Conference Co-Chairs

Justin Lewis

CEO Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services

Margaret Sault

Chief Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation

Taynar Simpson

Chief Alderville First Nation

Honoured Guest

Amy Desjarlias

Elder
Office 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 Waterloo

Experts Shaping First Nations Housing & Infrastructure

Julie Armstrong

Asset Management Specialist Southern First Nations Secretariat

Christine Books-Cappadocia

A/Vice President, Continuing Studies York University

Karen Drake

Associate Professor Osgoode Hall Law School
York University

Kent Elson

Principal and Lawyer Elson Advocacy

Valesa Faria

Senior Vice President, Partnerships and Engagement Build Canada Homes

Daylon Gee

Project Coordinator First Nations Engineering Services Ltd

Justin Gee

President First Nations Engineering Services Ltd

Nicholas Girard

A/Manager First Nation Adapt Program
Climate Change and Clean Energy Directorate
Northern Affairs Organization
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada

Sherri-Lyn Hill

Chief Six Nations of the Grand River

Marian Jacko

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

James Marsden

Former Chief (Minomaazo) Alderville First Nation

Tim Maness

Technical Services Manager Southern First Nations Secretariat

Aashish Oberoi

Associate OKT Law LLP

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 Health
Professor, 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

Michael Stoddart

Chief Superintendent, Organized Crime Bureau Ontario Provincial Police

Jessica Vandenberghe P.Eng.

Founder, Guiding Star Consulting Dene Tha First Nation