Reminder: This year’s 1L Community Conference is today.
What: This year’s annual 1L Community Conference:
“draws together four distinct fields of inquiry – youth law, elder law, mental health, and Indigenous law and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission – around this common thread. We will ask: What challenges do youth and the elderly face when navigating the legal system and what resources are available to them? How are these challenges compounded or altered when questions of mental illness come into play? What gaps and barriers exist in the legal system today, particularly in the context of Canada’s colonial legacy and the role of the legal system in violently repressing the agency of Indigenous peoples?”
When: This afternoon from 2:30 pm – 6:00 pm. The conference will include an intermission snack break and a make-your-own taco buffet dinner.
Where: Room 159, Fraser Building
Speakers:
- Isobel McKenzie from the Office of the Seniors Advocate BC
- Mia Golden from the Victoria Family Court and Youth Justice Committee
- Coreen Hunt from the Kwakwa’kawak Nation and the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General (Victim Services and Crime Prevention Division)
- Catherine Schlenker from the PBSC Mental Health Program
For more details visit the conference event page on Facebook: 1L Community Conference