LAMDA is hosting an evening of CPD with Shaunna Kelly, Naomi Sayers & Ryan Fritsch on May 20 at 5:30 on Indigenous Law including end of life and health law cases.

Ryan has been working on the LCO Indigenous Engagement project

See their webpage
https://www.lco-cdo.org/en/our-current-projects/indigenous-engagement-for-last-stages-of-life/

Ryan will also be referring to this document from BC https://engage.gov.bc.ca/addressingracism/

The event is free and open to LAMDA & @ClaOntario members.

Capped at 100. Register by email to lamda.exec@gmail.com asap.

Please put “Indigenous Law LAMDA CPD May 20” in the re: line

For FULL BIOS and photos see

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FObAx-MQx7mFmGiV7bxgpo-ITGwMC_OvSm0P3RWsb7M/edit?usp=sharing

LAMDA presents an Indigenous Law CPD evening!

Our Speaker Bio’s

Naomi Sayers is a lawyer and Indigenous feminist, called to the Ontario (2018) and Alberta (2020) bars with nearly a decade of consultation experience. Previously in-house counsel at Hydro One, she officially launched her own practice in early 2020. She regularly advises on issues relating administrative law, human rights, police abuse/violence, constitutional issues, lobbying and law reform initiatives, and non-profits. Naomi is proud to bring nearly a decade of consulting work to her clients and their files. She has previously provided consultation services to federal, provincial, and regional (municipal) governments. Some of her clients include other non-profit organizations engaging in advocacy work, Native Youth Sexual Health Network, Amnesty International’s International Governing Body and the federal government’s Status of Women, to name a few. Clients generally come to Naomi during times of crises and appreciate her calm demeanor and ability to narrow complex matters down into manageable issues. Naomi is frequently invited by the media to comment on pressing issues and issues of national importance or public interest, ranging from regulatory work to human rights commentary.

Shaunna Kelly is Irish Canadian/Anishinaabe: Mississauga First Nation – She was called to the bar in 2009 and is from Sudbury, Ontario.  She owns and operates a small law firm with her business partner, Corbin Cawkell.  Much of her work focuses on representing members of the urban Indigenous community in Toronto. She is an elected Toronto Area Director to the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (2019), Gladue Court Representative to the Criminal Lawyers’ Association (2015) and co-chair of the Indigenous Committee with the Criminal Lawyers’ Association.  She volunteers on other various committees, including the criminal advisory committee with Legal Aid Ontario and is involved in the development of the Gladue Courts for the New Toronto Courthouse.

Ryan Fritsch is Legal Counsel with the Law Commission of Ontario where he leads law reform projects on artificial intelligence, consumer protection in the digital marketplace, health law and Indigenous health law. Called to the Bar of British Columbia and Ontario in 2007, Ryan practiced human rights law as Legal Counsel to the Psychiatric Patient Advocate Office and then as Policy Counsel leading the Mental Health Strategy for Legal Aid Ontario. Ryanis a veteran adjunct professor, teaching Mental Health Law at the University of Windsor between 2011-2019 and at Osgoode Hall in 2021 as an adjunct professor to the Professional LLM Program in Health Law. Ryan obtained his LLM from McGill University in 2011.

IT WAS A WONDERFUL EVENING – THANKS TO ALL OUR PANELISTS AND FACILITATOR