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