March 24, 2022
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2021 Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase
May 28, 2021 @ 7:30 am - 3:00 pm
The 2021 Indigenous Partnership Success Showcase will bring together Indigenous enterprises, businesses and investors, professionals, and multiple levels of government for a virtual conference to discuss resource and economic reconciliation on May 28 and June 4, 2021.
Building on last year’s inaugural Finding the Path to Shared Prosperity conference and ongoing nation-wide dialogue on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, panels and speakers will delve into important issues of economic Reconciliation and shared prosperity through partnerships, and extract learnings from real-world collaborations.
The event will feature keynote addresses from:
The Honourable Seamus O’Regan, Canada’s Minister of Natural Resources and MP for St. John’s South-Mount Pearl;
The Honourable Murray Sinclair, Chief Commissioner of the Truth & Reconciliation Commission, retired Canadian Senator and next Chancellor of Queen’s University; and,
The Honourable Stephen Point, Chancellor of the University of British Columbia; BC judge; former BC lieutenant-governor; former Chief of the Skowkale First Nation, Tribal Chair of the Stó:lō Nation, and Grand Chief of Stó:lō Tribal Council.
And dialogue with leading voices on industry and Reconciliation, including:
Emcee Dan George, President & CEO of Four Directions Management Services and member of the Wet’suwet’en nation;
John Stackhouse, Senior Vice-President, Office of the CEO, RBC Royal Bank;
Mark Podlasly, Director of Policy, First Nations Major Projects Coaliation;
Tabatha Bull, President, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business; and,
Deborah Yedlin, Chancellor of the University of Calgary.
The event is made possible thanks to the leadership of patron sponsor Global Container Terminals, platinum sponsor RBC Royal Bank, gold sponsor Enbridge, keynote sponsors Coastal GasLink, Teck Resources and TELUS, and other valued supporters.
Registration is open to all.