Evening Keynote - Queen’s Conference on Indigenous Reconciliation - Tabatha Bull, President & CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
This is a recording from the February 10th evening session of the Queen’s Conference on Indigenous Reconciliation. The final keynote of the conference was done as a fireside chat with Tabatha Bull, CEO and President of the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business and Sigurdson Professor in Corporate Law and Finance, Robert Yalden who discuss how Indigenous people can move, both in their legal systems and in their business practices, from a “duty to consult” model, to one of equity ownership for Indigenous communities.
Tabatha Bull is Anishinaabe, a proud member of Nipissing First Nation. Awarded CEO of the Year for 2022 by the Ontario Chamber of Commerce, Tabatha as CCAB’s president and CEO is committed to help rebuild and strengthen the path towards reconciliation and a prosperous Indigenous economy to benefit all Canadians. As an electrical engineer, Tabatha is committed to supporting Indigenous inclusion and diversity in Canada’s SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 10TH, EVENING PLENARY energy sector. Serving the Indigenous community through CCAB’s commitment to support the Indigenous economy, Tabatha is an appointee to many boards, including the Dexterra Group, Wigwamen Inc., Ontario Chamber of Commerce, and Catalyst CEO advisory board in Canada to name a few. Tabatha is dedicated to diversity and removing systematic barriers to improve opportunities for Indigenous business and women across all industry sectors.
Robert Yalden is the inaugural holder of the Stephen Sigurdson Professorship in Corporate Law and Finance. Prior to joining Queen’s Law in 2018, Robert was a senior partner with Osler, Hoskin & Harcourt LLP and an Adjunct Professor with McGill Law.
Robert’s publications and teaching span 30 years. He has focused particularly on the forces that shape competing perspectives (both domestically and internationally) on the roles and responsibilities of corporations, boards of directors and different stakeholders, and that in turn influence the institutional structures that countries put in place to oversee and foster the evolution of business law.
