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Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshop A — Your Complete Guide to Asset Management: Funding, Developing, Managing, Maximizing and Protecting Housing Assets
Apr 29, 2024 9:00am – 12:30 PM
Speakers
Katlia Lafferty
Co-founder
National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Inc
James Struthers
Founder & Managing Lawyer
macushlaw
John Fleming, P.Eng.
Chief Engineer
Iyem Consulting Ltd.
Workshop B — Housing Manager Bootcamp: Everything You Need to Know from Day-to-Day Operations to Funding Applications to Succession Planning
Apr 29, 2024 1:30pm – 05:00 PM
Speakers
Sharon McKay
Program Manager
First Nations Housing & Infrastructure Council (FNHIC)
Day 1 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
8:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 |
Traditional Welcome |
9:15 |
Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-Chairs |
9:30 |
FOCUS ON FUNDINGWorking Together on Indigenous Housing: Bridging the Gap Between On and Off Reserve |
10:15 |
Housing Models Across the Country: First Nations Access to Safe, Secure, Adequate and Affordable Housing No Matter Where They Live |
11:15 |
Wellness Refreshment Break |
11:30 |
The Power of Partnerships: BC Builds Program |
12:15 |
Networking Luncheon |
1:15 |
INTERACTIVE NETWORKING SESSION and HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIOSBringing Housing Managers Together |
2:15 |
FOCUS ON FUNDINGNavigating the Difficulties of Finding the Right Funding Opportunities |
3:00 |
Wellness Refreshment Break |
3:30 |
Strengthening and Enforcing Robust Housing Policies for an Effective Housing Department from Rent Collection to Repairs |
4:15 |
FOCUS ON ENERGYTowards NetZero Housing Initiative at Frog Lake First Nations |
5:00 |
Closing Remarks from the Chairs and Conference Adjourns to Day 2 |
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
8:30 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 |
Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair |
9:15 |
Opening KeynoteTop Priorities to Meet Housing Needs and Strategies for Achieving Housing Goals |
10:00 |
An Integrated Service Approach: Creating a Healthy Home Fire to Ensure a Solid Infrastructure |
11:00 |
Wellness Refreshment Break |
11:15 |
Asset Management: Proactively Manage your Infrastructure in a More Sustainable Way and Taking Preventative Measures with Improved Operations and Maintenance |
12:30 |
Networking Luncheon |
1:30 |
FOCUS ON FUNDINGAccessing Capital for Housing & Infrastructure |
2:00 |
Skills and CapacityInvesting in Careers and Indigenous Youths to Limit Long Term Costs |
2:45 |
Efficiency Tips from a Lawyer – Automating Contract Formation and Enforcement |
3:30 |
Closing Remarks from the Conference Chair and Conference Concludes |
Day 1 - Tuesday, April 30, 2024
8:00 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 |
Traditional Welcome |
9:15 |
Opening Remarks from the Conference Co-ChairsLory Oberst April Martel |
9:30 |
FOCUS ON FUNDINGWorking Together on Indigenous Housing: Bridging the Gap Between On and Off ReserveCliff Grant This session will highlight the need for collaboration and how communities are bridging the gap between on and off-reserve housing. Topics of discussion include:
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10:15 |
Housing Models Across the Country: First Nations Access to Safe, Secure, Adequate and Affordable Housing No Matter Where They LiveMichael Sadler
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11:15 |
Wellness Refreshment Break |
11:30 |
The Power of Partnerships: BC Builds ProgramLisa Helps Rising to meet the challenge of building homes that middle-income households can afford requires a collaborative effort. The province’s new BC Builds program works in partnership with First Nations, non-profits, local governments, and the construction sector to identify available underused land, provide low-cost financing and funding, and quickly deliver projects that create more rental homes and help bring rents more in line with what middle income households earn. Lisa Helps will unpack how this initiative is designed to deliver through current obstacles to developing rental housing – inflation, the cost of land, the cost of construction, and high interest rates – through the power of partnerships and will be highlighting ongoing work with the Cowichan Tribes and Khowutzun Development to show what opportunities can be realized through the program. |
12:15 |
Networking Luncheon |
1:15 |
INTERACTIVE NETWORKING SESSION and HYPOTHETICAL SCENARIOSBringing Housing Managers TogetherLory Oberst Your opportunity to network. Share your challenges with find solutions during this interactive networking session. Often having resources available isn’t quite enough and direction is needed along with the resources. The first 20-minutes of this session will examine how the BC First Nations Housing Managers Association supports housing managers to be effective in their role. The next 30-minutes of this session, delegates are encouraged to split into small group discussions to work through a hypothetical scenario. During the last 10-minutes of this session, each group will present their outcomes. |
2:15 |
FOCUS ON FUNDINGNavigating the Difficulties of Finding the Right Funding OpportunitiesChelsey Grier Charlene Masakeyash Dolly Masakeyash First Nations are the fastest growing demographic in Canada. However, the current demand for housing on reserve is not meeting demand, and backlogs continue to grow. An estimated $30 billion is needed to close the gap in repairs and upgrades to homes and related infrastructure. However, there is no additional funding for new home builds. Hear from the Mishkeegogamang First Nation as they discuss navigating the difficulties of finding the right funding opportunities.
