2018 Policy Matters Speakers Series
The MacEachen Institute for Public Policy & Governance, Dalhousie University
Whose Nation? Navigating a New Era in Crown-Indigenous Relations
October 2, 2018: Please join John Paul (Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat), Cheryl Simon (Mi’gmawe’l T plu’taqnn) and Dr. Ingrid Waldron (School of Nursing, Dalhousie University) for a panel discussion on navigating a new era in Crown-Indigenous Relations. Indigenous communities have long sought political recognition and nationhood, but only recently have the affairs and governance of Canadian Indigenous peoples been recognized for containing some of the most pressing policy questions of our time, including questions about water governance, health practices, and self-determination. In May 2016, Canada officially removed its objector status to the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, indicating the Crown’s intention to reset its relationship with Canadian Indigenous peoples. A new relationship, created on the principles of Nation to Nation governance, must be supported by a strong policy framework. In the coming years, Indigenous and Crown leaders will navigate through law and policy to determine how to address issues concerning resources, identity, autonomy and culture. This discussion focuses on some of the obstacles and opportunities decision-makers face as they try to reform our system of governance.
Speakers:
John Paul – Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat
Cheryl Simon – Mi’gmawe’l T plu’taqnn
Ingrid Waldron, School of Nursing, Dalhousie University
Tuesday, October 2, 2018
12:00 pm to 1:30 pm
Room 1011, Kenneth C. Rowe Management Building
Dalhousie University, 6100 University Avenue, Halifax, NS
Facebook Event Page:https://www.facebook.com/events/262210494631239/
Website Information:https://www.dal.ca/dept/maceachen-institute/events/policy_matters2018/Indigenous-Affairs.html
Information about the speaker series (all panels):https://www.dal.ca/dept/maceachen-institute/events/policy_matters2018.html