Media Advisory - Thomas Berger - CIBC Scholar-in-Residence - Land Use
Planning in Canada's North

OTTAWA, Nov. 29 /CNW/ - Thomas Berger will present his view that land claims agreements are the principal vehicle for land use planning in Canada's North, and a positive force for establishing a new relationship between the Government of Canada and the Aboriginal peoples of the North.

Mr. Berger is among the pre-eminent legal figures in the history of British Columbia. He has a lifetime of impressive accomplishments related to the constitutional and legal protection of Aboriginal rights, both as a practicing lawyer and as a justice on the Supreme Court of British Columbia.

Mr. Berger will speak at The Conference Board of Canada in advance of the launch for the 4th CIBC Scholar-in-Residence book, Canada's North: What's the Plan?

When:						Wednesday, December 1, 2010, 12:30 p.m.
Who:						Thomas Berger, co-author of the 4th CIBC Scholar-in-Residence book, Canada's North: What's the Plan?
Where:						Conference Board of Canada offices, 255 Smyth Road.

Media must register in advance.

For further information:

For more information, media accreditation or embargoed copy of the book, contact:
Yvonne Squires, Communications Specialist
Tel.: [phone], ext. 221. E-mail: [email protected]