Presentations
Tuesday, November 1 – PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
PCW 1 – Health and Wellness Planning: CORE Essentials
Facilitator: Lori Keith, CFNHM, Special Projects Advisor, First Nations Health Managers Association
PCW 2 – Becoming Trauma Informed: Approaches to Enhance Understanding and Practice
Facilitator: Carol Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer, Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
PCW 3 – Performance Management in Practice
Facilitator: Robin Henry, Two Eagles HR Consulting
Wednesday, November 2 – CONFERENCE
Wednesday, November 2 9:30 – 10:30 am
Opening Plenary – The History of the Australian Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation Sector and the Role of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council
Keynote Speaker: Robert Skeen, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of North South Wales, Australia
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop A – YSAC LIFE IS SACRED: Life Promotion Training Program (Youth Solvent Addiction Committee
Speakers: Elder Harry Francis, Leading Thunderbird Lodge
Karen Main Associate Director, YSAC
Melvin Taypotat, Outreach/Intake Worker, Leading Thunderbird Lodge
Workshop B – Building Partnerships and Relationships for Maximizing Advocacy Efforts
Speakers: Jonathan Dunn, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Department, Assembly of First Nations
Marlene Larocque, Senior Policy Advisor, Health Department, Assembly of First Nations
Workshop C – Attraction and Retention in “The Great Resignation” Era
Speaker: Robin Henry, Two Eagles HR Consulting
Workshop D -Jordan’s Principle: Key Findings on the Implementation of Jordan’s Principle across Canada
Carol Blair, Chief Executive Officers, Carol Blair and Associates Inc. and Project Manager and Lead Consultant for the First Nations Health Consortium for the National Project on the Implementation of Jordan’s Principle across Canada
Lorinda Patterson, Enhanced Service Coordination Manager, First Nations Health Consortium
12:30 – 2:00 pm Luncheon and Presentation by Canada’s First Indigenous President of the Canadian Medical Association
Keynote Speaker: Alika Lafontaine, President, Canadian Medical Association
2:00 – 3:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop G – Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Preventing Further Harm in First Nations Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Speakers: Alana Kehoe, Research Assistant, Health Equity Action Research Team, Western University
Danielle Robinson, Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations, Canadian Red Cross and member of the Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation (Ontario)
Lloy Wylie, Associate Professor, Public Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
Workshop H – Moving Toward Cultural Safety in the Dental Clinic
Speakers: Sheri McKinstry, Indigenous Dental Association of Canada
Natacha Tanguay, Manager, Indigenous Services Canada
Thursday, November 3
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop I – First Nations Health Ombudsperson’s Office
Speaker: Dianne Lafond, Interim Health Ombudsperson, Ombudsman Office, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
Workshop J – The Rainbow Connection
Speakers: Bobby Hudon, Wellness Helper, Binesiwag Center for Wellness
Mandi Olson , CFNHM, Vice-Chief Executive Officer, Binesiwag Center for Wellness
Workshop K – The First Nations Principles of OCAP®: A Framework to Support First Nations Health Data Governance
Speaker: Kristine Neglia, Senior Manager, Education and Training, First Nations Information Governance Centre
Workshop L – Disparities by Design: Addressing Racism in Indigenous Health
Speakers: Amanda Larocque, Director of Health and Social Services, Gesgapegiag Health and Community Services, Gesgapegiag First Nation
Maddie Venables, PhD, Senior Research Associate and Academic Research Advisor, Department of Family Medicine, University of Ottawa
2:00 – 3:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop M – Supporting First Nations Health Managers – Improvising Community Diabetes/Vascular Management Techniques
Speakers: Elaine Allison, CFNHM, Health Director, Wagmatcook First Nation
