Conference Co-Chairs

Renée Pelletier

Partner Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend

Houston Barnaby, J.D.

Founding Partner Indigenous Treaty Partners

Distinguished Faculty

Nadir André

Partner Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Karen Augustine

Director, Economy Building Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc. (MTI)

Gordon S. Campbell

Senior Barrister Aubry Campbell MacLean

Tracy Cloud

Director of Trilateral Negotiations Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn

Debra Donovan, PMP, P2RP

President IPM Integrated Project Management Inc.

Chris Feetham

Senior Compliance Promotion Officer Environment and Climate Change Canada

Jim Gogan

Partner McInnes Cooper

Roderick Gould

Chief Abegweit First Nation

Alan Polchies Jr.

Chief St. Mary’s First Nation

Lara Koerner-Yeo

Lawyer JFK Law LLP

Jaimie Lickers

Senior Vice-President Indigenous Markets CIBC

Tiffany Lee

Director of Housing Strategy Nova Scotia Native Women’s Association

Troy MacDonald, CPA, CBV

Partner Grant Thornton LLP

Regina Mandamin

Manager, Indigenous Policy and Research Deloitte’s Future of Canada Centre
Tom Mann

Tom Mann

Aboriginal Relations Gitpo Spirit Lodge

Shannin Metatawabin ICD.D

Chief Executive Officer National Aboriginal Capital Corporation Association (NACCA)

Marie-Michelle Modéry

Senior Program Officer, Storage Tank Program Environment and Climate Change Canada

Tyler Morrison

Manager of Indigenous Community Engagement Canadian Red Cross Atlantic Team

Elder Geri Musqua-LeBlanc

Mi’kmaqi

Muin Paul

Cultural Facilitator Mi’kmaw Native Friendship Centre

Christina Pickering

Ph.d Candidate, Youth Engagement University of Ottawa

Sabre Lee Pictou

Lawyer First Peoples Law

Chloe Pictou

Indigenous and Community Relations Coordinator DHIR Inc.

Patrick Polchies

Councillor Kingsclear First Nation

Rebecca Knockwood

Chief Fort Folley First Nation

Derek A. Simon

Partner Burchells LLP

Dean Vicaire

Executive Director Mi'gmawe'l Tplu'taqnn

Cynthia Westaway

Partner and Senior Counsel First Peoples Law

Kathleen Wood

Director Suslop Inc.