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Agenda Day One - February 22, 2006

9:00 Welcome and Introduction to Day One
Inspector Jim Potts | RCMP and OPP, Retired
Judge Barry D. Stuart | Yukon Territorial Court, Retired

9:10 Opening Prayer

9:20 Crime Prevention: Examining the Root Causes of Crime
Vera Lagasse | National Crime Prevention Centre
Rupert Ross | Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General

• Crime prevention through social development
• Utilizing a CCI approach to deal with root causes
  of crime at a local level
  - Abuse
  - Violence
  - Unemployment
  - Drug/alcohol abuse
  - Low literacy
• Targeting individuals and communities at risk

10:10 Questions and Discussion

10:20 Refreshment Adjournment

10:35 The Challenges Facing the Development of Excellence in Aboriginal Policing
Inspector Doug Reti | RCMP
Inspector Jim Potts | RCMP and OPP, Retired

• Historical development of Aboriginal policing -
  how we got to where we are today
• Traditional versus modern policing models
• Restorative policing processes
• Local policing initiatives of remote and isolated communities

11:20 Questions and Discussion

11:30 Missing and Murdered Aboriginal Women in Canada
Inspector Shirley Cuillierrier | RCMP

• Spousal abuse
• Absence of safe houses

12:10 Questions and Discussion

12:20 Luncheon Adjournment

2:00 Gangs and Organized Crime in Aboriginal Communities
Sergeant Rob Davis | Nishnawbe-Aski Police Service
Inspector Doug Reti | RCMP

• Youth gangs
• Gangs: off-reserve, on-reserve and urban
• Tell-tale signs of gang formation

2:50 Questions and Discussion

3:00 Conflict Resolution
Inspector Cal Chrustie | RCMP
Inspector Ron George | Ontario Provincial Police

• Policing conflicts
• The peacekeeper role
• Future challenges

3:40 Questions and Discussion

3:50 Can Aboriginal and Western Justice Systems Find the Middle Ground to Build Collaborative Responses to Crime?
Rupert Ross | Ontario Ministry of the Attorney General
Dennis M. Maloney | Community Justice Associates

4:40 Questions and Discussion

5:00 Forum Concludes for Day One

Agenda Day Two - February 23, 2006

9:00 Welcome and Introduction to Day Two
Inspector Jim Potts | RCMP and OPP, Retired
Judge Barry D. Stuart | Yukon Territorial Court, Retired

9:10 The Future of Aboriginal Policing: Planning for Success by Building Sustainable Partnerships
Commissioner Gwen M. Boniface | Ontario Provincial Police
Transformative Aboriginal justice agenda

• Developing Solutions that Work

9:50 Questions and Discussion

10:00 Building Healthy Families: The Core of Healthy Communities
Chief Mark Wedge | Carcross Tagish First Nation First Nation

• Prevention of family breakdown
• Engaging extended families through community involvement
• Intergovernmental collaborative responses based
  on healing

10:40 Questions and Discussion

10:50 Refreshment Adjournment

11:10 Engaging Aboriginal Youth in Their Communities and in Urban Centres
Sam Anderson | Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs

• Security
• Peacekeeping

11:50 Questions and Discussion

12:00 Luncheon Adjournment

1:30 Engaging the Courts in Community Justice Programs
Elizabeth Sanderson | Department of Justice
Judge Barry D. Stuart | Yukon Territorial Court, Retired

• What are community justice programs?
• Are they working?
• How to start one in your community
• Lessons learned
• Eligibility for funding
• Community sentencing circles and peacemaking
• Diversion or alternative measures

2:20 Questions and Discussion

2:30 Engaging the Community in the Corrections Process the Courts in Community Justice Programs
Professor Patricia Monture | University of Saskatchewan
Dennis M. Maloney | Community Justice Associates

• Section 81 and 84
• Elder community assisted parole hearings
• Healing versus punishment
• Releasing circles
• The role of culture, tradition and ceremonies

3:20 Questions and Discussion

3:30 Faculty Roundtable

4:10 Chairs' Closing Comments

4:20 Closing Ceremony

4:30 Forum Concludes for Day Two

Agenda Day Three - February 24, 2006
Optional Workshops

9:00 Conflict Resolution
or
9:00 Overcoming Challenges Facing Urban Aboriginal Peoples

1:00 Native Gangs
or
1:00 Implications of Recent Court Decisions on Aboriginal Policing