Keith Leclaire, CFNHM, Director General, CLSC Naskapi and Member of the Kahnawake First Nation
Workshop N – Framework Policy on Continuing Care for Persons with Decreasing Independence: For and By Firsts Nations
Speakers: Julie Duplantie, Services for Persons With Decreasing Independence Advisor, First Nations of Québec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Michael T. Horne, Manager, Home and Community Care Services, Kahnawà:ke Shakotiia’takehnhas Community Services
Rosalie Sioui, Social Development Manager, First Nations of Québec and Labrador Health and Social Services Commission
Tuesday, November 1 – PRE-CONFERENCE WORKSHOP
PCW 1 – Health and Wellness Planning: CORE Essentials
Facilitator: Lori Keith, CFNHM, Special Projects Advisor, First Nations Health Managers Association
PCW 2 – Becoming Trauma Informed: Approaches to Enhance Understanding and Practice
Facilitator: Carol Hopkins, Chief Executive Officer, Thunderbird Partnership Foundation
PCW 3 – Performance Management in Practice
Facilitator: Robin Henry, Two Eagles HR Consulting
Tuesday, November 1 – CONFERENCE
Wednesday, November 2 9:30 – 10:30 am
Opening Plenary – The History of the Australian Aboriginal Community-Controlled Health Organisation Sector and the Role of the Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council
Keynote Speaker: Robert Skeen, Chief Executive Officer, Aboriginal Health and Medical Research Council of North South Wales, Australia
11:00 am – 12:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop A – YSAC LIFE IS SACRED: Life Promotion Training Program (Youth Solvent Addiction Committee
Speakers: Elder Harry Francis, Leading Thunderbird Lodge
Karen Main Associate Director, YSAC
Melvin Taypotat, Outreach/Intake Worker, Leading Thunderbird Lodge
Workshop B – Building Partnerships and Relationships for Maximizing Advocacy Efforts
Speakers: Jonathan Dunn, Senior Policy Analyst, Health Department, Assembly of First Nations
Marlene Larocque, Senior Policy Advisor, Health Department, Assembly of First Nations
Workshop C – Attraction and Retention in “The Great Resignation” Era
Speaker: Robin Henry, Two Eagles HR Consulting
Workshop D -Jordan’s Principle: Key Findings on the Implementation of Jordan’s Principle across Canada
Carol Blair, Chief Executive Officers, Carol Blair and Associates Inc. and Project Manager and Lead Consultant for the First Nations Health Consortium for the National Project on the Implementation of Jordan’s Principle across Canada
Lorinda Patterson, Enhanced Service Coordination Manager, First Nations Health Consortium
Keynote Speaker: Alika Lafontaine, President, Canadian Medical Association
2:00 – 3:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop G – Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire: Preventing Further Harm in First Nations Emergency Preparedness and Disaster Response
Speakers: Alana Kehoe, Research Assistant, Health Equity Action Research Team, Western University
Danielle Robinson, Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations, Canadian Red Cross and member of the Biigtigong Nishnaabeg First Nation (Ontario)
Lloy Wylie, Associate Professor, Public Health, School of Medicine and Dentistry, Western University
Workshop H – Moving Toward Cultural Safety in the Dental Clinic
Speakers: Sheri McKinstry, Indigenous Dental Association of Can
Natacha Tanguay, Manager, Indigenous Services Canada
Thursday, November 3
10:30 am – 12:00 pm Concurrent Workshops
Speaker: Dianne Lafond, Interim Health Ombudsperson, Ombudsman Office, Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations
Workshop J – The Rainbow Connection
Speakers: Bobby Hudon, Wellness Helper, Binesiwag Center for Wellness
Mandi Olson , CFNHM, Vice-Chief Executive Officer, Binesiwag Center for Wellness
Workshop K – The First Nations Principles of OCAP®: A Framework to Support First Nations Health Data Governance
Speaker: Kristine Neglia, Senior Manager, Education and Training, First Nations Information Governance Centre
2:00 – 3:30 pm Concurrent Workshops
Workshop M – Supporting First Nations Health Managers – Improvising Community Diabetes/Vascular Management Techniques
Speakers: Elaine Allison, CFNHM, Health Director, Wagmatcook First Nation