Day One: Tuesday, June 7, 2022
10:30 EDT
15 min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
10:45 EDT
60 min
Indigenous Relations - Wise Practices working in Corporate Culture
Ruby Littlechild, National Director, Indigenous Relations, SNC-Lavalin
- Embracing one’s Identity and Culture
- Leadership and Diversity
- Strategic Vision and Planning
11:45 EDT
60 min
Partnering with First Nations: – Risks and Benefits of LPs and LLPs
- Common business structures for First Nations business and economic development
- Impacts of on and off-reserve opportunities
- Income tax, GST, and Provincial transaction tax implications
- Developing appropriate relationships
- 10 Principles, the Calls to Action, and the role of private businesses in achieving Reconciliation
12:45 EDT
30 minBreak
13:15 EDT
60 min
Zero Net Energy real estate partnerships for multi-family, commercial and social housing applications
Lionel Robins, EVP Business Development and Indigenous Relations, Renewable U Energy Inc.
- Who is RenewableU Energy Inc. (RUEI)
- Project-based partnership model for green energy investment
- Indigenous partnerships that involve collaboration not consultation
- Priorities and expectations – community impacts and societal benefits
- RUEI’s connection to the fossil fuel industry, and our part in the long-term transition to renewable energy plan
- What is ZNE?
- Case Study – Kamloops, B.C. – Multi-family ZNE apartment build (the “rinse and repeat” model)
14:15 EDT
60 min
Indigenous Partnerships in a Fast Changing World
- Natural Resource Management: Renewable Energy Defined
- Renewable Energy – some examples
- Indigenous Partnerships: Opportunities and Challenges
- Roles, Structures, Organization and Flexibility
- Communication, Trust and Empathy
15:15 EDT
60 min
Indigenous Inclusion, Communities, Corporations and Challenges
Gene Ouellette, Senior Advisor Economic Development, Pembina Pipeline Corporation
16:15 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair
Day Two: Wednesday, June 8, 2022
10:30 EDT
min
Welcome and Opening Remarks from the Chair
10:30 EDT
60 min
ESG and Indigenous Relations in Natural Resource Projects
Julie Abouchar, Partner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Jacquelyn Stevens, Partner, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
Natalia Back Gosende, Associate lawyer, Willms & Shier Environmental Lawyers LLP
- ESG legal framework
- Case Study – how an international cosmetics company successfully applied ESG principles related to exploration and use of natural resources in Indigenous territories in Brazil
- Mining in Canada – how ESG principles are embedded in resource agreements between mines and Indigenous peoples in Canada
- IBA highlights
- PDAC e3 Plus and MAC’s Towards Sustainable Mining as informing ESG standards
11:30 EDT
60 min
Driving Successful and Sustainable Partnerships with Indigenous Communities
Zishan Shah, Leader – Indigenous Partnerships and Sustainability, EDI Environmental Dynamics Inc.
- Why partnership with Indigenous communities
- The process of building partnerships with Indigenous communities
- Navigating through the challenges
- Long term sustainability of the partnerships – equity and transparency
- A case study on an unsuccessful partnership
12:30 EDT
45 minBreak
13:15 EDT
60 min
Forging a New Pathway on Indigenous Reconciliation: Strategic Considerations
Scott A. Smith, Partner, Environmental and Indigenous Resource Law, Gowling WLG
- Recent trends in recognition and implementation of Indigenous rights;
- TRC Call to Action #92: creating a competitive advantage while satisfying key reconciliation objectives; and
- Recent trends in Indigenous resource partnerships
14:15 EDT
60 min
Indigenous Partnerships & Lakewood Electric in Industry
Jerome Lamarre, Business Development and Indigenous Relations, Lakewood Electric Ltd.
- Hear the full scope of electrical power and control installations
- Explore success stories
- Understand how Lakewood Electric partnerships are working
15:15 EDT
60 min
Chance Favors the Prepared Mind – Indigenous Systems Thinking & Doing
Devin Gambler, Business & Economic Development Manager, Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc
- Indigenous systems thinking overview
- Ecology of systems thinking (environment, technology, culture, & values)
- Effective tools & strategies to optimize performance
- Eurocentric business models vs Indigenous systems thinking
- Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Business & Economic Development case study
- Why Indigenous systems thinking works
16:15 EDT
Closing Remarks from the Chair