Speakers

Conference Co-Chairs

Renée Pelletier

Partner
Olthuis, Kleer, Townshend
Tuma Young

Tuma Young

Lawyer & Indigenous Law Professor
Cape Breton University

Distinguished Faculty

Nadir André

Partner
Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

Karen Augustine

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

Kristy Barnaby, MHA

Chief Executive Officer
Barnaby & Associates

Gordon S. Campbell

Senior Barrister
Aubry Campbell MacLean

Tracy Cloud

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

John Desjarlais

Executive Director
Indigenous Resource Network

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

John Paul

CEO
Atlantic Policy Congress of First Nations Chiefs Secretariat

Rose Paul

CEO & President
Bayside Development Corporation

Christina Pickering

Ph.d Candidate, Youth Engagement
University of Ottawa

Sabre Lee Pictou

Representative
First Peoples Law

Chloe Pictou

Indigenous and Community Relations Coordinator
DHIR Inc.

Patrick Polchies

Councillor
Kingsclear First Nation

Jacqueline Potvin-Boucher

Indigenous Patient Navigator
Nova Scotia Health Authority

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.