A Conversation with Judge Lua Gibb
General Guest Speakers
Provincial Court Judge Lua Gibb will discuss her experiences as an Indigenous member of the bench in Saskatchewan.
Fireside Discussion with Judge Lua Gibb
Join Judge Gibb for a sit-down conversation, with Chris Lafleur, director of the Indigenous Law Centre, in which Judge Gibb will discuss her experiences as one of Saskatchewan’s Indigenous judges and reflections on her experience sitting in Provincial Court. The conversation will address topics of reconciliation, restorative justice and Indigenous voice in the criminal justice system.
Lunch will be available!
About the speaker:
Judge Lua Gibb, a member of the Onion Lake Cree Nation, was appointed to the provincial court in January 2020. Judge Gibb received her law degree from the University of Saskatchewan in 2005 and is an alumnus of the Indigenous Law Centre Summer Program, which she attended in 2003.
Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Gibb spent time as a provincial Crown Prosecutor; Senior Counsel with Public Prosecution Service of Canada and was the northern advocate and an investigator at the Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth focusing on child welfare.
An intergenerational residential school survivor, Judge Gibb has dedicated her legal career to creating transformative change in the way the justice system impacts Indigenous peoples and communities. She has been a champion for improving community outcomes through advocacy, reconciliation, and the promotion of access to justice in child welfare and criminal law. Judge Gibb has served as a faculty member for the National School for Prosecutors, where she delivered training in how Canada’s residential schools have affected the criminal justice system as well as understanding unconscious bias in decision-making.
In 2006, Judge Gibb received the Proud Generation award acknowledging young Indigenous leadership in Saskatchewan and in 2020 was named of CBC Saskatchewan’s Top 40 under 40. Judge Gibb was also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 for her contribution to public service in Saskatchewan.
Judge Gibb has served as a member of various legal organizations, including the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, the Saskatchewan Crown Attorneys Association, and the Saskatoon Restorative Justice Action Program. She is also one of the Saskatoon judges who sits in the Mental Health Strategy court and is also in the process of developing Saskatchewan’s very first Indigenous Court.
Event Details
- When:
- Time:
- 12:00 PM - 01:00 PM CST
- Location:
- Indigenous Law Centre, First Floor, Law Building