AGM & 13th ANNUAL CONFERENCE

FAMILY LAW IN 2021:
BROADENING OUR LENS

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15, 2021

VIRTUAL EVENT

KEYNOTE SPEAKER : DR. JEAN CLINTON
Clinical Professor McMaster University
Department of Psychiatry and
Behavioural Neurosciences

PRE-CONFERENCE SOCIAL
Thursday, October, 14, 2021

AGM & 13TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE
Friday, October 15, 2021

Tentative Program

AFCC-O Annual General Meeting

Opening Remarks and Land Declaration
Dr. Shely Polak, AFCC-O President

Opening Presentation
Keynote Address: Dr. Jean Clinton

Moving Beyond Barriers: An Indigenous Perspective
Jim Doxtdator, Family and Child Protections Mediator
Marian Jacko, Office of the Children’s Lawyer
Rebecca Kingdon, Native Child and Family, legal counsel and Supervisor of Legal Services
Rebecca Hammond, Aboriginal Justice Strategy, Legal Aid Ontario

Special Tribute Honouring Philip Epstein
Justice L. Madsen

Presentation of Dena Moyal Award

New Amendments: Reflecting on Change
Rollie Thompson, Professor, Schulich School of Law, Dalhousie University

Moving Family Justice Past the Pandemic: The Evolving “New Normal”
Claire Houston
Rachel Birnbaum
Nicholas Bala

A Family Violence Tool for Family Justice Practitioners, Department of Justice Canada
Presenters: Robin Trombley and Cherami Wichmann
Counsel / Advocates of the Family and Children’s Law Team

Closing Remarks and Ceremony

Ticket Prices
AFCC-O Chapter Member: $125
Non-Member: $150
Student, Presenter, Retired Professional: $75
Group Rate (5 or more): $125/person (Contact info@afccontario.ca for group registration)

Cover art: Alex Jacobs-Blum, The land we are and have always been // tsih.sa:né:yohs (when you are healing), 2020, digital photograph

The land and water give and sustain all life on Earth. They embody knowledge that is intrinsic to our health and wellbeing. The land and water are synonymous with Indigenous ways of being. They also need to be considered when engaging with Indigenous peoples, and youth specifically. We are working to (re)build our relationships with the land and water, and in caring for them, we can ensure a sustainable future for the generations to come.