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BCAFN Economic Development Forum 2022

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Agenda

Agenda

Day 1 – May 16, 2022

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Registration and Breakfast

Breakfast served (in-person only)

9:00 am to 9:10 am

Opening Prayer

Sheryl Rivers

9:10 am to 9:30 am

Opening Keynote

Regional Chief Terry Teegee

9:30 am to 9:45 am

BCAFN Economic Development Portfolio Update

Michael Bonshor – Principal, Visions Financial Services

9:45 am to 10:30 am

Co-Op Opportunity Panel

Carmen Ironstar – Indigenous Business Development
Vaughn Turnbull – Western Nations
Amber Wilkie – Western Nations
Mitch Cornelius – The Grocery People

10:30 am to 10:45 am

Wellness Break

10:45 am to 11:15 am

Building Relationships Through Banking Panel

Satvir Gill – Scotia Bank Senior Wealth Advisor
TBA

11:15 am to 11:45 am

Indigenous Equity Participation

Miles Jolliffe – Founder & CEO Kinetic Canada

11:45 am to 12:00 pm

Questions

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Lunch

Lunch served (in-person only)

1:00 pm to 1:30 pm

Petroglyph Development Group

Ian Simpson – CEO, Petroglyph Development Group

1:30 pm to 2:00 pm

Salmon n’ Bannock

Inez Cook – Proprietor of Salmon n’ Bannock Bistro, author

2:00 pm to 2:15 pm

Collective Questions

2:15 pm to 3:00 pm

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

3:00 pm to 12:00 am

Wellness Break

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Ts’amiks Development Corporation: A Nisga’a Urban Corporation

Brad Mercer – Economic Development Officer, Ts’amiks Development Corporation

3:45 pm to 4:25 pm

Haida Storyteller

Kung Jaadee – Author of “Raven’s Feast” “Gifts from Raven”

4:25 pm to 4:30 pm

Closing Comments

Moderator Chastity Davis-Alphonse

Day 2 – May 17, 2022

8:00 am to 9:00 am

Breakfast

Breakfast served in-person only

9:00 am to 9:10 am

Opening Prayer

Darlene McIntosh

9:10 am to 9:40 am

Opening Keynote

Kendal Netmaker

9:40 am to 10:10 am

Indigenous Food Sovereignty

David Isaac – Principal, W Dusk Group

10:10 am to 10:30 am

Wellness Break

10:30 am to 10:45 am

Air Canada SB Solutions

Denise Flemig – Manager of Corporate Sales, Air Canada

10:45 am to 11:00 am

Purolator Business Solutions

Kavi Huliyappa – Global Strategic Partnership Manager, Purolator

11:00 am to 11:15 am

International Trade

Dr. He Xiaomei (May He) – President of Winston College, International Trade Executive

12:00 am to 11:30 am

Amazon West

Matt Turner – Strategic SMB Development, Amazon Western Canada

11:30 am to 12:00 pm

Collective Questions

12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

Lunch

Lunch served (in-person only)

1:00 pm to 1:30 pm

BC Infrastructure Benefits Panel

Brenda Ireland

1:30 pm to 1:45 pm

Entrepreneurship On Reserve

Clarence Apsassin – CEO, YUUSE Industries Inc

1:45 pm to 2:30 pm

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

2:30 pm to 2:55 pm

Provincial Priorities: The Road to Reconciliation

The Right Honourable Ravi Kahlon – Minister, Jobs, Economic Recovery and Innovation

2:55 pm to 3:20 pm

Wellness Break

3:20 pm to 4:20 pm

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

4:20 pm to 4:30 pm

Closing Comments

Moderator Chastity Davis-Alphonse


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