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Conference Agenda
11:30 AM – 1:00 PM Lunch (Provided)
Alberta 2013 Flood – A First Nation Community’s Experience
Chief Vincent Yellow Old Woman, Siksika Nation, AB
1:00 – 1:45 PM Concurrent Workshops
13A Shelter Allowance as it relates to Housing and the Implementation of a Universal
Rental Regime (Translated Session)
Donnie Garrow, Policy Analyst, Achieving Change, Social Development,
Assembly of First Nations
13B Affordable Homeownership and Building Skills with Habitat for Humanity
Jay Thakar, Aboriginal Housing Program, Habitat for Humanity
13C Community Safety Plan for First Nations
Christopher Wong, Murray Langlois, Marc D’Aquino and Michelle Buchholz, First Nations
Emergency Services Society of BC (FNESS)
1:45 – 2:30 PM Concurrent Workshops
14A Standing Tree to Standing Home (Translated Session)
Reverend Charles Catto, Frontiers Foundation
14B Parcel Fabric Renewal as a foundation for Integrated Community Land Management
Peter Sullivan, Surveyor General/International Boundary Commissioner and Dr. Brian
Ballantyne, Senior Advisor, Land Tenure and Boundaries, Natural Resources Canada
14C Drinking Water Chlorination
Marion Axmith, Executive Director, and Mary Ostrowski, Director, Chlorine Issues,
Canadian Chlorine Chemistry Council
2:30 – 3:00 PM Closing Plenary
Wrap-up and Overview of Presentations
Passport Prizes
Westin – Pier 2/3
Westin – Pier 4
Westin – Pier 5
Westin – Pier 2/3
Westin – Pier 4
Westin – Pier 5
Metropolitan Ballroom
Centre/East
Conference Participants could win some great prizes!!!
• Fill out a conference evaluation and you will be entered to win
a great prize!
• This draw and others will take place on Wednesday afternoon.
• Winners must be in attendance to claim their prize.
More details will be announced during the conference.
Enter to
WIN!
February, 3–5, 2014
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