British Columbia Chair: Jaylene Tyme
Agenda
Opening Reception – June 24, 2025
Registration
Opening
Opening Ceremony
Welcome to the Lheidli T’enneh Territory by Minnie Bjorklund
Cultural Opening by Thundering Eagle Drum Group
BCAFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Knowledge Keeper, Sempulyan
BCAFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Representative
Dinner & Live Musical Showcase
Musical Performance by Hayley Wallis a member of Klemtu/Kitasoo Xai’xais First Nation with guitarist, Stephanie Jackson
Entertainment
Bubbas Comedy Show with Keith Nahanee Jr. from the Squamish Nation
Closing Remarks
•. Door Prize
Adjournment
Day One – June 25, 2025
Registration & Breakfast
Opening Remarks
Video Address by BC Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief, Terry Teegee
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs,
Grand Chief Stuart Phillips
BCAFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Knowledge Keeper, Sempulyan
BCAFN Women’s Representative
Keynote Address 1
Carol Anne Hilton, CEO and Founder of Indigenomics movement and a Vancouver-based Hesquiaht author with roots in the Ahousant and Makah Nations
Wellness Break
“Paddling Together with Purpose” by British Columbia First Nations Justice Council Update
Presentation by City of Vancouver MMIWG2S+ Advisory Group
Lunch Break
Roundtable Workshops
(Rotate around tables with different concrete initiatives that are in the works – approx. 5-7 (40 minutes – 1 hour per table so each person can visit up to 7 tables)
Wellness Break
Roundtable Workshops continued
Closing Protocol
•. Door Prize
Adjournment
Day Two – June 26, 2025
Registration & Breakfast
Opening Remarks
Lheidli T’enneh Chief Dolleen Logan
BCAFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Representative, Orene Askew
AFN 2SLGBTQQIA+ Council, Chair, Duane Aucoin
Virtual Presentation on Indian Act second generation cut-off: BC First nations perspectives & positions
Virtual Keynote 2 & Question Period (Virtual)
Khelsilem is a queer Skwxwύ7mesh-Kwakwaka’wakw community leader currently serving a term as elected Chairperson for the squamish Nation
Wellness Break
Video Address from Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General, Garry Begg
Roundtable Workshops Continued
(Rotate around tables with different concrete initiatives that are in the works – approx. 5-7 (40 minutes – 1 hour per table so each person can visit up to 7 tables)
Lunch Break
Roundtable Workshops Continued
(Rotate around tables with different concrete initiatives that are in the works – approx. 5-7 (40 minutes – 1 hour per table so each person can visit up to 7 tables)
Closing Protocol
•. Closing Remarks by Les Baker
•. Door Prize
Adjournment