CFARSociety Circle for Aboriginal Relations Speaker Schedule Day 1 May 19th, 2010 7:00am - 9:00am Conference Registration & breakfast - Enoch ballroom & foyer 9:00am - 9:30am Opening Remarks, Prayer - Enoch ballroom 9:30am - 10:30am Keynote Speaker: Land Use Planning in Economic Development – Both On and Off Reserve - Chief Carolyn Buffalo, Montana First Nation - Enoch CD 10:30am - 11:00am Networking Break 11:00am - 12:00pm Interactive Workshop # 1 #1 Land Management - Integrating Watershed and Other Values into the Planning Process - Lisa Fox (Sustainability Resources) & Vivienne Beisel (Beisel Law) - River Cree ballroom 1,2 #2 Treaty Rights and Land Stewardship - Bee Schadeck & Germaine Conacher (Calliou Group) - Enoch AB #3 Building Strong Relations through Effective Community Engagement - Jeff Cook (Beringia Community Planning Inc.) - Enoch EF 12:00pm - 1:00pm Buffet Lunch - Enoch ballroom 1:00pm - 2:00pm Panel Session #1 – Perspectives on Land Use • Dr. Marc Stevenson (Consultant and Treaty 6 appointment to the Lower Athabasca Regional Advisory Council for the Lower Athabasca Region Land Use Plan) • Jason Goodstriker (Former Regional Chief of Alberta for the Assembly of First Nations ) • Melody Lepine (Mikisew Cree First Nation, Government & Industry Relations) • Gerald Cunningham (former President, Métis Settlements General Council) 2:00pm - 3:00pm Interactive Workshop #2 #1 Land Management - Integrating Watershed and Other Values into the Planning Process - Lisa Fox (Sustainability Resources) & Vivienne Beisel (Beisel Law) - River Cree ballroom 1,2 #2 Treaty Rights and Land Stewardship - Bee Schadeck & Germaine Conacher (Calliou Group) - Enoch AB #3 Building Strong Relations through Effective Community Engagement - Jeff Cook (Beringia Community Planning Inc.) - Enoch EF 3:00pm - 3:30pm Networking Break 3:30pm – 4:30pm National and International Best Practices shared on Indigenous Peoples Community Planning and Relations-Aaron Aubin (Dillon Consulting Ltd.) - Enoch CD 6:00pm - 7:00pm Conference Reception (cash bar) - Enoch ballroom foyer 7:00pm Gala Dinner & Evening Entertainment - Jared Sowan - Enoch ballroom continued on reverse CFARSociety Circle for Aboriginal Relations Speaker Schedule Day 2 May 20th, 2010 7:30am - 8:30am Breakfast - Enoch ballroom & foyer 8:30am - 8:45am Opening remarks & prayer- Enoch ballroom 8:45am – 9:45am Land-use Framework and Regional Planning- Dave Bartesko (Land Use Secretariat) - Enoch CD 9:45am - 10:45am Lessons Learned - Richard Davis and Eva Whitehead (Loon River First Nation) - Enoch CD 10:45am - 11:15am Networking Break/Hotel Check out 11:15am – 12:15pm Interactive Workshop #3 #1 Land Management - Integrating Watershed and Other Values into the Planning Process - Lisa Fox (Sustainability Resources) & Vivienne Beisel (Beisel Law) - River Cree ballroom 1,2 #2 Treaty Rights and Land Stewardship - Bee Schadeck & Germaine Conacher (Calliou Group) - Enoch AB #3 Building Strong Relations through Effective Community Engagement - Jeff Cook (Beringia Community Planning Inc.) - Enoch EF 12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch - Enoch ballroom 1:15pm – 2:15pm Case Study Timberline & In-SCHUCK-ch Nation Patience, Planning, Progress, Potholes, and Potential - David Carson (Timberline Natural Resource Group Ltd.) - Enoch CD 2:15pm – 3:15pm Panel Session #2 – Perspectives on Alberta’s Land Use Planning - Enoch CD • Dave Bartesko ( Land Use Secretariat) • Greg Brady (Devon Energy) • David Carson (Timberline Natural Resource Group) • Erin McGregor (Alberta Culture and Community Spirit) 3:15pm Conference Wrap up/Door Prizes CFARSociety Circle for Aboriginal Relations Stewardship: Integrating Cultural Values in Land Use Planning Circle for Aboriginal Relations (CFAR) is pleased to present our 2010 Conference, Stewardship: Integrat- ing Cultural Values in Land Use Planning. Land use planning is a key aspect of living and working within Alberta. Planning provides Alberta with the tools to manage growth and balance the province’s economic needs with environmental and social considerations. Aboriginal community engagement is a key aspect of successful land use planning, within Alberta and beyond. Specifically, how do we integrate cultural values into land use planning? What does “stewardship” mean to Aboriginal communities, Alberta and natural resource developers? CFAR has brought together a host of high profile speakers with direct and relevant experience in land use planning, to explore the integration of cultural values in land use planning. In addition to representation from Alberta First Nations, the Metis Settlements General Council, industry and government, we are excited to provide delegates with a broader inter-provincial and international perspective. In addition, this year’s conference promises to offer