Child Protection Law

Description:
Please join us for an extended CPD on child protection law.
Our panelists from different backgrounds will share their perspectives on recent developments in child protection law in the Yukon and federally. The discussion will address both the amendments to the Yukon’s Child and Family Services Act and the Supreme Court of Canada’s 2024 reference decision on Bill-C-92: An Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families.

Presenters:

Lauren Wildgoose is a staff lawyer at Yukon Legal Services Society in Whitehorse, Yukon. She is originally from Toronto and completed her law degree there in 2020. She was called to the Ontario bar in 2021. Lauren practiced child protection law, serving primarily First Nation governments in northern Ontario, before moving to the Yukon in 2022 to join YLSS. Lauren now assists clients across the Yukon with family, criminal and child protection law matters. She also serves as duty counsel in Whitehorse’s child protection court.

Shadelle Chambers is a member of the Champagne and Aishihik First Nations. She has an MBA in Aboriginal Business and Leadership from Simon Fraser University, and has dedicated her career to advancing the interests of Yukon First Nations.
Shadelle has worked in governance by working for and with various Yukon First Nations, including serving 8 years as an elected Councilor.
Shadelle contributes to her community as a board member for many Yukon organizations.
Shadelle has served on boards including the Yukon First Nations Culture & Tourism Association, the Yukon Hospital Corporation Board of Trustees, and is an inaugural Trustee member of the newly formed First Nations School Board.
Shadelle has been the Executive Director for the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) for the last 8 years, and is the mother of 2.

Tammy Shoranick practices Aboriginal Law at Ratcliff LLP in Vancouver, British Columbia. Tammy has had a deep commitment to human rights throughout her legal career and is honoured to advocate for and advise First Nations on specific claims, governance, Aboriginal rights, and constitutional law, with an aim to facilitate reconciliation and assist First Nation communities in reaching their self-determination goals. Tammy has represented the Council of Yukon First
Nations as intervener in numerous appeals before the Supreme Court of Canada and the Yukon Court of Appeal, including in Attorney General of Québec, et al. v. Attorney General of Canada, et al. regarding the constitutionality of the federal Act respecting First Nations, Inuit and Métis children, youth and families, SC 2019, c 24.
Prior to joining Ratcliff, Tammy practiced at Boughton Law and McCarthy Tetrault LLP in Vancouver, and White & Case LLP in New York. She attended law school at New York University School of Law with a focus on international human rights.

This CPD has been approved for 2 hours by the Law Society of British Columbia and may be applied towards the mandatory 12 hour Continuing Professional Development requirement in both BC and Yukon.