In the 2013 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture to be delivered at UBC on Sept. 12, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, B.C.’s first Representative for Children and Youth, will cover living conditions and statistics on Aboriginal children in B.C. and how to address these appalling statistics. She will discuss recent work of the Representative’s Office and the government’s role in Aboriginal services over the past ten years. She will also look at education past and present and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission as related to the rights described in the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child.
In 2007, the Indigenous Bar Association awarded Turpel-Lafond the distinction of Indigenous Peoples’ Counsel. Time magazine named her one of the 100 Global Leaders of Tomorrow in 1994, and one of the Top 20 Canadian Leaders for the 21st Century in 1999.
The 2013 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture is presented by UBC Continuing Studies, The Laurier Institution and CBC Radio One.
Date: Sept. 12
Time: 7 – 9 p.m.
Place: Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, Modern Green Development Auditorium, 2260 West Mall (map)
Info: Register online or call 604.822.1444 to reserve a seat.
