Guest Speaker
Former Judge Marion Buller will speak about important and current issues of equity, diversity and inclusion specific to Indigenous lawyers in the profession and to Indigenous people in Canada.
Ms. Buller is Cree and a member of the Mistawasis First Nation in Saskatchewan. In 1994 she became the first Indigenous woman appointed as a Provincial Court Judge in British Columbia. She retired as a judge in 2016 and was appointed Chief Commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Before her appointment to the Provincial Court, she worked in civil and criminal law. She served as Commission Counsel for the Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice Inquiry. Chief Commissioner Buller has served as President and Director of the Indigenous Bar Association in Canada, the B.C. Police Commission, the Law Courts Education Society and the Law Foundation of British Columbia.
She was instrumental in establishing the First Nations Courts of British Columbia in 2006 and the Aboriginal Family Healing Court in 2016
In 2012, she was given the University of Victoria Faculty of Social Science Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2016, Maclean’s listed her as one of six people who might be especially influential on policy in the Trudeau government.
She has lectured and written extensively about Indigenous issues and rights.
She received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Victoria.
Ms. Buller’s talk will include professional training on equality, diversity, and inclusion, including awareness of those issues that affecting Indigenous people relevant to the life and health insurance industry.
Ms. Buller is Cree and a member of the Mistawasis First Nation in Saskatchewan. In 1994 she became the first Indigenous woman appointed as a Provincial Court Judge in British Columbia. She retired as a judge in 2016 and was appointed Chief Commissioner for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls.
Before her appointment to the Provincial Court, she worked in civil and criminal law. She served as Commission Counsel for the Cariboo-Chilcotin Justice Inquiry. Chief Commissioner Buller has served as President and Director of the Indigenous Bar Association in Canada, the B.C. Police Commission, the Law Courts Education Society and the Law Foundation of British Columbia.
She was instrumental in establishing the First Nations Courts of British Columbia in 2006 and the Aboriginal Family Healing Court in 2016
In 2012, she was given the University of Victoria Faculty of Social Science Distinguished Alumni Award. In 2016, Maclean’s listed her as one of six people who might be especially influential on policy in the Trudeau government.
She has lectured and written extensively about Indigenous issues and rights.
She received both her undergraduate and law degrees from the University of Victoria.
Ms. Buller’s talk will include professional training on equality, diversity, and inclusion, including awareness of those issues that affecting Indigenous people relevant to the life and health insurance industry.