Presenters

Laura Cabott is a lawyer who has spent seventeen years representing former residential school students in legal claims. Her work has taken her across the North to all three Territories and Northern British Columbia.  She was also a negotiator and signatory of the Indian Residential Schools National Settlement Agreement in 2006. As well, she has made an award winning film about residential schools.

Scott Slocombe is Professor in the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies, Wilfrid Laurier University. His research has focused on different aspects of the management of large complex regions, including ecosystem-based management, regional planning, and environmental assessment for almost thirty years. Northern Canada, the Yukon, and other remote and/or mountainous regions have been the key locale for all that time.

Ian Robertson of Inukshuk Planning & Development is the former Chair of the Yukon Land Use Planning Council. He has been Regional Planning Director in Yukon and NWT and is northern Canada’s longest practising planner. Over a 42 year career Ian has been involved in all facets of community planning, regional development and land claim implementation.

Michelle Sicotte is a Fish and Wildlife Planner at the Government of Yukon.  She has worked on a range of wildlife and forest planning initiatives in Yukon, British Columbia, and Nova Scotia. Michelle holds a MSc from the University of Northern BC and a BSc from St. Francis Xavier University.