New Thunder Bay business offers unique service to First Nations

Tb News Source
Web Posted: 10/18/2005 7:30:06 PM

A new business venture in Thunder Bay will offer unique services to First Nations in the region.

Sheriden Barnett, president of The Boreal Centre for Dispute Resolution Inc. will put her expertise to work in resolving some of the region's most historic and deep-rooted conflicts in light of an increasing demand from First Nations in particular. She will draw on years of experience and success of resolving landmark First Nations issues in other regions throughout Ontario, Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.

This business is Barnett's first endeavour in the North that is founded on a unique niche for her First Nation-specific mediation, conflict resolution, research and negotiation series in this region.

Barnett has expertise in the evolving practices requiring governments and corporations to consult First Nations in any area where Aboriginal and Treaty rights may be infringed. Barnett has a Master of Laws degree from Osgoode Hall Law School specializing in Alternative Dispute Resolution and its applications to First Nations disputes in Canada.

'Many First Nations in this region are struggling to move forward on critical issues, particularly issues over resource and revenue-sharing with governments and extraction-based companies entering traditional territories.' The implications and interpretations of Treaty rights are still an ongoing source of tension after hundreds of years of history she added.

Originally posted on TB News Source