ABORIGINAL LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FORUM

January 31st, 2013

8:00

Registration and Continental Breakfast

9:00

Elder's Opening Prayer and Welcoming Remarks from Insight Information

9:05

Co-Chair's Opening Remarks

R. Lee Francoeur
Eagle Law Group

9:15

OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

Resource Development in BC: An Uncertain Future

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip
President
Union of British Columbia Indian Chiefs

9:45

CASE STUDY

Land Use Planning and Strategic Engagement

Chief Ian Campbell
Cultural Liaison & Negotiator
Squamish Nation

Chief Bill Williams
Lead Negotiator Rights & Title
Squamish Nation

• Using land use planning and strategic engagement agreements to define sacred, co-management, conservation, and development areas of a traditional territory
• Crown land impacts, management, and accommodation
• Impact benefit agreements

10:30

Networking Coffee Break

10:45

Building Wealth Through Real Estate Development

Jeff Ashton
Senior Manager
Deloitte Real Estate
Deloitte

• Balancing the needs of aboriginal land use for community, cultural and economic development objectives
• How development on First Nations land is different from fee simple land
• How successful real estate development is built on a foundation of community support, including a Comprehensive Community Plan, Land Use Plan and an effective economic/business development organization

11:30

Models for Building Aboriginal Resources Related Businesses

Cynthia Westaway
Of Counsel
Regional Leader Aboriginal Law and Team North
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

• The development of the new Indian Oil and Gas Regulations
• Consultation models for new laws
• Negotiating royalties and resource sharing

12:15

Networking Luncheon

1:15

CASE STUDY

Unlocking the Wealth of Your Lands

Larry Johnson
Director of Lands and Natural Resources
Huu-ay-aht First Nations

Jeff Warwick
Chief Executive Officer
CloverPoint

Brandon Thompson
Business Development and Marketing Coordinator
CloverPoint

• The Huu-ay-aht story: reclamation, restoration and revitalization
• The power of consultation
• Referral tracking vs. referral management
• The land registry
• Effective strategic use planning
• Integration and standardization of disparate data
• Profiting from GIS
• Visualization and demonstration
• Capacity building

2:00

CASE STUDY

Kanaka Bar Indian Band – 50 MW Kwoiek Creek Hydro Project

Rob Miller
Partner
Miller Titerle LLP

Patrick Michell
Community Liason
Kanaka Bar Indian Band

• Overview of project history and unique aspects of the project
• Discussion of development structure
• Lessons learned in development and financing

3:00

Networking Refreshment Break

3:15

CASE STUDY

Protecting Traditional & Medicinal Foods – Non-Timber Products

Chief Ko'waintco Michel
Nooaitch Band
Nlaka'pamux Nation

Chief Fred Sampson 
Siska Indian Band
Chief Executive Officer, Siska Traditions Society

• How Highland Valley Copper (HVC) Mine impacts Nlaka'pamux (Thompson Tribe) traditional foods, plants, medicinal plants and wild life
• What the Chiefs are working on with HVC
• Industry and forestry groups in Merritt District and Nicola Tribal Chiefs are working towards addressing a Land Use Plan on Stoyoma Mount

4:00

Urban Issues: Municipalities, First Nations and Development

Roy Millen
Partner
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

Jeffrey Langlois
Associate
Blake, Cassels & Graydon LLP

• Considerations regarding development on municipal land or First Nation land abutting municipalities
• Review of recent court decisions regarding the duty to consult and municipal governments
• Case studies on First Nation – municipal relations
• Strategies for turning conflict into cooperation

5:00

Co-Chair's Summation and Conference Adjourns for the Day

February 1st, 2013

8:15

Continental Breakfast

9:00

Remarks from Insight Information

9:05

Co-Chair's Opening Address

Chief Gilbert (Gibby) Jacob
Executive Operating Officer
Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources and Revenue
Squamish Nation

9:15

Addressing Conflicts in Linear Projects that Touch on Multiple Aboriginal Interests

Sandra Gogal
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP

• Addressing conflicting interests among aboriginal communities for linear projects
• What role do aboriginal communities have in resolving these conflicts?
• How to effectively use dispute resolution strategies in dealing with conflicting interests

10:00

Networking Coffee Break

10:15

CASE STUDY

Land Use Planning and Related Economic Development Initiatives by Shuswap Indian Band

Dean Martin
Chief Executive Officer
Kinbasket Development Corporation
Wholly owned by the Shuswap Indian Band

Matthew Ney
Financial Advisor
Kinbasket Development Corporation

KDC has been in operation since 1996, and has overseen the development of a municipal type structure over the Shuswap Indian Band reserve lands. This included a comprehensive water and sewer infrastructure strategy. Shuswap works under a municipal type structure through its Public Works like corporate entities, including development and building approvals. Currently, Shuswap Indian Band is undertaking the following initiatives related to its land use plan and projected development growth strategy:

• Expansion of the water and sewer systems to the north of the current service area and including a larger off-reserve land base in partnership with PPP Canada and AANDC
• Within that strategy, Shuswap is incorporating an implementation of its wildlife management plan to include off-reserve lands and the SARA mandate that includes the participation of various BC Ministries and all levels of government
• Shuswap is proceeding with FNLM and FNPO as its legislation advances
• Further expansion of its strategic business partners in accessing business and resource related opportunities in its traditional territory

This presentation is a case study in self-government structural development, based on successful economic development initiatives and accessing self-government legislation that is continually evolving to the benefit of First Nations.

