MONDAY, NOVEMBER 18

 

6:00 – 8:00 PM:  Pre-Registration / Vendor Set Up

 

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 19​

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8:00 – 9:00 AM: Doors Open, Registration, and Hot Buffet Breakfast

 

9:00 – 9:30 AM: Welcome to Day One

• Day One MC - Neil Belanger - CEO, IDC/BCANDS

• Language of Love – A Short Film

 

9:30 – 10:00 AM: Key Note Speaker

• Stephen Lytton - Actor, Activist, & Board President, IDC/BCANDS

 

10:00 – 10:30 AM: Networking Break

• Themed Snack Station: Smoothie Bar

 

10:30 – 12:00 PM: Accessibility Standards in Canada

• Haileigh Hay - Senior Accessibility Researcher, BCANDS

• Tsubasa Kozai - First Nations Health Authority

• Stephanie Cadieux - Chief Accessibility Officer, Government of Canada

 

12:00 – 1:00 PM: Buffet Lunch & Networking Break

• Seasonal soups and & salads, an assortment of vegetables, meat, vegetarian pasta, a variety of desserts, and refreshments

 

1:00 – 2:30 PM: Canada Disability Benefit Panel

• Jeff Ferguson - Executive Director, Knowledge Mobilization and Transformation, Inclusion Canada

• Dr. Michael J. Prince - Professor of Social Policy, University of Victoria

 

2:30 – 3:00 PM: Networking Break & Refreshments

• Themed Snack Station – Choc-a-holic (pastry chef’s chocolate specialties)

 

3:00 – 4:30 PM: Expanding our Circle – Family Support Institute BC Panel

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This panel presentation, led by FSIBC’s Indigenous Practice Advisor, Director of Programs, and members of their Indigenous Advisory Circle, will outline FSIBC’s peer-to-peer family support model and their commitments to Truth & Reconciliation and Anti-Racism. It will illustrate how FSIBC is demonstrating these commitments, including weaving their Indigenous Cultural Training Plan into their Cultural Competency Diversity & Inclusion Plan. The panel will share how FSIBC has supported other provinces in considering a similar peer-to-peer provincial family support model, as well as highlight some research partnerships that FSIBC has been involved in. Ultimately, participants will learn how FSIBC has expanded its circle and is building its capacity to better support Indigenous children, youth, adults and families in BC and be a resource nationwide to inspire all those who work alongside them.

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• Patti Mertz - Director of Programs, FSI BC

• Laranna Scott - Indigenous Practice Advisor, FSI BC

• Diana Elliott - IAC Elder & Co-Chair

• Sheila Greive - IAC member

 

4:30 – 5:00 PM: Closing Comments for Day One

 

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 20

 

8:00 – 9:00 AM: Doors Open, Registration, and Hot Buffet Breakfast

 

9:00 – 9:30 AM: Welcome to Day Two

• Day Two MC - Raylene McCreath, Jordans Principle Coordinator, BCANDS

• Traditional Welcoming

 

9:30 – 10:00 AM: Key Note Speaker

• Ross Chilton - Chief Executive Officer, Community Living BC (CLBC)

• Shane Simpson - CLBC Board Chair

 

10:00 – 10:30 AM: Networking Break

• Themed Snack Station: Donut Bar

 

10:30– 12:00 PM: The Implications of MAiD on Indigenous Peoples with Disabilities in Canada

• Krista Carr - Executive Vice-President, Inclusion Canada

• Sue Stirling-Bur - UBCO

• Dr. Rheanna E. Robinson - Associate Professor, Department of First Nations Studies, University of Northern British Columbia

 

12:00 – 1:00 PM: Buffet Lunch & Networking Break

• Seasonal soups and & salads, Asian fusion cuisine, an assortment of desserts, and refreshments

 

1:00 – 2:30 PM: Community Living BC Panel

• Indigenous Advisory Team

 

2:30 – 3:00 PM: Networking Break & Refreshments

• Themed Snack Station – Candy Bar

 

3:00 – 4:30 PM: Rooting Resilience - Examining Best Practices for Indigenous Women and Gender-Diverse People with Disabilities through Peer Support

 

Evelyn Huntjens, Director of Indigenous Initiatives at DAWN Canada, will lead this panel discussion with these three incredible Indigenous women leaders. Building on the success of Rooting Resilience, a GBV initiative DAWN Canada and its partners are just wrapping up, this panel will expand on the concept of peer support on a continuum as a proven response to the isolation that so often leaves Indigenous women with disabilities outside services, supports and opportunities to thrive.

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• Lyla Harman - First Nations Healer, Cedar Wellness

• Martha Billie

• Sandra Pronteau

• Evelyn Huntjens - Director of Indigenous Initiatives, DAWN Canada/IDC

 

4:30 – 5:00 PM: Closing Comments for Day Two

 

6:00 – 9:00 PM: Gathering Reception

• Evening MC: Julia McEathron - National Coordinator, IDC/BCANDS

• Traditional Performance: Ribbon Skirt Dancers 

• Mix and mingle, recognition of sponsors and vendors, buffet and refreshments

• Presentation of the Indigenous Disability Canada Partnership Award

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THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21

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8:00 – 9:00 AM: Doors Open, Registration, and Hot Buffet Breakfast

 

9:00 – 9:30 AM: Welcome to Day Three

• Day Three MC: Paisley Peltier - Senior Case Manager, BCANDS

• Traditional Welcoming

 

9:30 – 10:00 AM: Key Note Speakers

• Maureen Haan - CEO, CCRW

• Yat Li - Associate Director, Accessible Employers

• Alissa - Owner, West Coast Wild Flowers

 

10:00 – 10:30 AM: Networking Break

• Themed Snack Station: Parfait Bar

 

10:30 – 12:00 PM: Vancouver Coastal Health Deaf Well-Being Program Panel

• Alison Nutt -  VCH

• Seraphine Acosta-Charleson -  VCH

 

12:00 – 1:00 PM: Buffet Lunch & Networking Break

• Seasonal soups and & salads, an assortment of vegetables, fish, pork, rice, casserole, an assortment of desserts, and refreshments

 

1:00 – 2:30 PM: Fireside Chat w/ Panel

• Coming Soon!

 

2:30 – 3:00 PM: Networking Break & Refreshments

• Themed Snack Station – Trail Bar Mix

 

3:00 – 4:30 PM: From Barriers to Belonging: Indigenous Peoples, Disability, and the Power of Stories

 

​Indigenous experiences and perspectives regarding disability hold significant value and are important to share.  This session features panellists who will draw on their lived experiences to explore the unique barriers and systemic tensions Indigenous peoples living with disability face. Given Canada’s commitment to “Indigenize,” “decolonize,” and “reconcile” its relationship with Indigenous peoples while simultaneously upholding principles of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Accessibility, it is imperative the voices of those with lived experience be heard. This panel offers a compelling opportunity to listen, learn, and share about the Indigenous disability experience in British Columbia and beyond.

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• Richard Peter - Indigenous Peoples' Liaison, Praxis Spinal Cord Institute

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4:30 – 5:00 PM: Closing Comments for Day Three

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Gathering Completion