SCHEDULE
Wednesday, May 30
All ATENDEES NEED TO REGISTER PRIOR TO EVENT
(including those being sponsored)
8:00 AM – 9:00 AM - MIX,MINGLE AND FEAST - OPENING BREAKFAST
9:00 AM – 10:00AM WELCOME CEREMONY- OPENING BY KASKA DRUMMERS
WELCOME AND OPENING REMARKS FROM Dignitaries:
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CONFERENCE CHAIR: LINDA MCDONALD AND CO-CHAIR TOR FORESBURG
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GRAND CHIEF PETER JOHNSTON ,Council of Yukon First Nations
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HON. JEANIE DENDYS ,Minister of Tourism, Culture & Heritage & Minister Responsible for the Women’s Directorate, Government of Yukon
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CHIEF GEORGE MORGAN, Liard First Nation
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MAYOR JUSTIN BROWN , Town of Watson Lake
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DEPUTY CHIEF FRED LUTZ , Daylu Dena Council
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ANN MAJE-RADER, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF Liard Aboriginal Women’s Society (LAWS) , Award Recipient of Gov. General of Canada Polar Medal
10:00 AM – 11:00 AM KEYNOTE SPEAKER: INDIGENOUS LEADERSHIP IN THE ANTHROPOCENE Dr. David Suzuki, Suzuki Foundation
11:00 AM – 11:30 AM PANEL: TRADITIONAL TEACHINGS: LAND STEWARDSHIP
11:30 AM – 1:00 PMLUNCH
1:00 PM – 1:30 PM A BRIEF HISTORY OF YUKONERS CONCERNED AND OUR FUTURE
Don Roberts, Yukoners Concerned
1:30PM – 2:00 PM KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
SURVIVOR: A MOTHER’S JOURNEY
Brandon Kyikavichik, John Tizya Center Interpreter, Vuntut Gwitchin Government
2:00 PM – 2:30 PM KASKA ELDER PERSPECTIVE
SPEAKERS: TBC
2:30 PM – 3:00 PM NUTRITION BREAK
3:00 PM – 3:30 PMWHAT WE HEARD TODAY - COMMUNITY STORYBOARD
4:00 PM CONFERERNCE CLOSES FOR DAY ONE
Thursday, May 31
8:00 TO 9 AM CONFERENCE OPENS FOR DAY 2
WITH MORNING MIX AND MINGLE, (CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST FOR ALL REGISTERED ATENDEES AND CONFERENCE GUESTS)
9:00 AM - 10:00AM KEYNOTE PRESENTATION:
Danika Littlechild, Vice-President, Canadian Commission for UNESCO
10:00 AM – 10:30AMPRESENTATION: CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS & ADAPTATION
What’s Happening, What’s Coming & What’s Possible
10:30 AM – 11:00AMNUTRITION BREAK
11:00AM – 11:30 AM CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS & ADAPTATION
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Impacts of Fracking & Where to Go from Here
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Northern Energy Solutions: What is the Arctic Working On
SPEAKER: Bob Surgenor,
12:00 PM – 1:00 PMLUNCH BREAK
1:00 PM – 2:00 PMENERGY TODAY & TOMORROW – PROGRESS UPDATE -
YUKON FIRST NATION DEVELOPMENT CORPORATIONS
SPEAKERS: TBA
2:00 PM – 2:15PM SOLAR SOLUTIONS - LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HERE & NOW
SPEAKER:TBA
2:15 PM – 3:00PMWIND SOLUTIONS - LOOKING FORWARD TO THE HERE & NOW
JP Pinard
2:30 PM – 3:00 PMNUTRITION BREAK
3:00 PM – 3:30 PMKASKA GUARDIANS PRESENTATION: TBA
3:45 PM – 4:30 PMKASKA YOUTH PERSPECTIVE -
4:30 - 5:00 - WHAT WE HEARD TODAY- COMMUNITY STORYBOARD
Friday, June 1
8:00 AM REGISTRATION OPENS
9 TO 12:00 COMMUNITY BREAKOUT SESSIONS, EVALUATIONS, COMMUNITY PERSPECTIVE
10:30 AM – 11:00AM NUTRITION BREAK
NEXT STEPS - COMMUNITY DISCUSSION
12:30 PM – 1:30 PM LUNCHEON
CLOSING REMARKS