Schedule
Thursday, May 13, 2021
Conference opening
8:30 am - 9:00am PST
indigenous territorialIties and food system governance: disruptions and reclamations
9:00am - 10:30am PST
Speakers
Hannah Askew (Sierra Club BC)
Rebeca Macias Gimenez (University of Victoria, Faculty of Law)
Alan Hanna (University of Victoria, Faculty of Law)
Darcy Lindberg (University of Alberta, Faculty of Law)
Break
10:30am - 11:30 am PST
Coffee Break(out rooms)
Visit our virtual coffee room to connect with other conference participants and speakers.
Emerging Food Lawyer Lunch
A meeting of the CAFLP Student Network for students and new practitioners in food law.
Sponsored by McCarthy Tétrault
McCarthy Tétrault Updates in Canadian Food Law and Policy
11:30am - 1:00pm PST
Speakers
Indigenous Law, Angela D’Elia Decembrini (First Peoples Law)
UN Food Systems Summit, Michael Fakhri (University of Oregon, Faculty of Law)
Trade Law, Carmen Francis (McCarthy Tétrault)
Advertising, Labeling and Marketing, Glenford Jameson (G. S. Jameson & Company)
Animal Law, Selina Lee-Andersen (McCarthy Tétrault)
Worker’s Rights, Anelyse Weiler (University of Victoria)
Temporary Exemptions to Interprovincial Trade, Ronald Doering (Gowling WLG)
Canadian Food Policy Advisory Council, Catherine Mah (Dalhousie University)
Intellectual Property Law, Marsha Cadogan (MSC Intellectual Property and Technology Law)
Moderator
Jessica Cytryn (McCarthy Tétrault)
Break
1:00pm - 1:15 pm PST
Welcome and Keynote
1:15pm - 2:45 pm PST
Welcome with Dean Janine Benedet
and opening keynote with
Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson Gidahl-Guudsdllyaay
Supernatural Oceans: A Worldview for Enlightened Oceans Governance and Territorial Food Systems
Break
2:45pm - 3:00 pm PST
Hosted by Pei Pei Chei Ow
Cooking Class
3:00 pm - 4:30pm PST
Anakhanaow "Bannock" & Jam
In this cooking class you will learn how to prepare two types of bannock and fresh jam – a staple in many Indigenous kitchens and families. While teaching how to make bannock, frybread and berry jam from scratch, chef Scott Iserhoff shares stories, Indigenous food knowledge and politics.
(Vegan friendly)
Requires additional registration and will cost participants $25.
Friday, May 14, 2021
BC food system governance
9:00 am - 10:30am PST
Speakers
Deborah Curran (University of Victoria, Faculty of Law)
Brenda Gaertner (Mandell Pinder LLP)
Ione Smith (Upland Agricultural Consulting)
Moderator
Linda Nowlan (University of British Columbia)
Break
10:30am -11:30am PST
Coffee Break(out rooms)
Visit our virtual coffee room to connect with other conference participants and speakers.
Canadian Association for Food Law and Policy Update Members’ Meeting
Join us to receive updates on the CAFLP.
Sponsored by Gowling WLG
Emerging Voices in Food Law and Policy
11:30am - 1:00pm PST
Gowling WLG - Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law
The Gowling WLG – Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law will be awarded to the JD student or recent law school graduate with the best presentation in the area of food law and policy at the Canadian Food Law and Policy Conference.
The Gowling WLG – Joel Taller Prize for Emerging Voices in Food Law is in memory of Joel Taller, who passed away on May 13, 2017. Joel Taller was a pioneer and a well-known expert in the area food law in Canada. Joel practiced for 34 years in the Ottawa office of Gowling WLG, working with companies of all sizes. Joel was well respected by both industry and government for his legal expertise and sound judgment. He was instrumental in developing the Food & Beverage group at Gowling WLG, a significant team of lawyers and scientists who support companies doing business in Canada, Europe and other jurisdictions around the world.
Speakers
"Clearly a subjective determination": Interpretations of Undue Suffering at the Canada Agricultural Review Tribunal (2000-2019), Andrew Stobo Sniderman (University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law)
A Roof Over Our Stomachs: The Right to Housing in Canada & Its Implications for Food Rights, Tasha Stansbury (University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law)
Mexican Salsa and Mexican Farm Workers: How International Agricultural Development Marginalizes Farm Labour, Celia Mary White (Osgoode Hall)
How Law Shapes Food Sovereignty in Urban Canada, Julia Witmer (Dalhousie University, Faculty of Law)
Moderator
Stepan Wood (University of British Columbia, Faculty of Law)
Judges
Bita Amani (Queen’s University, Faculty of Law)
Patricia Farnese (University of Saskatchewan, College of Law)
John Leckie (Gowling WLG)
Jacob Shelley (Western University, Faculty of Law)
Mark Youden (Gowling WLG)
Break
1:00-1:15pm PST
film screening and Discussion
Is the Crown at War With Us?
by Alanis Obomsawin
1:15:pm - 2:45pm PST
In this feature-length documentary by Alanis Obomsawin, it's the summer of 2000 and the country watches in disbelief as federal fisheries wage war on the Mi'kmaq fishermen of Burnt Church, New Brunswick. Why would officials of the Canadian government attack citizens for exercising rights that had been affirmed by the highest court in the land? Casting her cinematic and intellectual nets into history to provide context, Obomsawin delineates the complex roots of the conflict with passion and clarity, building a persuasive defence of the Mi'kmaq position.
Discussion
3:00pm - 4:00pm PST
with Kate Gunn (First Peoples Law) and Sherry Pictou (University of Dalhousie)
Moderated by Patricia Galvao Ferreira
Saturday May 15, 2021
The Impacts of covid-19
9:00am - 10:30am PST
Speakers
Jennifer Clapp (University of Waterloo)
Kathleen Sullivan (Food and Beverage Canada)
Paul Taylor (Foodshare Toronto)
Tammy Switucha (Canadian Food Inspection Agency)
Moderator
Sarah Berger Richardson (University of Ottawa, Faculty of Law)
Break
10:30am - 11:30am PST
Coffee Break(out rooms)
Visit our virtual coffee room to connect with other conference participants and speakers.
Governing territorial food systems in a world of complexity
11:30am - 1:00pm PST
Speakers
Lauren Martin (Canadian Cattlemen’s Association)
Dawn Morrison (Indigenous Food Systems Network)
Peter Phillips (University of Saskatchewan)
Melana Roberts (Food Secure Canada)
Moderators
Don Buckingham
Nadia Lambek
Break
1:00pm - 1:15pm PST
Closing remarks
1:15pm - 1:45pm PST
The conference will be held on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nation. We are grateful to be guests on this land.