P A C I F I C B U S I N E S S & L A W I N S T I T U T E

September 24th & 25th, 2015 • National Arts Centre • Ottawa, ON

Live Webinar also available!

Co-Chaired by:

Robert A. Davis Inspector Jim Potts Chief of Police Retired Lethbridge Regional Police Service RCMP and OPP

National Aboriginal Policing Forum

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Co-Chairs Robert A. Davis, Chief of Police, Lethbridge Regional Police Service, Lethbridge, AB. Chief Davis is a Mohawk from the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and has been a police officer for 25 years. He has worked with the Six Nations Police Service where he rose through the ranks to Staff Sergeant and the Nishawbe Aski Police where he was promoted to Inspector overseeing the operation of 21 detachments, including 19 that were located on isolated and remote reserves. In 2006, he was seconded to the RCMP where he served at the Canadian Police College. In 2011, Rob was sworn in as the Chief of Police of the Dryden Police Service where he served until joining LRPS. Rob is a recipient of the prestigious Gimborn Scholarship for his efforts combating gangs and organized crime.

Inspector Jim Potts, O.O.M., RCMP and OPP, Retired, Ottawa, ON. Jim retired in 2002, after 45 years service, has 24 years of operational experience, served 12 years as liaison officer with the Mohawk Warriors, is of Ojibway descent and a member of the Temiskaming First Nation. He was the first Status Indian to receive a Commission in the RCMP’s 125 year history, and is the recipient of numerous awards. In 2002 he was appointed Officer of the Order of Merit. In September 2010, the Minister of National Defence appointed him Honorary Lieutenant Colonel with the 3rd Ranger Patrol Group of the Canadian Armed Forces. Although retired, he continues to provide Aboriginal Perceptions training for the RCMP and Canadian Armed Forces.

Faculty C/Superintendent Shirley Cuillierrier, Director General, RCMP National Aboriginal Policing and Crime Prevention Services, Ottawa, ON. C/Supt. Cuillierrier is a First Nations Mohawk from Kanesatake, QC and a proud mother of her son Justin and her daughter Chelsea. A member of the RCMP for 33 years, she spent 15 years in operational policing in Atlantic Canada. She has received many awards for her work in Aboriginal Policing.

Dr. Patti LaBoucane-Benson, Director of Research, Training and Communication, Native Counselling Services of Alberta, Edmonton, AB. Patti is Metis and has a PhD in Human Ecology, focusing on Aboriginal Family and Community Resilience. She has worked for NCSA for 20 years. In May 2015, Patti’s first novel, Outside Circle, was published. It is based on her PhD research and is an illustration of how historic trauma has resulted in poverty, gang affiliation and hopelessness for an inner-city Aboriginal family.

Dale McFee, Deputy Minister of Corrections and Policing, SK Ministry of Justice, Regina, SK. In 2012, after 26 years as a police officer in Prince Albert, SK, including nine years as the Chief of Police, Dale was appointed as Deputy Minister of Corrections and Policing in the Ministry of Justice for the SK government. Dale has received many awards for his work including being named to the Order of Merit and promoted again within the Order to the rank of Officer.

Judge John Reilly, Speaker and Author, Canmore, AB. Mr. Reilly is a former judge of the Provincial Court of Alberta. He retired after 33 years in 2011. He now seeks to challenge people in the legal profession to re-think the true meaning of justice and the need to change attitudes towards Aboriginal people. Mr. Reilly is the author of two books: Bad Medicine: A Judge’s Struggle for Justice in a First Nations Community and Bad Judgment: The Myths of First Nations Equality and Judicial Independence in Canada.

Doug Reti, Aboriginal Economic Development, ConocoPhillips Canada, Calgary, AB. Doug is a member of the Vuntut Gwitchin First Nation from Old Crow, Yukon. Throughout his 23 year career with the RCMP, Doug served in 11 detachments across 5 of the 13 Divisions in Canada, and worked with National Aboriginal Policing Services Branch RCMP in Ottawa. His various postings have contributed to a career almost exclusively centered around Aboriginal Policing.

Rupert Ross, Retired, Ontario Ministry of the AG, Kenora, ON. Rupert’s primary responsibility was conducting criminal prosecutions in Kenora, Ontario and over twenty remote, fly-in Aboriginal communities in Northwestern Ontario. He is sensitive to cultural traditions of Aboriginal people with special emphasis on healing programs for victims, offenders, families and communities. He is the author of three books and numerous articles and is a frequent speaker at seminars dealing with Aboriginal issues.

