AGENDA
Below is the agenda for NOFNEC 2019. Please check back regularly for updates.
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Tuesday, October 8, 2019
| 3:00 - 7:00 pm |
Registration - McKenzie B |
Wednesday, October 9, 2019
| 7:00 - 9:00 am |
Breakfast & Registration - Kaministiquia Room |
| 9:00 - 9:30 am |
Opening Ceremonies
Prayer & Drum
Marlene Pierre, FWFN - Chief Collins, FWFN |
| 9:30 - 10:45 am |
Waste Management
Amethyst Room |
Environmental Sustainability
Kaministiquia Room |
Engaging Opportunities
Point Du Meuron Room |
Composting 101
Sajanna Tarranaum & Janna Van Blyderveen, Roots to Harvest |
Invasive Species of Ontario
Lauren Bell & David Dutkiewicz,
Invasive Species Centre |
An Introduction to the Canadian Environmental Law Association & Advancing Environmental Justice
Kerrie Blaise,
CELA |
| 10:45 am |
Health Break - McGillivray Room |
| 11:00 - 12:15 pm |
Fire at the Landfill
Doug Stuart,
Shibogama First Nations Council |
Resources & Technical Supports for Lands and Environmental Professionals
Jessica Pickett,
OALA & Carly Armstrong, NALMA |
Community-Based Monitoring Methods
Kim Jorgenson, Jennifer Duncan & Erin
Desjardins,
Four Rivers |
| 12:15 - 1:30 pm |
Lunch |
| 1:30 - 2:45 pm |
Field Trip: City of Thunder Bay Waste & Recycling Facility
John Pogue,
City of Thunder Bay (until 3pm) |
Field Trip: Growing sustainable economic and healthy futures with a year-round greenhouse
Andreas Zailo,
ASM Innovations Inc. (until 3:30 pm) |
Steps in Source Water Protection
Stephanie Allen,
OFNTSC |
| 2:45 pm |
Health Break - McGillivray Room |
| 3:00 pm |
Tradeshow & Demonstrations - McGillivray Room & Amethyst Room |
| 6:00 pm |
Dinner - Kaministiquia Room |
Thursday, October 10, 2019
| 7:00 - 9:00 am |
Breakfast |
| 9:00 - 10:15 am |
Waste Management
Amethyst Room |
Environmental Sustainability
Kaministiquia Room |
Engaging Opportunities
Point Du Meuron Room |
Naotkamegwanning First Nation's Waste Diversion Program
Kurtis Medicine,
Naotkamegwanning First Nation |
Field Trip: We can do it, You can too!
Arjen & Henriet DeBruin,
DeBruin's Greenhouse |
Field Trip Mission Island Medicine Walk
Mission Island Marsh Conservation Area
Tony DePerry, Elder, Ryan Mackett, LRCA & Gloria Ranger, TBIFC |
| 10:15 am |
Health Break - McGillivray Room |
| 10:30 - 11:45 am |
Sioux Lookout Innovation Station: Innovations in Sustainability
Vicki Blanchard,
Municipality of Sioux Lookout |
Practical ways of adapting to climate change in northern communties
David Pearson,
Laurentian University |
CONTINUED Field Trip
Mission Island Conservation Area |
| 11:45 - 1:00 pm |
Lunch - Kaministiquia Room |
| 1:00 - 2:15 pm |
Landfills in Northern Ontario
Simon Shankie,
DST Consulting Engineers Inc. |
Defining community capacities in energy planning with demonstrated activities
Roopa Rakshit & David Jeremiah, OFNTSC, Terry Favelle & Gabe LacSeul, Opiikapawiin Services LP Wataynikaneyap & Gail Murray, Hyrdro One Remote Communities |
Indigenous Services Canada Environment Programs and Legislation Updates
Julieta Werner,
Indigenous Services Canada |
| 2:15 pm |
Health Break - McGillivray Room |
| 3:00 pm |
Passport Prizes/Draws - Kaministiquia Room |
| 3:30 pm |
Closing Ceremonies - Kaministiquia Room |
| 5:00 pm |
Dinner - Kaministiquia Room |
Friday, October 11, 2019
