8:00 – 8:40

• Hot Breakfast
• Elder Sheila De Corte – Opening Prayer – Fort William First Nation

8:40 – 9:00

Welcoming

• Chief Michele Solomon, Fort William First Nation

 

Opening Remarks Conference Co-Chairs

• Raymond Ferris, Aroland First Nation, National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) Board Chair
• Bradley Young, Executive Director, NAFA

9:00 – 10:00

Ministerial Addresses

• Monique Frison, Director General/Trade, Economics and Industry Branch/Canadian Forest Service, NRCan
• Brad Young, Executive Director, NAFA

10:00 – 10:15

Michelle Buchholz, Digital Graphic Recorder – Health Break

10:15 – 11:15

2 Panel Presentations

• Whitesand First Nation – David Mackett
• Cat Lake First Nation – Pasi Pinta

11:15 – 12:15

2 Panel Presentations

• Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek – Jordan Hatton
• Lake Nipigon Forest Management/CHAR Tech – Scot Rubin and Dale Hardy, Biinjitiwaabek Zaaging Anishinaabek

12:15 – 1:15

LUNCH

1:15 – 1:45

Bioheat in Remote First Nations – First Nations Youth Panel

• Pikangikum First Nation – Kurtis Strang
• Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug – Judah Mckay

1:45 – 2:45

2 Panel Presentations: Heavy Weights of Indigenous Forest Tenure British Columbia and Ontario

• BC First Nations Forestry Council – Rob Manuel
• Anishnawbe Business Professional Association and Director, Waawoono Consultancy – Jason Rasevych

2:45 – 3:00

Health Break

3:00 – 4:00

Panel Presentation: Forest Sector Resource Revenue
Sharing and Natural Resource Transfers, Halves and Halve Nots

• Opaskwayak Cree Nation – Diane Ballantyne
• Meadow Lake Tribal Council Industrial Investments – Tina Rasmussen

4:00 – 4:30

Closing Comments Day 1 and Networking

6:00 – 9:00

Reception (Hot Hors d’oeuvres) (Cash Bar)

8:00 – 8:30

Hot Breakfast

8:30 – 9:10

Panel Presentation: Federal Funding to Support the Indigenous Forest Sector – Indigenous Forestry Initiative, Indigenous Natural Resource Partnerships, 2 Billion Trees, Clean Energy for Rural and Remote Communities, Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program

• Andrée Doucet, Acting Director, Indigenous Forestry and Bioheat Division, Canadian Forest Service, NRCan
• Ché Curtis-September, Initiatives Officer, North West Region, Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario
• Eva Majernikova, Development Officer, Lands and Economic Development (ON Region), Indigenous Servies Canada

9:10 – 9:50

Panel Presentation: Ontario Funding to Support the Indigenous Forest Sector – Ontario Indigenous Forest Sector Funding
Ministry of Natural Resources, Forest Industry Division

• Gordon King, Indigenous Policy Liaison Advisor
• Scott Miller, Forst Industry Development Advisor
• Saila lpirq-Procyk, Indigenous Policy Intern

9:50 – 10:15

Health Break, Networking and Project Development Session

10:15 – 11:00

Innovation, Equity, & the Pulp Mill Walk-Away: Canadian Civil Society Solutions

• Harmac Pacific – Arnie Bercov, Former President, Pulp Paper and Woodworkers of Canada

11:00 – 12:00

Bioenergy in the North

• Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation – Jonathan Shecapio
• Carmacks Development Corporation – Doug Van Bibber

12:00 – 1:15

Lunch, Networking and Project Development Session

1:15 – 1:45

AI, Drones, and Indigenous ForestryOrijinative Aerial Innovations Ltd. – Jacob Taylor

1:45 – 2:30

Closing Remarks

• Conference Co-chairs
• Michelle Buchholz, Digital Graphic Recorder
• Elder Sheila De Corte – Fort William First Nation