Northern Governance Policy Research Conference
November 3–5, 2009
Explorer Hotel, Yellowknife, NT
Download Final Programme Here.
All events in Katimavik A unless otherwise noted.
Conference Facilitator: Bob Overvold
November 2
| 9:00 AM |
Travel Day |
| 5:00 PM – 6:00 PM |
Conference Registration & Social @ Explorer Hotel
- Register in Foyer and then meet up at the hotel lounge!
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| 7:00 PM – 10:00 PM |
Northern Movie Night
Hosted by Yellowknife filmmaker F. Benoit:
- One River, Two Shores
F. Benoit
- Tingmiak: Inuvik Student Film Project
S. Robinson, R. Nakimayak, S. Steen, and Kendra
- Through These Eyes
C. Laird
(Refreshments will be served) |
November 3
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast
|
| 8:00 AM |
Registration @ Foyer |
| 9:00 AM |
Welcome Address
- B. Overvold, Conference Facilitator
- Sahtu Elder – Prayer (TBC)
- S. Irlbacher-Fox, Conference Chair
- Chief Ted Tsetta, Yellowknives Dene (Weledeh)
- Dettah Drummers
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| 9:30 AM |
Pre-Conference Paper Presentation
- Lead: S. Fox and V. Gibson
- Small group discussions
|
| 10:30 AM |
Break |
| 10:50 AM |
Research for New Governing Arrangements (Concurrent)
Discussant: Kiera Ladner, University of Winnipeg
- Inuvialuit Self Government
V. Teddy, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation, Tuktoyaktuk (slides)
- Délįnę Self Government
D. Gaudet, Délįnę Land Corporation and Délįnę First Nation
- Nunavik (Northern Quebec) Public Governance Project
J-F. Arteau & D. Savoie, Makivik Corporation (slides)
- Service Delivery in Post-Self Government Environment
G. Sparling, GNWT (slides)
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| 10:50 AM |
Sahtu Elders Knowledge Workshop (Concurrent) @ Janvier Room
Convenor: N. Yakelaya, Sahtu and Joe Handley (closed until further notice)
- Leon Modeste (Délįnę)
- Alfred Taniton (Délįnę)
- JB Gully (Colville Lake)
- Margaret McDonald (Norman Wells)
- Thomas Manuel (Fort Good Hope)
- Julie Lennie (Tulita)
- Morris Mendo (Tulita)
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| 12:15 PM |
Lunch
- Speaker: Honourable Floyd Roland, Premier of the NWT
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| 1:00 PM |
Research and Wellness
Discussant: Cynthia Chambers, University of Lethbridge
- Language for Wellness
F. Tatti, Yellowknife/Délįnę
- H-Pylori Research and the Aklavik Health Committee
B. Archie, Aklavik (slides)
- Youth Driven Participatory Research in Aklavik, NT
D. Kurszewski, ICHR-Inuvik (slides)
- Healing Wind and CART: Community Action Research Team
C. Zoe-Martin and the CART Team (Anita Daniels, Jennifer Naedzo, Leone Lafferty and Cody Mantla) (slides)
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| 2:30 PM |
Break |
| 2:45 PM |
Round Table Discussion: Issues in Community Based Research @ Kat A
Facilitator: Bob Overlord
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| 3:30 PM |
Research, Story and Knowledge Development (Concurrent) @ Kat B
- Trondek Hwech’in Danoja Zho Cultural Resource Centre: A Canadian First Nation Statement of Cultural Presence
D. Neufeld and G. McLeod, Trondek Hwech’in, Yukon (slides)
- Whose Story and How Will it be Told?
