Agenda
Day 1 – May 16, 2022
Registration and Breakfast
Breakfast served (in-person only)
Opening Prayer
Sheryl Rivers
Opening Keynote
Regional Chief Terry Teegee
BCAFN Economic Development Portfolio Update
Michael Bonshor – Principal, Visions Financial Services
Co-Op Opportunity Panel
Carmen Ironstar – Indigenous Business Development
Vaughn Turnbull – Western Nations
Amber Wilkie – Western Nations
Mitch Cornelius – The Grocery People
Wellness Break
Building Relationships Through Banking Panel
Satvir Gill – Scotia Bank Senior Wealth Advisor
TBA
Indigenous Equity Participation
Miles Jolliffe – Founder & CEO Kinetic Canada
Questions
Lunch
Lunch served (in-person only)
Petroglyph Development Group
Ian Simpson – CEO, Petroglyph Development Group
Salmon n’ Bannock
Inez Cook – Proprietor of Salmon n’ Bannock Bistro, author
Collective Questions
Business of Bannock: Women in Cultural Enterprise Panel
Inez Cook – Owner, Salmon n’ Bannock
Kelsey Coutts – Co-Owner, Bangin’ Bannock
Destiny Hoostie – Co-Owner, Bangin’ Bannock
Wellness Break
Ts’amiks Development Corporation: A Nisga’a Urban Corporation
Brad Mercer – Economic Development Officer, Ts’amiks Development Corporation
Haida Storyteller
Kung Jaadee – Author of “Raven’s Feast” “Gifts from Raven”
Closing Comments
Moderator Chastity Davis-Alphonse
Day 2 – May 17, 2022
Breakfast
Breakfast served in-person only
Opening Prayer
Darlene McIntosh
Opening Keynote
Kendal Netmaker
Indigenous Food Sovereignty
David Isaac – Principal, W Dusk Group
Wellness Break
Air Canada SB Solutions
Denise Flemig – Manager of Corporate Sales, Air Canada
Purolator Business Solutions
Kavi Huliyappa – Global Strategic Partnership Manager, Purolator
International Trade
Dr. He Xiaomei (May He) – President of Winston College, International Trade Executive
Amazon West
Matt Turner – Strategic SMB Development, Amazon Western Canada
Collective Questions
Lunch
Lunch served (in-person only)
BC Infrastructure Benefits Panel
Brenda Ireland
Entrepreneurship On Reserve
Clarence Apsassin – CEO, YUUSE Industries Inc
Wildlife Stewardship – Bringing Back the Caribou
Elder George Desjarlais – West Moberly First Nations
Tamara Dokkie – Land Use Manager, West Moberly First Nations
Tim Burkhart – B.C. Program Manager: Strategic Engagement and Peace Region, Yellowstone to Yukon Conservation Initiative
Provincial Priorities: The Road to Reconciliation
The Right Honourable Ravi Kahlon – Minister, Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation
Wellness Break
UNDRIPA: Implications of Federal Implementation
Dr. Judith Sayers – President, Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council
William David – Director of Economic Development, Assembly of First Nations
Caleb Behn – Director of Rights, Assembly of First Nations
Jesse McCormick – Director of Research, Innovation and Legal Affairs – First Nations Major Projects Coalition
Closing Comments
Moderator Chastity Davis-Alphonse