11:15

Building Stronger Relationships Between Business and Aboriginal Communities

Bob Miller
President
Bridging Innovations Inc.
Verifier, Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Program
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

• Companies and Aboriginal Communities – Building Relationships
• A Company's Perspective
• An Aboriginal Community Perspective
• Agreements Between Industry and Aboriginal Communities
  • First Nation Policy on Agreements with Industry
  • First Nation Procedures and Action Plans for Agreements
• Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB)
• CCAB - Progressive Aboriginal Relations program – Four Pillars
  • Employment
  • Business Development
  • Community Investment
  • Community Engagement
• Role of a Verifier for Progressive Aboriginal Relations program
• Best practices' in Aboriginal Relations

12:00

Networking Luncheon

1:00

KEYNOTE LUNCHEON ADDRESS

To Be Announced

2:00

Land Code Development and Service Agreements

Doris Bear
Vice President
Aboriginal Banking, BC Region
RBC Royal Bank

• Working to resolve land development challenges some communities are experiencing
• Examples of best practices in this area
• Successful projects and examples to show how these community challenges are being effectively addressed

3:00

Networking Refreshment Break

3:15

Why Aboriginal Communities Must Grow Local Managers

Victor Godin
Executive Director
Aboriginal Institute For Management Excellence

• Unique challenges facing aboriginal business managers
• How Aboriginal communities can foster strong managers
• Linking community aspirations and local management development

4:00

Cumulative Effects Management in First Nations' Territories

Jessica Clogg
Executive Director & Senior Counsel

• Overview of the legislative framework governing cumulative effects management in BC, including both federal and provincial jurisdictions, and emerging directions in provincial policy
• Recent case law regarding cumulative effects of past, present and reasonably foreseeable resource development in the context of the Crown's constitutional duties to First Nations
• Initial research results in a multi-year law reform project on cumulative effects management, with a focus on options for institutional and governance models

4:45

CLE Accreditation

This program has been approved by the Law Societies of British Columbia and Saskatchewan for 13 hours.

For Alberta lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society of Alberta.

• Chiefs, Community Leaders and Band Council Members
• First Nations, Métis and Inuit Community Members
• Federal, Provincial and Municipal Representatives
• Land Use and Sustainable Development Managers
• Land and Water Resource Managers, Administrators
• Chief Negotiators, Treaty Negotiators and Mediators
• Claim Negotiators
• Environmental Natural Resources Managers, Consultants, Policy Advisors and Regulators
• Natural Resource and Economic Development Officers

• Private Sector Consulting Firms Involved in Land Management Projects
• Academic and Environmental Stakeholder Groups
• Legal Counsel Practicing Aboriginal, Environmental, Commercial and Constitutional Law or Negotiations
• Regulators and Environmental Policy Makers
• Senior Executives, Directors and Managers of Companies in: Energy, Hydropower, Wind Power, Green Energy, Mining, Forestry, Pulp and Paper, Oil & Gas (Natural Resources Firms) and also Land Development Sectors
• Business Developers and Entrepreneurs

Greetings,

We are pleased to invite you to Insight Information's ABORIGINAL LAND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT FORUM.

For this year's annual two-day conference, we have developed a forum that will focus on recent advances and initiatives in land and resource development that are shaping the dynamic among the key stakeholders – Aboriginals, government and industry. We will review successful partnerships and innovative approaches for engaging and consulting with First Nations on land management and resource projects, and cover topics that directly impact Aboriginal involvement in various economic sectors.

The challenges faced in protecting and managing Aboriginal land and resources are ongoing and we need to develop strategies that address all the various aspects of these challenges. While progress on the economic front in implementing best practices is paramount, consideration must also be given to community, regional and traditional values and priorities. This conference will focus on such recent developments in land management approaches and the progress that is being made on sustainable land and economic development in First Nations communities. Aboriginal lands and natural resources are constantly under threat from commercial development. On the other hand, forestry, oil and gas exploration and drilling, mining and mineral exploration, pipelines and road building can bring local opportunities for economic development, jobs and training. There are challenges that accompany development and that impact on the way First Nations people use the land. As a result Aboriginal communities face a variety of issues related not just to the development of land and natural resources, but also to the legacy that will be left behind. This conference will provide case studies of how some First Nations are keeping abreast of the changes in the economic, legal and political landscape, in order to ensure that there is long term benefit to their communities.

We will examine emerging trends in consultation, treaties and land rights and the significant impact these trends have on land and resource development. Currently there is no uniform approach to consultation and accommodation. Different jurisdictions, industries and First Nations apply different standards. This conference will provide an opportunity to hear from expert speakers how these issues are being strategically and practically tackled in a number of different contexts.

We look forward to meeting with you in Vancouver.

Chief Gilbert (Gibby) Jacob
Executive Operating Officer
Intergovernmental Relations, Natural Resources and Revenue
Squamish Nation

R. Lee Francoeur
Eagle Law Group

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Please note: Full payment is required in advance of conference dates. Please make all cheques payable to Insight Information.