Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs
Justin Lewis
CEO Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services
Margaret Sault
Chief Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Taynar Simpson
Chief Alderville First NationHonoured Guest
Amy Desjarlias
ElderOffice of Indigenous Initiatives Office of the Vice-President, Equity and Community Inclusion
Toronto Metropolitan University
Keynote Speaker
Dr. David Fortin
Professor of Architecture University of WaterlooExperts Shaping First Nations Housing & Infrastructure
Julie Armstrong
Asset Management Specialist Southern First Nations Secretariat
Karen Drake
Associate Professor Osgoode Hall Law SchoolYork University
Kent Elson
Principal and Lawyer Elson Advocacy
Valesa Faria
Senior Vice President, Partnerships and Engagement Build Canada Homes
Nicholas Girard
A/Manager First Nation Adapt ProgramClimate Change and Clean Energy Directorate
Northern Affairs Organization
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Richard Hall
Red Seal CarpenterGovernance Committee Construction Foundation of BC Nuxalk Nation
Sherri-Lyn Hill
Chief Six Nations of the Grand River
Robert LePage Phd, P.Eng
Founding Principal Climes Group Engineering
Stacia Loft
Deputy Grand Chief Chiefs of Ontario
Jackie Lombardi
Director of Justice Chiefs of Ontario
Gary Maracle
Chief Superintendent, Indigenous Policing Bureau Ontario Provincial Police
Tim Maness
Technical Services Manager Southern First Nations Secretariat
Olaf Neilson
Project Coordinator Construction Foundation of BC
Jordan Perrault
Director of Strategic Initiatives Construction Foundation of British Columbia
Patti Pettigrew
Executive Director Thunder Woman Healing Lodge Society
Corey Sheffman
Partner OKT Law LLP
Dr. Suzanne (Ethsi) L. Stewart (YK Dene), PhD, C.Psych.
TC Energy Chair in Indigenous HealthProfessor, Division of Social & Behavioral Health Sciences
Director, Waakebiness Institute for Indigenous Health Dalla Lana School of Public Health, University of Toronto
Lo Stevenson
Associate OKT Law LLP