Judge Barry D. Stuart, Retired, Yukon Territorial Court (Honorary Doctorate of Law Osgoode 2014). Barry has decades of experience as both a judge and mediator in resolving numerous private and public disputes. As Chief Negotiator for the Yukon Land Claims, he negotiated the Umbrella Land Claims Agreement. He has worked in many countries to develop collaborative partnerships and restorative justice processes. He is a co-author of Peacemaking Circles: From Crime To Community.

Clive Weighill, Chief of Saskatoon Police, Saskatoon, SK. Chief Weighill was appointed Chief of the Saskatoon Police in 2006 after spending 31 years with the Regina Police Service. He often lectures regarding crime trends, community politicking, organized crime, street gangs, vehicle theft, leadership, and the future of policing. He is the recipient of the Police Exemplary Service Medal and Bar and is a Commander of the Order of Merit of the Police Forces. Chief Weighill was also recently elected as the President of the Canadian Association of Police Chiefs.

Strategies for Quality Policing Services in Aboriginal Communities

What are the key elements of quality policing strategies?

This forum explores this question from many different perspectives to identify key elements in developing and implementing quality policing strategies in Aboriginal communities.

There are unique, enormous opportunities for change. Together, Aboriginal communities and the police can be a key part of a dramatic change in outcomes; a change that forges a new way forward for building safe and healthy communities, a change that generates constructive active partnerships for social justice.

The way forward depends on mutual respect and depends on identifying what works.

Let us come together to make the essential changes, possible only if police and Aboriginal communities work together.

This is a Must Attend Forum for:• Aboriginal political leaders and elders• Members of Aboriginal police boards• Aboriginal police officers• Psychologists, counsellors, healers and others working in

Aboriginal mental health• Directors and members of Aboriginal community organizations• Non-Aboriginal police officers who serve and protect

Aboriginal people both on and off reserve• Federal, provincial, territorial and municipal government

officials dealing with Aboriginal justice and policing issues• Academics in the Aboriginal justice field• Members of the judiciary presiding over Aboriginal criminal cases• Lawyers concerned about Aboriginal justice cases• Parole and corrections officers, social workers, criminologists,

court workers, and others working in the justice system• Community agencies and community members seeking to

find ways to work with police and other agencies to improve their community

• All professionals, health, education, cultural and business leaders interested in building partnerships that prevent and effectively reduce the harm of crime

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12:30 Luncheon Adjournment

National Aboriginal Policing Forum

12:05 Luncheon Adjournment

Day One, September 24th, 2015

9:00 Chairs’ Welcome and Introduction

Chief of Police Robert A. Davis Inspector Jim Potts

9:10 Remaking and Forging Community/ Police Partnerships

Chief of Police Robert A. Davis

9:55 Questions and Discussion

10:10 Refreshment Adjournment

10:30 How Can Police Promote the Survival and Growth of Aboriginal Values in a Community Justice System?

Judge Barry D. Stuart

11:15 Questions and Discussion

11:30 Punishment or Accountability: What Best Serves Offenders, Victims and Communities?

Judge John Reilly

12:15 Questions and Discussion

1:30 Building Trust In Aboriginal Communities

Inspector Jim Potts

2:15 Questions and Discussion

2:30 Refreshment Adjournment

2:50 Essential Information for First Nations Policing

Rupert Ross

3:35 Questions and Discussion

3:50 Faculty Roundtable: Providing a Professional Policing Service – Learning from Experience

4:50 Chairs’ Concluding Remarks for Day One

5:00 Program Concludes for Day One

Day Two, September 25th, 2015

9:00 Chairs’ Welcome to Day Two

Chief of Police Robert A. Davis Inspector Jim Potts

9:10 Finding Strategies to Stop the Tragic Parade of Missing and Murdered Aboriginal People

C/Superintendent Shirley Cuillierrier

Chief of Police Clive Weighill

10:25 Questions and Discussion

10:40 Refreshment Adjournment

11:00 From Marginalized Roots to a Path Toward Success: Addressing Root Causes and Risk Factors

Deputy Minister Dale McFee

11:50 Questions and Discussion

1:00 Addressing Community Concerns Re: Pipelines and the Extraction of Resources from Aboriginal Lands – The Corporate Perspective

Doug Reti, ConocoPhillips Canada - Invited

1:45 Questions and Discussion

2:00 Refreshment Adjournment

2:15 What is Needed in the Next Ten Years to Have a Story to Tell About the End of Aboriginal Gangs?

Dr. Patti LaBoucane-BensonChief of Police Robert A. Davis

3:15 Questions and Discussion

3:30 Faculty Roundtable: Hope for the Future

4:20 Chairs’ Concluding Remarks for Day Two

4:30 Program Concludes

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