Judge Lua (she/her) a member of the Onion Lake Cree Nation, was appointed to the provincial court in January 2020. Prior to her appointment to the bench, Judge Gibb worked with the province as a Crown Prosecutor; as Senior Counsel with the Public Prosecution Service of Canada and as the northern advocate and an investigator at the Saskatchewan Advocate for Children and Youth focusing on child welfare.

An intergenerational residential school survivor, Judge Gibb has dedicated her legal career to creating transformative change in the way the justice system impacts Indigenous peoples and communities. She has been a champion for improving community outcomes through advocacy, reconciliation, and the promotion of access to justice in child welfare and criminal law. Judge Gibb has served as a faculty member for the National School for Prosecutors, where she delivered training in how Canada’s residential schools have affected the criminal justice system as well as understanding unconscious bias in decision-making.

In 2006, Judge Gibb received the Proud Generation award acknowledging young Indigenous leadership in Saskatchewan and in 2020 was named of CBC Saskatchewan’s Top 40 under 40. Judge Gibb was also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 for her contribution to public service in Saskatchewan as a member of the Provincial Court.

Judge Gibb has served as a member of various legal organizations, including the Canadian Institute for the Administration of Justice, the Saskatchewan Crown Attorneys Association, and the Saskatoon Restorative Justice Action Program. She is also one of the Saskatoon judges who sits in therapeutic courts and is part of the team leading the creation of Saskatchewan’s very first Urban Indigenous therapeutic court.

Indigenous Women Shaping Justice, Truth, & Change: A Conversation on Leadership & Legacy | Panel with Sgt. Charmaine Parenteau, Angela Sterritt, Myrna McCallum | Tuesday, April 7, 12:45-2:15 PM