Sessions & Workshops
Keynote Speeches
Workplace Attraction and Engagement
Dr. Norman Amundson, International Career Development Specialist,
University of British Columbia
9:15 – 10:15 am, Wednesday, April 4, 2007
This presentation addresses recruitment, retention and productivity issues. The focus here is on how workplace attraction and engagement must be understood within the context of culture, age, gender and human development. This presentation will be interactive and will also provide you with a new career development intervention.
How do we recognize potential in ourselves and in others?
Farley
Flex, Canadian Idol Judge
1:15 – 2:00 pm, Wednesday, April 4, 2007
This presentation discloses methods for ensuring that maximum performance can result from our inner potential. You will learn techniques of self-knowledge that enable you to make quick and accurate decisions that benefit you and those around you. It will allow you to wake up every Monday morning feeling how the rest of the working population feels on Friday afternoon.
Racism in the Workplace
Dr. Neil McDonald, Consultant
Cross Cultural Consulting Inc.
2:00– 2:45 am, Wednesday, April 4, 2007
Dr Neil MacDonald, One of Canada's leading experts on diversity will speak about engagement strategies that help employers achieve a racism-free workplace.
Leadership Strategies for Building Diverse Organizations
Effenus Henderson, Chief Diversity Officer
Weyerhaeuser Company.
8:45– 9:14 am, Thursday, April 5, 2007
Effenus Henderson is currently Chief Diversity Officer and Director, Workforce Representation and Diversity for Weyerhaeuser Company, Federal Way, Washington. He is responsible for overseeing workforce representation, Equal Employment Opportunity, diversity and inclusion activities for over 52,000 employees across North America. As Chief Diversity Officer he advises the CEO and senior management team on diversity related matters and is a recognized expert in the area. He has been employed by Weyerhaeuser since 1973 in a variety of human resource roles.
The Aboriginal Advantage: Building a Productive Economy
Chief Clarence Louie, Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corp.3:15
– 3:45 pm, Thursday, April 5, 2007
British Columbia's Osoyoos Band has achieved unparalleled economic success. Find out how a community mobilized their human capital, created business opportunities and what it could mean if Canada followed the same approach.
Chief Clarence Louie was first elected Chief of the Osoyoos Indian Band in 1985 after completing Native American studies programs at the universities of Regina and Lethbridge. Since then he has been dedicated to creating self-reliance for the band through establishing strong, diversified economic development while preserving traditions, building on lessons of the past. Chief Louie has accomplished this by forming the Osoyoos Indian Band Development Corporation, which he currently heads, as well as active involvement in many boards.
Clarence chairs the Osoyoos Indian Band's Housing Committee, Band Board of Education and 7th Generation Trust. Chief Louie was appointed to the Board of Aboriginal Business Canada in 2001, and was listed as one of the "Top 50 Canadians to Watch" in Maclean's Magazine in 2003.
He has received the Aboriginal Business Leader Award from All Nations Trust and Development Corporation, the Economic Developer of the Year Award from the Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers, the Inspirational Leadership Award from Aboriginal Tourism BC, and the National Aboriginal Achievement Award for Business and Community Development.
Pre-Conference Workshops
Workshop 1 and 3: Aboriginal Recruitment, Retention
and Advancement
Crystal
Kosa
National Director, Human Resource Strategies,
Aboriginal Human Resource Development Council of Canada
8:30 am - 12:00 pm, Tuesday, April 3, 2007
1:00 – 4:30 pm, Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Get ready to unwind and tap in with one of Canada’s leading denote academia in Aboriginal workplace diversity. Let Crystal guide you through a series of interactive exercises that will help position your organization as an employer-of-choice for Canada’s Aboriginal talent. The workshop will highlight and focus on new teachings and the tools within the council’s Mastering Aboriginal Inclusion program. Go home ready to connect to the Aboriginal workforce and obtain results.
Workshop 2: Guiding Circles: An Innovative Approach to Engaging Aboriginal Peoples in the Career Process
Gray
Poehnell, Career Consultant & Partner
Ergon Communications
1:00 – 4:30 pm, Tuesday, April 3, 2007
Begin to explore your potential as a career practitioner with Canada’s own international expert, Gray Poehnell. Learn how this holistic career development approach combines a traditional Aboriginal world view with sound contemporary career development strategies. Find out how Guiding Circles will help you assist people with meaningful self-assessment, career exploration and career decision making activities. Get introduced to the theory and practices that will equip your HR personnel, staff, and management with practical strategies for the ethical development of skills and practices that apply to Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people.
Breakout Sessions
In addition to the keynote speakers outlined in the conference program, there will be five workshop or panel sessions designated for each of the five conference themes. Each time slot will offer one workshop/panel session within each theme.