H. Balanoff and C. Chambers, NWT Literacy Council and University of Lethbridge
- Take it from the top: Northern Research for Northerners, and Southerners, Too
S. Robinson, R. Nakimayak, K. Tingmiak, S. Steen, Inuvik
- Securing Our Place in Northern Society: Women, Global Industry, and the Power of Stories
L. Little, Yellowknife (slides)
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| 4:30 PM |
Administrative Announcements |
| 6:00 PM |
Conference Banquet
(Business Attire/National Dress) @ Explorer Hotel
- Keynote: John B. Zoe, LLD
- Location: Explorer Hotel
|
November 4
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM |
Administrative Announcements
|
| 9:00 AM |
Roundtable Discussions
Facilitators: S. Ward and J. Christensen-Kereliuk
- Prioritizing Conference Recommendations
- Small Group discussion
|
| 9:45 AM |
Emerging Northern Scholars
Discussant: Glen Coulthard, University of British Columbia
- Inuit Governance
Jackie Price (Inuit/Iqaluit), Cambridge University
- Listening to Our Youth Listening to Our Elders: Can Participatory Video Research Create Space for Youth Participation in a Sustainable Future?
Erin Freeland Ballantyne (YK), Oxford University
- No Justice on Stolen Land: Innu Resistance to Extinguishment of their Land Rights
Elizabeth Cassell, Essex University (slides)
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| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Sahtu Elders Knowledge Workshop (Concurrent) @ Janvier Room
Convenor: N. Yakelaya, Sahtu and Joe Handley (closed until notice given)
- Leon Modeste (Délįnę)
- Alfred Taniton (Délįnę)
- JB Gully (Colville Lake)
- Margaret McDonald (Norman Wells)
- Thomas Manuel (Fort Good Hope)
- Julie Lennie (Tulita)
- Morris Mendo (Tulita)
|
| 10:45 AM |
Break |
| 11:00 AM |
Research for Implementing New Governance Arrangements
Discussant: G. Slowey, York University
- Research Needs in an Indigenous Government
J.B. Zoe, Tłįchǫ Government
- The Dehcho Process and Métis
A. Lafferty, Dehcho First Nations, Ft. Providence
- Yukon Self Government Arrangements
G. Gardiner, Carcross-Tagish First Nation, YT (slides)
- Implementing a Land Claim Through Heritage and Cultural Research
I. Kritsch and A. Andre, Gwich’in Social and Cultural Institute (slides)
|
| 12:15 PM |
Lunch
- Decolonizing Indigenous Education and Research
Speaker: Dr. Larry Emerson (Dine), Arizona, USA (slides)
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| 1:15 PM |
Challenges and Success: Research in Northern and Indigenous Communities for University Faculty
Discussant: John B. Zoe, Tłįchǫ Government
- G. White, Professor of Political Science, University of Toronto
- C. Samson, Director of Human Rights Program, Essex University, England
- K. Ladner, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Governance, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg
- G. Coulthard, Assistant Professor of First Nations Studies, University of British Columbia
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| 2:30 PM |
Break |
| 2:45 PM |
Translating Research Into Decision Options: Theory and Reality
Discussant: J. Christensen-Kereliuk, McGill University
- Conditions to ensure the policy relevance of research
D. Brock, GNWT
- Climate change, sustainability, and urbanization in Nunavut: Lessons for policy makers
J. Sabin, University of Toronto
- We Need Good Energy: Working together to use our resources in a good way
M. Heron and L. Ruttan, Fort Smith (slides)
- Speaking plainly about research, governance and policy for sustainable living
D. Malcolm, Yellowknife
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| 3:45 PM |
Environmental and Economic Research
Discussant: Graham White, University of Toronto
- Community Based Policy and Guidelines: Research for Monitoring Wildlife and Habitat
A. Legat, Wek’èezhìi Renewable Resource Board
- Tłįchǫ Values and Policy
V. Gibson, TCSA
- Resource Management and Social Change in Délįnę
K. Caine and W. Bayha, Délįnę Land Corporation (slides)
- What Tuullik has to tell us: Tracking the Yellow-billed Loon from the North American Arctic to its winterlands, and monitoring the poisons it finds at both latitudes
J. Fair, Alaska (slides)
