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Dates of moot:
The Kawaskimhon moot will officially open on Thursday evening, March 2, and the substantive moot will occur through Friday and Saturday, March 3-4.
Venues:
The moot negotiations will be held mostly in the Iroquois room of the Ontario Federation of Indian Friendship Centres (OFIFC), 219 Front St East, in Toronto?s east downtown. See further: www.ofifc.org
The moot banquet on the Friday evening will be held in the Convocation Hall of old Osgoode Hall, 130 Queen St West, Toronto downtown. See further: www.osgoodehall.com.
In a separate attachment, we provide maps showing directions.
Accommodation for participants:
We recommend you stay at the Holiday Inn Express, 111 Lombard St (and corner Jarvis St), Toronto downtown. This 3 star hotel is about 8 - 9 minutes walk from the moot venue (see separate map showing walking route). Further information about its facilities from: www.hiexpress.com/torontodtwn
Rates are: $119 (single) or $124 (double) including breakfast (plus 15% government taxes). Triple and quad rooms are also available. To make a booking: tel: 416 367-5555; email: whg4104agm@whg.com
A variety of other hotels in the vicinity of the moot venue include:
- Clarion Hotel & Suites Selby, 592 Sherbourne St, tel 416 921-3142
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Best Western Primose Hotel, 111 Carlton St, tel 416 977-8000
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Dundas Square Hotel, 223 Church St, tel 416 703-3939
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Comfort Suites City Centre, 200 Dundas St East, tel 416 362-7700.
Some of these hotels are a little too far to walk from to the moot venue, but can be reached quickly by taxi in about 3 or 5 minutes. The Comfort Suites City Centre is perhaps the best of these other options for price and location.
Travel:
The moot venues and hotels are all located in downtown Toronto. If travelling by air to Toronto Lester Pearson Airport, you can reach them by one of 3 options:
- taxi for approximately $50.
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shuttle bus ($12-15 p.p.) that will drop you at various fixed points in the downtown including the Holiday Inn Express.
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public airport bus no.192, taken to Kipling Station, and then by TTC subway to the downtown (closest station is King St station). From there, it?s about a 3 minutes taxi ride to the Holiday Inn Express or moot venue.
Further information about these travel options is available from the airport's website.
For those reaching Toronto by train, alight at Union St Station, and catch the regular TTC subway one stop to King St station (or take a taxi directly from Union St Station to the hotel/venue nearby).
Moot banquet:
All moot participants are invited to the banquet, to be held on Friday evening at the historic old Osgoode Hall. The banquet will feature a talk from Justice Harry LaForme, Ontario Court of Appeal. An Aboriginal performance group will provide music and entertainment.
In a separate attachment, a map is provided showing the route from the hotel to Osgoode Hall. The distance however is probably too far to walk, and can be reached quickly by taxi within 5 minutes.
Moot schedule:
A detailed program, explaining the structure and schedule of the moot, will be distributed to participants in January.
At this stage, we confirm that the moot will begin with an opening ceremony and dinner on Thursday, 2 March, from 6.30 ? 8.30 pm. The moot will conclude at approximately 5.00 pm on Saturday.
Aboriginal Elder:
We are honoured to have Elder Vern Harper, of the Cree Nation, to preside over the moot. He will, among other roles, formally open the moot on the evening of March 2 at the OFIFC.
Moot facilitators:
We are finalising the selection of three or four expert Aboriginal facilitators to coordinate the moot negotiations. We will finalise the team of facilitators soon, and will then notify participants.
Teams' written submissions:
Each team of students must prepare a written submission, detailing your assigned party?s legal arguments. The written submission is restricted to a maximum of 15 pages (using 12 font text and 1.5 text spacing). The submission must include a one-page summary of your argument. There are no further specifications regarding the organisation and presentation of your submission.
The written submission should be sent to Professor Ben Richardson at Osgoode Hall (see contact details below) no later than Friday, February 17.
Submissions will be posted on the moot website for viewing by all teams and the moot facilitators. Teams are encouraged to consult with one another during the preparation of their submissions.
Post-moot activities:
All students are invited to join members of the Osgoode Hall Indigenous Students Association for an informal social occasion on the Saturday evening after the moot. Details of this will be provided later.
Contact person:
Should you have any further questions about the moot, please contact Professor Ben Richardson at Ogsoode Hall:
Osgoode Hall Law School looks forward to seeing you at the National Kawaskimhon Aboriginal Rights Moot in March 2006
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KAWASKIMHON 2006 Aboriginal Rights Moot 