Recruitment & Retention
- Session 1A
Aboriginal Recruitment & Retention Initiatives in the Health Sector
Jason Marchand, VP, Support Services; Brandon Regional Health Authority, MB
Victoria Gubbles, Saskatchewan Aboriginal Health Organization, SK - Session 2A
Persons with Disabilities: An Inclusionary Process to the Workplace
Fraser Smith, Blair Mack, Faye Elliott, Jon Garland - Session 3A
A Successful Model for Recruiting, Training and Retaining Aboriginal People in the Trades Sector
Linden Pinay, Executive Director, VanAsep Training Society, BC
Leonard George, Tsleil Waututh First Nation, BC
Manley McLachlan, President. BC Construction Association and Co-Chair, VanAsep - Session 4A
Aboriginal Human Resource Development: A 25 Year Prospective
Darwin Roy - Session 5A
Retention of Aboriginal Students
Marti Ford, Red River College
Randell Morris, Saskatchewan Institute of Technologies
Verna Billy-Minnabarriet
Lindsay Marshall
Chair: Anna Toneguzzo, Senior Policy Research Officer, Association of Canadian Community Colleges
Retention & Advancement
- Session 1B
Workplace Drug & Alcohol Testing - The Diavik Diamond Mine Experience
E.J. (Ed) Secondiak, President; E.C.S. Safety Services Ltd. - Session 2B
Building Community Partnerships and Facilitating Aboriginal Employment Opportunities
Constable Grant Dokis, Aboriginal Liaison Officer; Greater Sudbury Police Service - Session 3B
Career Integrity: Effective Career Pathing Helps Companies Retain Talent and Reduce Turnover
Gray Poehnell, Guiding Circles Partner and Career Consultant Ergon Communications - Session 4B
Innovative Recruitment & Retention Strategies from the Corporate Sector
Effenus Henderson and Bill Campbell - Session 5B
Resource Sector: Innovative Recruitment and Retention Strategies
Denise McBride and Shana Bradley
Education & Learning
- Session 1C
Aboriginal Successes in Trades and Technology
Elizabeth Duret
Brian Gallagher - Session 2C
Excavating the Cultural Divide: Protecting Differences and Making Changes
Dr. Trent Keough, Vice President Academic; Portage College, AB - Session 3C
Indigenous Institutions: Keys to Retention & Success in Education & Training
Lu Ann Hill, Aboriginal Institutes Consortium, ON
Kelly-Lee Assinewe, Education Support Worker; N’Swakamok Native Alternative School, ON - Session 4C
A New Paradigm - Integrating Essential Skills for Aboriginal Learners
Debra Greig, John Simpson and Marilyn Luft - Session 5C
Lessons in Unlocking Aboriginal Potential as Professionals
Dr. James (Sakej) Youngblood Henderson, Research Director; Native Law Centre of Canada, SK
Aboriginal Employment Centres (AHRDAs)
- Session 1D
Northern Partnership Solutions and Approaches
Brad Enge, General Manager; Mine Training Society, NT - Session 2D
Innovative Strategies to Overcoming Employment Barriers
Blair Bellerose, Director of Employment Services, Aboriginal Community Career Employment Services Society (ACCESS), BC
Dave Ward, OEC Director, Oteenow Training & Employment, AB
Clayton Kootenay, Director; Oteenow Training & Employment, AB - Session 3D
Trades Panel and Aboriginal Human Resource Practitioner Innovations:
Cyndi King, Métis Nations of Ontario
Allan Page, Project Manager; Construction Sector Council, BC - Session 4D
A Sectoral Approach to Engaging Aboriginal Communities
Tanya Tucker, BEAHR Project Director, Environment Careers Organization Canada, ON - Session 5D
New Approaches to Developing Effective Partnership Strategies in Aboriginal Communities: The Public-Private Partnership Model
Dale Booth, Senior Consultant; P3 Advisors, ON
Leadership/Inclusive Organizations
- Session 1E
Indigenous Employment and Economic Development - A Canadian and Australian Perspective*
Andy Popko, Vice-President, ENCANA and Executive Exchange Government of Canada 2005-2006. (tentative)
Jody Hamilton, Director - Partnerships (Visiting Senior Executive); Human Resources and Social Development Canada (HRSDC) - Session 2E
F ar Northern Workforce Strategies Panel
Tunasuvvigat Inuit Program for Urban Inuit, speakers to be announced
Employer representative perspective speaker to be announced - Session 3E
Racism Panel: Strategies for a Racism Free Workplace
Dr. Neil McDonald
Monica Goulet
Kelly Lendsay - Session 4E
Aboriginal Women Leaders Panel
Anne Noonan, Francine Whiteduck and others to be announced - Session 5E
Inuit Workforce Strategies Panel
Morgan Hare, Maria Wilson and Christy Sinclair