Start
07:30
End
08:00
Ceremony
Journey on Indigenous Consultation
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Day 1
Tuesday, March 31, 2026
River Cree Resort · Enoch Cree Nation
Start
08:00
End
09:00
Meal
Breakfast
Start
09:15
Ceremony
Grand Entry & Honour Song
Dallas Waskahat
Start
09:20
Ceremony
Opening Prayer
Mel Abraham, Frog Lake First Nation
Start
09:30
Session
Opening Remarks & Introduction
Stan Houle, 3 Chiefs Legacy Consulting Grand Chief Treaty 6 Joey Pete Grand Chief Alex McDougall Beatrice Floch, Spirit Staffing
Start
10:00
Keynote
Keynote Speakers
Chief Willie Moore - Assembly of First Nations Regional Chief - Manitoba; Alberta Indigenous Relations Minister - Rajan Sawhney
Start
10:30
Break
Morning Break
Start
10:45
Panel
Chiefs' Panel
Chief Greg Desjarlais-Frog Lake First Nations; Proxy Chief Enoch Cree Nation, Kyle Peacock Chief Calvin Bruneau-Papaschase First Nation; Chief Herb Jackson - Whitefish Lake First Nation Roy Auger, MSGC Consultation & Harvesting Director
Start
11:45
End
12:00
Session
Threats to Treaty Rights
Chief Gary Lameman - Beaver Lake Cree Nation & Stan Houle - 3 Chiefs Legacy Consulting
Chief Gary Lameman · Beaver Lake Cree Nation
Start
12:00
Meal
Lunch
Federal Update - Billy Morin (Member of Parliament)
Billy Morin · House of Commons
Start
12:30
Meal
Western Indigenous Pipeline Group WIPG - Joe Dion - Update on TMX Pipeline
Matt Bryan - Schlumberger
Start
13:00
Workshop
Begin the Journey on Indigenous Consultation
Step 1- Consultation Starting Points Themes: Capacity Needs. - Where does your journey begin? -What are your Nations' priorities? Socio-economic improvement: -Protecting treaty rights? -Protecting the environment ? -Economic development? Winona Lafreniere, Carol Wildcat (1:00 to 1:30; Question Period to 1:40)
Start
13:40
Break
Break
10 minute Break
Start
13:50
Workshop
Step 2 · Navigating the Regulatory System, Data Collection & Management
What is the duty to consult? How to demonstrate impacts to rights? How to navigate project assessment, regulatory requirements, hearings etc Dermot O'Connor, Owen Quinney & Pazorora Gwitimah (1:50 to 2:20; Question period to 2:30)
Start
14:30
Break
Break
10 minute break.
Start
14:40
Workshop
Step 3 · Negotiating with Proponents
Meet with the project proponents, explain protocol, identify information needs, studies, capacity needs, Ira Provost, Winona Lafreniere (2:40 to 3:10; Question Period to 3:20)
Start
15:20
Break
Break
10 minute break
Start
15:30
Workshop
Step 4 · The Journey Comes to a Fork in the Road.
1. Impact Benefit Agreement or 2. Prepare for a public hearing Stan Houle & Dermot O’Connor (3:30 to 4:00; Question period to 4:10)
Start
16:10
Break
Break
10 minute Break
Start
16:20
Workshop
Step 5 : Consolidating Capacity For The Next Project
Build Knowledge Database, develop skills for monitoring, field data collection, field verification, socio-economic data collection, business development, education, training & skills. Trevor Wiens, Carol Wildcat 4:20 to 4:40; question period to 4:50)
Start
16:50
Session
Day 1 - Closing Remarks
NDP Update - Jodi Calahoo Stonehouse MLA for Edmonton-Rutherford, Shadow Minister for Forestry & Parks
Start
17:15
End
18:00
Networking
Entertainment
Performance by Fawn Wood & Dallas Waskahat
Fawn Wood
Start
18:00
Session
End of Day 1 of the Journey on Indigenous Consultation
Day 2
Wednesday, April 1, 2026
River Cree Resort · Enoch Cree Nation
Start
08:00
End
09:00
Networking
Breakfast
Start
09:00
Session
Opening Prayer
Start
09:05
Session
Opening Remarks - Day 2
Stan Houle - 3 Chiefs Legacy Consulting
Start
09:10
Panel
Generating Economic Development Opportunities from Indigenous Leaders in Western Canada
Chief Rodger Redman - Standing Buffalo Dakota Nation; Chief Tony Alexis - Alexis Nakota Sioux Nation; Chief Kelsey Jacko - Cold Lake First Nation; Chief Ralph Cattleman - Montana First Nation
Start
10:00
Networking
Break
Start
10:15
Workshop
Generating Economic Development Opportunities for Host Nations
Experience Panel: Clifton Cross, Kyle Peacock, Robert Morin and Byron Bailey -Papaschase First Nation
Start
11:15
Workshop
Onion Lake Energy Inc. - Philip Chief & Mike Sutherland - Peguis Special Projects Manitoba
Start
12:00
Session
Lunch - JOIC Conference Trade Show Booth Addresses (5 minutes each)
Start
12:30
Networking
Sky Lounge
Travis Meguinis - Red Nation Oil & Gas
Start
13:00
Session
Manitoba Chiefs on Economic Development & Consultation Process
Dr. Stan Bird - Chief of Peguis First Nation; Grand Chief Alex McDougall, Anisininew Okimawin (AO) Broadband Communications North CEO - Ken Sanderson; Chief Dennis Pashe - Dakota Tipi First Nation
Start
13:45
Session
Economic Development, Barriers in Consultation
Chief Desmond Bull, Louis Bull Tribe; Chief Troy Knowlton, Piikani Nation; Former Chief Randy Ermineskin, Ermineskin Cree Nation & Yellowhead Tribal College
Start
14:30
Session
Break
Start
14:45
Session
AI Data Centres & Northern Corridor - Ken Thomas, CEO of Pisim
Start
15:15
Session
Alberta Counsel - CNRL Update - Lance Marchand
Start
16:00
Session
First Nations Major Projects Coalition - Steven Saddleback
Start
16:30
Break