Conference
2010 Draft Conference Agenda
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8:30 am |
Transportation to the Legends “Battlefield” Golf Course |
10:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Legends “Battlefield” Golf Course 18 Hole NIEEF Golf Tournament Fundraiser - Shotgun Start |
3:00 - 5:00 pm |
Registration Desk Open at Sheraton on the Falls Hotel & Conference Centre |
4:30 pm |
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7:30 pm |
Transportation back to Sheraton on the Falls Hotel & Conference Centre |
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Registration Desk Open at Sheraton on the Falls Hotel & Conference Centre |
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Great Room A & Foyer Trade Show Exhibitor Set Up |
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8:00 - 11:00 am |
Registration Desk Open |
7:00 - 8:00 am |
Great Room A & Foyer Trade Show Exhibitor / Artisan Set Up |
8:00 am - 1:00 pm |
Great Room A & Foyer - Trade Show & Artisan Sale |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Strategy Room 1 ACED 200 - Planning in Aboriginal Communities (Competency 7 - Contemporary Aboriginal Economic Development Approaches) |
9:00 - 10:00 am |
Great Room C Opening Ceremonies Master of Ceremonies - Stan Wesley Opening Prayer - Elder Garry Sault, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation & Carmen Thomas, Six Nationsl of the Grand River Mayor Ted Salci, City of Niagara Falls Chief William Montour, Six Nations of the Grand River Chief Bryan LaForme, Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Honourable Christopher Bentley, Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Ontario Alfred Loon, CANDO President Entertainment - Gail Obediah, Six Nations of the Grand River |
10:00 - 10:30 am |
Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Great Room C CANDO Annual General Meeting |
12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Luncheon |
1:00 pm |
Transportation to Community Tour & Icebreaker Reception - Six Nations of the Grand River |
2:00 - 5:00 pm |
Community Tour of the Six Nations of the Grand River & Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation Stop at the Iroqrafts & Secord Crafts |
5:30 - 8:00 pm |
• Soft Shoe Dancers, Six Nations of the Grand River • Rebecca Miller, Six Nations of the Grand River |
8:30 pm |
Transportation to Sheraton on the Falls Hotel & Conference Centre |
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8:00 - 11:00 am |
Registration Desk Open |
8:00 am - 4:00 pm |
Great Room A & Foyer - Trade Show & Artisan Sale |
7:30 - 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:30 - 9:30 am |
Great Room C Opening Ceremonies • Master of Ceremonies - Stan Wesley • Catherine Twinn, Sawridge First Nation, Marlene Buffallo, Maskwacis Cree, Vern Neufeld Redekop, Saint Paul University & Wilton Littlechild, Ermineskin Cree Nation, “Economic Development Based on Reconciliation” |
9:00 am - 12:00 pm |
Strategy Room 1 ACED 200 - Planning in Aboriginal Communities (Competency 7 - Contemporary Aboriginal Economic Development Approaches) |
9:30 am - 12:00 pm |
Great Room C 6th Annual National Youth Panel Moderator - Michelle White, Enoch Cree Nation, AB
• Delby Powless, Six Nations of the Grand River, ON • Massey Whiteknife, Mikisew Cree First Nation, AB
• Melanie Jacobs, Curve Lake First Nation, ON
• Rob "Kasp" Sawan, Driftpile First Nation, AB
• Tausha Esquega, Kiashke Zaaging Anishinaabek (Gull Bay First Nation), ON
• Vanessa Tait, O-pipon-na-piwin Cree Nation (South Indian Lake), MB |
10:15 - 10:45 am |
Coffee Break |
12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Luncheon |
1:00 - 2:00 pm |
Great Room C Jennifer Cairnie, Director, Program Renovation & Renewal Directorate and Neil Burnett, Director, Community Economic Development, INAC, “Economic Development Program Renewal & Process for Changes” |
2:00 - 2:45 pm |
