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Conference Agenda
1:45 – 2:30 PM Concurrent Workshops
7A First Nation Sustainable Development Standards – Part 2 of 2 (Translated Session)
Chief Steve Miller, Atikameksheng Anishnawbek and Francis Lapointe, Lapointe Westin – Pier 2/3
Architects
7B Understanding Community Infrastructure Sustainability through Fire Prevention
Programs
Westin – Pier 4
Leon Smallboy and Blaine Wiggins, Aboriginal Firefighters Association of Canada
7C Sustainable solutions for very small water systems – Part 2 of 2
Madjid Mohseni, RES’EAU-WaterNET, University of British Columbia, Dr. Edward Westin – Pier 5
McBean, Kaitlynn Livingstone, Jim Brown, Danny Higashitani
2:30 – 2:45 PM Coffee/Tea in Tradeshow Metropolitan Ballroom West
2:45 – 3:30 PM Concurrent Workshops
8A The First Nations Regional Health Survey and Community Survey Update: Key
Findings on Housing, Infrastructure and Water (Translated Session)
Westin – Pier 2/3
Maria Santos, First Nations Information Governance Centre
8B Resilience Thinking: A Toolkit for Increasing Disaster Coping Capacity in First Nations
Communities and Aboriginal Resilience in the time of Global Changes
Dr. Brenda Murphy, Wilfrid Laurier University and Valérie Céré, RN, M.A., Disaster
Westin – Pier 4
Anthropologist
8C Panel: Water Business and Operations in First Nation communities
Moderator: Kerry Freek, Manager, Marketing and Communications, WaterTap Ontario
Panelists: Brian Mergelas, Chief Executive Officer, WaterTAP
David O’Donnell, Business Development Manager and Program Lead for Westin – Pier 5
First Nations Services, Ontario Clean Water Agency
Justin Gee, First Nations Engineering Services Ltd.
Mervin Dewasha, Neegan Burnside
3:30 – 4:15 PM Concurrent Workshops
9A Financing Options for On-Reserve Housing, Panel Presentation (Translated Session)
Mr. Harry Willmot, RBC Royal Bank, Mr. Jason Cameron, BMO Bank of Montreal and Westin – Pier 2/3
Ms. Deborah Taylor, First Nations Market Housing Fund
9B Building Resilient Communities: a Culture-Based Approach to Risk Assessment
Melanie Goodchild, National Director, Aboriginal & Northern, Disaster Management, Westin – Pier 4
Canadian Red Cross
9C First Nation Driven Infrastructure Design – Development of Methodologies and Tools
Kerry Black, PhD. Candidate, and Allan Gordon, MASc Candidate, School of
Westin – Pier 5
Engineering, University of Guelph
February, 3–5, 2014
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