Pamela is a licensed lawyer with over 30 years of experience, focusing on First Nations/Indigenous Class Action claims, social justice issues, and human rights. She also specializes in the Boarding Homes Claims Process, making it easier for clients to navigate their claims. Pamela practices as a Mediator with a restorative focus and has earned a Master of Laws in Alternative Dispute Resolution (LL.M. ADR) from Osgoode Hall Law School. She holds Chartered Mediator (C. Med) and Chartered Arbitrator (C. Arb.) designations and obtained a Certificate in Mediation from Harvard Law School in 2013.

Pamela worked with survivors in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Process from 2011-2018, the Newfoundland Indian Day Schools Review Process in 2017, and the Day Schools Compensations Claims Process from 2020-2024. She is trained and experienced in trauma informed lawyering and works in a sensitive manner with individuals who have suffered historical abuse/trauma.

Pamela is presently the National Chair of the Canadian Bar Association (CBA) Aboriginal Law Section, the past Chair of the PEI Law Society (CBA) Aboriginal Law Section and is also a founding member of the PEI Law Society Call to Action Committee focused on educating lawyers/cultural competency and implementing TRC Calls to Action Reconciliation Plan.

Pamela was a recipient of the 2017 Bertha Wilson Honor Society Award from Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law in recognition for exceptional service to the legal profession and community, including for her work across the country in First Nation communities.

She is also a Roster Mediator for Indigenous comprehensive land claims negotiations, Self-Government, complex multi-party and multi-issue negotiations and other issues in Crown-Indigenous relations.

Pamela further provides pro bono legal and ADR services to the Mi’kmaq Confederacy of PEI (MC PEI) Indigenous Justice Program, including assisting in and leading Restorative Justice and Sentencing Circles (Alternative Measures in the Criminal Justice System).