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3:00 |
Wellness Refreshment Break |
3:30 |
Strengthening and Enforcing Robust Housing Policies for an Effective Housing Department from Rent Collection to RepairsCaroleen Stevenson Rhonda Brown Sheila Caesar
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4:15 |
FOCUS ON ENERGYTowards NetZero Housing Initiative at Frog Lake First NationsCliffton Cross
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5:00 |
Closing Remarks from the Chairs and Conference Adjourns to Day 2 |
Day 2 - Wednesday, May 1, 2024
8:30 |
Registration and Continental Breakfast |
9:00 |
Opening Remarks from the Conference Chair |
9:15 |
Opening KeynoteTop Priorities to Meet Housing Needs and Strategies for Achieving Housing GoalsErica Beaudin April Martel Hear directly from community Chiefs as they address the most pressing housing challenges from over-housing and under-housing and homelessness, as well as accommodating the needs of elders and children alike.
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10:00 |
An Integrated Service Approach: Creating a Healthy Home Fire to Ensure a Solid InfrastructureErica Beaudin |
11:00 |
Wellness Refreshment Break |
11:15 |
Asset Management: Proactively Manage your Infrastructure in a More Sustainable Way and Taking Preventative Measures with Improved Operations and MaintenanceSharon McKay
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12:30 |
Networking Luncheon |
1:30 |
FOCUS ON FUNDINGAccessing Capital for Housing & InfrastructureDonna St Louis The First Nations Finance Authority was created to provide First Nation governments with access to the same types of affordable financing that other local and regional governments in Canada use to ensure quality of life for their citizens. There is a $350 billion infrastructure gap that exists between First Nation communities and the rest of Canada. While Canada has committed to closing the infrastructure gap by 2030, its current funding model is outdated and ineffective. Monetization is the process used by provinces and local governments to build their infrastructure – build now at today’s costs with financing and pay over a chosen loan term. This presentation will:
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2:00 |
Skills and CapacityInvesting in Careers and Indigenous Youths to Limit Long Term Costs
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2:45 |
Efficiency Tips from a Lawyer – Automating Contract Formation and EnforcementKatlia Lafferty James Struthers Learn how to automate time consuming, cumbersome legal processes like contract formation, arrears and collections notices using technology to save time and energy in maximizing the use of existing housing assets |
3:30 |
Closing Remarks from the Conference Chair and Conference Concludes |
Workshop A — Your Complete Guide to Asset Management: Funding, Developing, Managing, Maximizing and Protecting Housing Assets
Katlia Lafferty
Co-founder
National Indigenous Collaborative Housing Inc
James Struthers
Founder & Managing Lawyer
macushlaw
John Fleming, P.Eng.
Chief Engineer
Iyem Consulting Ltd.
What is it about?
(Registration opens at 8:30 am)
This workshop is especially designed for community land managers and housing managers. Delegates will learn how to fund and finance the development of new housing assets, and how to reduce the cost of managing, optimize the benefits of, and protect from risks, existing housing assets. Delegates will receive template agreements at the end of the presentation. Topics to be covered will include:
- Sourcing available funding streams for housing development
- Examining types of financing for housing
- Brainstorming different types of land interests for housing, on and off reserve
- Reducing the time and cost of managing routine housing related agreements
- Mitigating employment liabilities
- Examining other liabilities in operating housing assets (civil, program liability, Nation politics etc.)
- Adopting FNCIDA and residential tenancy
- Setting up a housing society and the benefits of the same
Workshop B — Housing Manager Bootcamp: Everything You Need to Know from Day-to-Day Operations to Funding Applications to Succession Planning
Sharon McKay
Program Manager
First Nations Housing & Infrastructure Council (FNHIC)
What is it about?
(Registration opens at 1:00 pm)
- Part One: BUILD AND DISCOVER
- Examining the database and training tools that will make you more confidant in your role
- Part Two: GROUNDING Your Role and BUILDING the Housing Department
- Identifying how a housing manager can build, train and retain a team
- Sticking to the departmental budget and understanding where the funding comes from
- Educating members and tenants on housing department policies and expectations for general upkeep
- Maintaining cultural appreciation while being assertive and effective in your role
- Interacting effectively with other departments
- Implementing positive coping mechanisms and healthy habits to mitigate stress
- Analyzing how to ease the workload by developing strategies and creating boundaries within the housing role
- Part Three: WHAT IS THIS DOCUMENT FOR? – Document Dissection: Clarifying and Applying Useful Paperwork
- Analyzing and understanding the various types of documents
- Drafting and organizing a document system that will make being a housing manager much more manageable and alleviate some of the stresses
- Part Four: GUTS ON CONTRACTS – Navigating a Contract and Ensuring You Never Feel Mislead Again
- Analyzing CCDC contracts for contractors including design builds, construction management, open build and cost plots
- Examining contracts format and standard language
- Calculating the ins and outs of consulting fees