Le droit de l'interprétation bilingue

The Honourable Mr. Justice Michel Bastarache was appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada in 1997. Justice Bastarache has written extensively on language rights and other subjects in public law. He has received seven honorary degrees and many other medals and decorations, most notably the title of Officer of the Legion of Honour (France).

Naiomi Walqwan Metallic, KC, is an Associate Professor the Schulich School of Law at Dalhousie University, where she holds the Chancellor’s Chair in Aboriginal Law and Policy. She is from the Listuguj Mìgmaq First Nation, located within the Gespègewàgi district of Mìgmàgi. She holds a BA (Dalhousie), LLB (Dalhousie), LLL (Ottawa), LLM (Osgoode). She was a law clerk to the Hon. Michel Bastarache of the Supreme Court of Canada in 2006-2007. Naiomi continues to practice law with Burchell Wickwire Bryson LLP in Halifax as counsel. She is currently finishing her PhD (University of Alberta) on how the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples provides a framework for the exercise of self- government by Indigenous Peoples within Canada.

Regan Morris obtained his B.Sc., LL.B and B.C.L. from McGill University. He is formerly a law clerk to Justice Bastarache and is currently a legal counsel to the Canadian Radio-Television and Telecommunications Commission.

Christopher Essert is currently an LL.M. student at Yale Law School in New Haven. After completing his J.D., he articled at a Toronto law firm and then served as a Law Clerk to Justice Bastarache at the Supreme Court of Canada. His research interests lie in jurisprudence and the philosophy of law.