This video is a recording of a virtual dialogue hosted by the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at the University of British Columbia on the topic of the Government of Canada’s Bill C-15. The dialogue is co-facilitated by Dr. Mary-Ellen Turpel-Lafond, former Academic Director of the Centre, and Dr. Roshan Danesh, QC. It begins with an introduction to, and overview of, the proposed legislation to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. Two panels follow, "Political Perspectives" and "Expert Perspectives," in which participants provide diverse political, expert, and legal views on Bill C-15.

Panelists: Honourable David Lametti, Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada; Chief Don Tom, V.P., Union of BC Indian Chiefs; Honourable Minister Murray Rankin, BC Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Crown–Indigenous Relations; National Chief Perry Bellegarde, Assembly of First Nations; Doug White (Kwulasultun) QC, Chair of the BC First National Justice Council; Jessica Wood (Si Sityaawks), ADM, BC Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation; Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot, Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics, and Sr. Advisor to the President on Indigenous Affairs at UBC; Professor Brad Morse, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University; and Laurie Sargent, ADM, Department of Justice Canada.

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Elder Shane Pointe (Ti’ te-in) opens the dialogue with a territorial welcome.