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On June 1, 2022, in Chilliwack, a Welcoming Ceremony was held for the Honourable Madam Justice Ardith Walpetko We’dalx Walkem, who was appointed to the bench in January 2020.
We are very pleased and so proud to extend our warmest congratulations to Madam Justice Walkem, the first Indigenous woman to sit on the Supreme Court Bench in BC.
Madam Justice Walkem was the founding Chair of the CLEBC Truth and Reconciliation Board Committee where she led the work on drafting the CLEBC Truth and Reconciliation Action Plan, found here.