| The Agenda - October 6th, 2009 |
| 9:00 |
Welcome and Introduction |
Tony Penikett l Tony Penikett Negotiations Inc.
Mark Podlasly l AECOM Canada Ltd. |
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Keynote Address |
| 9:10 |
Developing Communities Together |
| Grand Chief Doug Kelly l First Nations Summit |
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| 9:35 |
Service Delivery in British Columbia: Creating Win-Win Situations for Municipalities and First Nations |
John Watson l Consultant
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- Practical partnerships
- Past and current initiatives
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| 10:05 |
Questions and Discussion |
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10:15 |
Refreshment Adjournment |
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Effective and Cost-Efficient Service Delivery:
Core Issues |
| 10:35 |
Models of Service Delivery:
A Comparative Analysis |
Dave Joe l Dave Joe Law Corporation
Dr. John Calvert l Simon Fraser University
Ken Scopick l First Nations Tax Commission
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- Addressing inefficiencies in service delivery: What options exist for increasing efficacy and cost-efficiency in the delivery of essential services?
- Public Private Partnerships: What do they have to offer? What climate is necessary in order to have a successful P3? What lessons have been learned?
- Joint-use agreements: What problems can these agreements address? Where does this type of arrangement work best? What lessons have been learned?
- Choosing the model that best fits your particular circumstances: Key factors to consider
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| 11:50 |
Questions and Discussion |
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12:00 |
Networking Luncheon |
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| 1:30 |
Paying for Delivery of Services |
Deanna Hamilton l First Nations Finance Authority
Ken Scopick l First Nations Tax Commission |
- Leveraging revenue streams
- Federal funds
- Private funds (P3s)
- Pooling funds: How to access federal and municipal funding
- Proposed federal changes to the Financial Administration Act: What are they? How would they impact accountability requirements?
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2:30 |
Questions and Discussion |
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| 2:40 |
Refreshment Adjournment |
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How Do Local Governments and
First Nations Make It Work? |
| 3:00 |
A Practical Guide to Moving Forward
with Projects in Current Times |
Fred Dabiri l David Nairne + Associates Ltd.
Doug McArthur l Simon Fraser University |
- Best practices learned from decades of experience
- Successful team building as a tool
- Successful First Nations-Municipal arrangements as a tool (how to benefit from being good neighbours)
- Balancing the current heightened accountability requirements of the funding agencies with the community needs and the political realities
- The challenges of the Goverment’s “Economic Stimulus” gift
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| 4:00 |
Questions and Discussion |
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| 4:10 |
Closing Remarks |
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4:15 |
Conference Concludes for Day One |
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| The Agenda - October 7th, 2009 |
| 9:00 |
Welcome and Introduction |
Tony Penikett l Tony Penikett Negotiations Inc.
Mark Podlasly l AECOM Canada Ltd. |
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Today’s Initiatives |
| 9:05 |
Traditional, Emerging and New Service Regimes: Current Initiatives |
Jeff Loucks l INAC, BC Regional Office
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- Current capital planning initiatives: Success stories and lessons learned
- Emerging service regimes: Future directions
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| 9:50 |
Questions and Discussion |
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10:00 |
Refreshment Adjournment |
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The Past, the Present and the Future:
Success Stories and Lessons Learned |
| 10:15 |
Creating a Collaborative Process –
Tla-o-qui-aht, Tofino |
Rhonda Eager l David Nairne + Associates Ltd.
Moses Martin l Tla-o-qui-aht Nation
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- The Sustainable Community Expansion: A study in long-term negotiations and relationship building
- Overcoming models that have not worked in the past
- How the collaborative process worked
- What is the right environment for this type of process?
- Benefits realized
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| 11:05 |
Questions and Discussion |
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| 11:15 |
Lessons Learned from Challenging
Urban Contexts – Lower Mainland
and Vancouver Island |
Ian Howat l City of Nanaimo
Dave Mannix l Snuneymuxw First Nation
Harold Steves l Richmond City Council |
- Knowledge and ideas gained from the last decade
- Examples from the Lower Mainland and Vancouver Island – biggest challenges and lessons learned
- Advice for making it work
- The Newcastle Island Marine Provincial Park Joint Use Management Agreement — two years in to the agreement
- Directions for the future
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| 12:15 |
Questions and Discussion |
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12:30 |
Networking Luncheon |
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The New Face of Service Delivery
and Directions for the Future |
| 1:30 |
Innovative Approaches to Service
Delivery:
Current Opportunities
and Successes |
David Shearer l Chatwin Engineering Ltd. |
- Technical services delivery constraints
- Opportunities for improvement
- A successful capital project delivery model: Nanoose First Nation
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2:15 |
Questions and Discussion |
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| 2:25 |
Refreshment Adjournment |
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| 2:40 |
First Nations Utility Models for
Development of Housing and
Economies – Cowichan Tribes |
Lee Ahenakew l 4Sight Consulting |
- Leveraging funding streams for capital and operations and management
- Utility approaches to governance, partnerships and management
- Innovative water and wastewater in municipal relations and community development: Cowichan Tribes
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| 3:25 |
Questions and Discussion |
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| 3:35 |
Innovative Collaborative Initiatives
in Aboriginal Housing |
Patrick Stewart l Patrick Stewart Architect
Marcel Swain l Lu’ma Native Housing Society |
- Creating opportunities for innovative partnerships in Aboriginal housing
- Making Aboriginal housing affordable and sustainable
- What works, what does not
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| 4:10 |
Questions and Discussion |
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Faculty Roundtable |
| 4:20 |
Putting it All Together – Turning Opportunities in your Community into Tangible Benefits |
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5:00 |
Closing Remarks and
Conference Concludes |
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