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Colleen Spier is Métis-Cree and was appointed in 2025 as a judge with the Provincial Court of British Columbia. Colleen has 30 years of experience working with Indigenous peoples, communities and Nations and over 20 years experience working in the justice system.
She was called to the bar in 2008, practicing primarily in the areas of family and child protection law, while consistently advocating with the provincial and federal governments for justice transformation. Colleen joined the BC public service in 2018 as the Executive Director of the Indigenous Justice Policy and Legislation Division within the Ministry of Attorney General and was appointed as the inaugural Assistant Deputy Minister of the Indigenous Justice Secretariat in March 2023. In this position, Colleen led the development and implementation of both the BC First Nations Justice Strategy, the Metis Justice Strategy and held the First Nations Courts portfolio under which she had the honour of supporting the implementation of 5 First Nations Courts in the province. Before joining government, Colleen managed her own law practice (2010-2018) and concurrently (2012-2018) held the position of Executive Director of Island Métis Child and Family Community Services Society. Colleen was one of the first Indigenous Child Protection Mediators in British Columbia (2011) and in 2022, earned the Susanna Jani Award for Excellence in Mediation.
Colleen brings a compassionate, culturally and solutions-focused approach to conflict resolution and a wealth of experience having served on several not-for-profit Boards, including three terms through ministerial appointment on the Board of the British Columbia College of Social Workers, and four years as a founding Director on the British Columbia First Nations Justice Council.
Colleen Spier’s dedication to public service earned her a King’s Counsel Designation in 2023, and a King Charles III Coronation Medal in 2025.
