordinator
McGill Institute for the Study of Canada
3463 Peel Street
Montreal, Quebec H3A 1W7
Tel.: (514) 398-2658 / Fax: (514) 398-7336
E-mail: jcadoret@heps.lan.mcgill.ca