Great Room C Professor Fred Wien, Dalhousie University & Judy Whiteduck, Assembly of First Nations, "A Poverty Intervention Approach to Improving the Health & Well-being of First Nation Communities" Strategy Room 1 Rodney Nelson, Global Governance Group/Carlton University, "Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge into Good Board Governance Practices" Strategy Room 2 Deanna Hamilton, First Nations Finance Authority, "Helping Aboriginal Communities Build their Own Futures, on their Own Terms" |
2:45 - 3:15 pm |
Coffee Break |
3:15 - 4:30 pm |
Moderator - Catherine Peltier Mavin, NRCan Forestry - Terry Wilson, Nishnawbe Aski Nation Mining Industry - Jason Wilson, Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada Land Use - Dr. Brian Ballantyne, Surveyor General Branch, NRCan Partnership Development - Michael Fox, Fox High Impact Consulting Training & Education - Judy Whiteduck, Assembly of First Nations
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8:00 - 10:00 am |
Registration Desk Open |
7:30 - 8:30 am |
Continental Breakfast |
8:00 am - 3:00 pm |
Great Room A & Foyer - Trade Show & Artisan Sale |
8:30 - 9:15 am |
Great Room C Opening Ceremonies • Master of Ceremonies - Stan Wesley • Brian Hjlesvold, Royal Bank of Canada • Deborah Taylor, First Nations Market Housing Fund, “Housing Investments in First Nation Communities - An Economic Driver” |
9:15 am - 12:00 pm |
Great Room C Economic Developer of the Year Award Nominees’ Presentations • Community Category (TBA) - Chippewa Industrial Developments Ltd., ON - Unamaki Economic Benefits Office, NS • Individual EDO Category (TBA) - Michael Fontaine, Sagkeeng First Nation, MB - Rodney W. Hester, Cree Regional Economic Enterprises Company Inc., QC • Aboriginal Private Sector Business Category (TBA) - Goodfish Lake Development Limited Partnership, AB - Tribal Wi-Chi-Way-Win Capital Corporation, MB |
10:15 - 10:45 am |
Coffee Break |
12:00 am - 1:30 pm |
ED of the Year Award Voting |
12:00 - 1:00 pm |
Luncheon |
1:00 pm - 2:00 pm |
Great Room C Lewis Staats, the Six Nations of the Grand River, President of the Rochester Amerks (AHL) & the Rochester Knighthawks, "Six Nations Business Overview & Community Economics - Following the Money Flows" |
2:00 - 2:45 pm |
Great Room C John Caggianiello, Meyers Norris Penny LLP, "Aboriginal Due Dilligence Training" Strategy Room 1 Daniel Bellegarde, Wakayos Holdings, Inc., "From Bush to Talbe: Growing, Harvesting, Processing & Marketing a Saskatoon Berry Spread on a Small Reserve in Saskatchewan" Strategy Room 2 Bruce Lacroix, Lacroix & Associates Consulting, "Aboriginal BEST" Strategy Room 3 Jonathan Allard & Genevieve Polese, ABIP "The Aboriginal Business Incubation Platform - Fostering Business Development Through Technology" |
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3:00 - 4:15 pm |
Great Room C Amyn Lalji, Miller Thomson, Chief Rose Laboucan, Driftpile First Nation & Victoria Grant, Temagami First Nation, "A Rights Based Approach to Achieving Practical Accommodation Arrangements" Strategy Room 1 Gillian Austin, Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat, "The Atlantic Aboriginal Economic Development Integrated Research Program" Strategy Room 2 Bryan Loucks, Walpole Island First Nation, "Mino Nendmowin - Good Minds: Best Practices for Change & Sustainability in a Cultural Context" |
6:00 - 7:00 pm |
President’s Reception |
7:00 - 9:00 pm |
Great Room B & C President’s Dinner • Opening & Closing Prayer • Master of Ceremony - Stan Wesley • Presentations of the CANDO Certified Aboriginal Economic Developer Process Certificates - Verna Billy-Minnabarriet, CANDO Standing Committee on Education & Research and Alfred Loon, CANDO President • CANDO Awards Presentations • CANDO Accredited Institution Announcement • 2010 Conference Closing |
9:00 - 12:00 pm |
Great Room B & C President's Dance • "Masquerade" Theme • Entertainment by The Pappy Johns Band |