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| 4:45 PM |
Administrative Announcements |
November 5
| 8:00 AM |
Breakfast |
| 8:30 AM |
Overview
Facilitators: S. Ward and J. Christensen-Kereliuk
- Conference Recommendations
|
| 9:00 AM |
Oil and Gas Development (Concurrent) @ Kat B
Convenor: G. Slowey (York University)
Sponsor: SSHRC/IPY GAPS Project
- The IPY GAPS Project
G. Slowey, York University, and J. Simpson, Whatì (slides)
- Homelessness and Governance
J. Christensen-Kereliuk, McGill University (slides)
- Health Care and Addictions in the Beaufort Delta
A. Kronstal, University of Victoria (slides)
- Lessons from the Oil Sands CEMA Roundtable Process
A. Martin, Fort McMurray
|
| 9:00 AM |
Mining Policy for Indigenous Governments (Concurrent) @ Salon B (max. 24 participants)
Convenor: V. Gibson, University of British Columbia
- Larry Innes, Executive Director, Canadian Boreal Initiative (slides)
- Stephen Ellis, Lands and Environment, Łutsel K’e Dene First Nation
- Danny Gaudet, Délįnę Land Corporation
- Anne Marie Sam, Nak’azdli Band Council
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| 9:00 AM |
Working-Level Intergovernmental Relations (Concurrent) @ Kat C
Convenor: J. Lawrance, INAC
- B. Simpson, Intergovernmental Relations, Inuvialuit Regional Corporation
- B. Rabesca-Zoe, Implementation, Tłįchǫ Government
- T. Williams, Human Resources, GNWT
- K. Thompson, NWT Treaty Implementation, INAC, Ottawa
- Other Participants TBC
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| 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM |
Sahtu Elders Knowledge Workshop (Concurrent) @ Cumberland (max. 12 participants)
Convenor: N. Yakelaya, Sahtu and Joe Handley
- Leon Modeste (Délįnę)
- Alfred Taniton (Délįnę)
- JB Gully (Colville Lake)
- Margaret McDonald (Norman Wells)
- Thomas Manuel (Fort Good Hope)
- Julie Lennie (Tulita)
- Morris Mendo (Tulita)
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| 9:00 AM |
Learning About Changes: Stories, Governance and the Délįnę Knowledge Project (Concurrent) @ Northern Frontier Visitors Centre (Across from Explorer) (max. 20 participants)
Convenor: D. Simmons, University of Manitoba
Sponsor: SSHRC/Délįnę Knowledge Project
- Edith Mackienzo (Sahtu)
- Walter Bayha (Sahtu)
- Ruthann Gal (Fort Smith)
- Ken Caine (Edmonton)
- Jane Modeste (Sahtu)
- Dawn Ostrem (Yellowknife)
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| 12:00 PM |
Lunch @ Kat B & C
Speakers:
- Professor Peter Russell, University of Toronto
- James Wah-Shee
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| 1:00 PM |
Drafting Effective Policy Instruments: a GNWT Perspective (Concurrent) @ Salon B (max. 24 participants)
Convenor: A. Cash
- Alan Cash, GNWT (slides)
- Graham White, University of Toronto (slides)
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| 1:00 PM |
Research Agenda – Building Best Practices in a Regulatory Environment (Concurrent) @ Kat B
Convenor: B. Simpson (IRC)
- Vern Christensen, Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board (slides)
- Bob Simpson, Gwich’in Land Use Planning Board (slides)
- Kathleen Racher, Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board (slides)
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| 1:00 PM |
Research the Indigenous Way (Concurrent) @ Kat C
Convenor: W. Bayha (Sahtu)
- Jane Modeste (Sahtu)
- Debra McGregor (Anishnaabe)
- Barney Masazumi (Inuvialuit)
- Florence Catholique (Akaitcho)
- Madelaine Chocolate (Tłįchǫ)
- Alice Martin (Mikisew Cree)
- Alistine Andre (Gwich’in)
- Bea Lepine (South Slave)
- Robert Charlie (Gwich’in)
- Jonas Antoine (Dehcho)
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| 1:00 PM |
Northern Youth Researchers – Strategies and Inspiration (Concurrent) @ Cumberland (max. 12 participants)
Convenor: J. Dunn, University of Ottawa |
| 1:00 PM |
Lessons from the Past: Community Governance and Abandoned Mines (Concurrent)@ Northern Frontier Visitors Centre (Across from Explorer) (max. 20 participants)
Convenor: J. Laite
- Edith Mackienzo (Sahtu)
- Orlena Modeste (Sahtu)
- Danny Gaudet (Sahtu)
- Deborah Simmons (Yellowknife)
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| 3:30 PM |
Conference Closing / Administrative Announcements |