the same great networking opportunities, professional development opportunities and a number of interactive workshop sessions. Keynote Speaker - Chief Carolyn Buffalo Chief Carolyn M. Buffalo, B.A, L.L.B was elected as the Chief of Montana Cree Nation in October 2008. In August of 2005, she was elected to the Montana Band Council. Additionally, she owned and operated the Buffalo Law Office, and was called to the Bar of Alberta in 1996. She has been a member of the Law Society of Alberta ever since. Chief Buffalo is the President of the Maskwacis Justice Society, whose mandate is to establish court and support services thereunder in Maskwacis. She has served on the Board of Trustees for the Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools Division since 2007. Additionally, Chief Buffalo was the Education Coordinator for the Confederacy of Treaty Six First Nations, and a proof-reader and editor of law publications for the First Nations Resource Council. From 1986 to 1990, Chief Buffalo participated in the National Youth Parliament of Canada, first as an opposition backbencher and ultimately as Prime Minister. She has made appearances on CBC Radio, and has been interviewed by Maclean’s Magazine. Chief Buffalo is the recipient of an Alberta Centennial Medallion and an Aboriginal Role Model Award. She is currently a member of the Indigenous Bar Association. Chief Buffalo has been married to Richard Jackson of Saddle Lake, Alberta, for 16 years. She is proud mother to Chloe (15), Graham (11), and Noah (8, who has cerebral palsy). She is descendant of Mostosomay, a headman under Chief Kanatakasu, and of Chief Bobtail, who signed the Adhesion to Treaty Six at Blackfoot Crossing in September of 1877, wherein the Maskwacis Cree Bands were added to the Treaty. She is a member of the Montana Indian Band, and is full blooded Nehiyew (Plains Cree) and a practitioner of the Nehiyaw way of life. Chief Buffalo completed two half-marathons in Red Deer, Alberta. Abstract Land use planning is, and always has been important for the Indigenous Peoples. Our lives depended on it, and the bounty it gave. Increasingly, we have had to do a paradigm shift in the way we view land as an asset, now and for the future. Montana Cree Nation has 10 square miles of reserve land (not including Pigeon Lake reserve lands), fee simple land holdings in Alberta, and in Midland, TX, USA. Recently, we have undertaken a major change in how we do business with respect to our landholdings; a major departure from past practice. What does this mean for our future? What impacts will it have with respect to our land, the environment, and our relationships with our neighbours? How does this compare with what our Elders have taught us about our relationship with the land? continued on reverse CFARSociety Circle for Aboriginal Relations Stewardship: Integrating Cultural Values in Land Use Planning Emcee - Hal Eagletail Hal Eagletail is a member of the Tsuu T’ina Nation and owns and operates Eaglestar Enterprises Ltd. Hal is involved with his community, government & industry as an advisor specializing in Northern Plains culture and customs. He is also an event organizer and is renowned as a Master of Ceremonies for Powwows, Rodeos and industry events. Hal has participated in organizing personnel and logistics for major motion pictures filmed in Alberta and has worked with prestigious personalities in the film industry. Hal has helped business and industry since 1990 better understand the cultural and business balance you must achieve when dealing with First Nations. He has helped educate the Calgary City Police Service and Faculty of Law at the University of Calgary. In addition, he has taught the staff from many Oil and Gas companies including Husky, Exxon, Encana, Trident and Pembina. Hal believes that making the right, respectful first impression is paramount to successful joint ventures between industry and First Nations. Hal has been instrumental in facilitating many industry and Aboriginal relationships. Aaron Aubin, ACP, MCIP Aaron Aubin, ACP, MCIP is an Aboriginal Planner and Associate with Dillon Consulting Limited. He is a member of the Da’naxda’xw/Awaetlala First Nation in British Columbia and is active in the Aboriginal community through several volunteer efforts and personal donation of an Aboriginal scholarship assisting Aboriginal youth gain access to post-secondary education. Aaron is also the Chair of the Canadian Institute of Planners (CIP) Indigenous Peoples Planning Committee; that plays an active role in promoting professional planning and capacity building in Indigenous Peoples communities across Canada. In 2008, he was the co-editor for CIP’s first issue of Plan Canada on Indigenous Peoples Planning which was distributed to First Nations and Aboriginal communities across Canada.