2023 BCIA Provincial Conference, Events & AGM, Schedule

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

CHIEF DR. ROBERT JOSEPH, OC, OBC

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6 - 9 PM Opening Reception Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel Indigenous Peoples Cultural Awareness Training, Level 1 Pritchard Room, Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel 9 AM - 4 PM 5 - 8 PM 9 AM - 4 PM Ethics for Professionals Workshop Delegate Registration Savona Room, Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel Front Lobby, Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel

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Delegate Registration

Front Lobby, Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel

7 - 8:30 AM Hotel Breakfast

Scotch Creek Room, Buffet, Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel

Conference Opening Ceremony

Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria Street

9:30 - 10:30 AM

Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, OC, OBC of Reconciliation Canada, Keynote Speaker

Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria Street

10:30 - 11:30 AM

Qwelmínte Secwépemc Youth Panel

Organized by Tamara Archie, Communications, Community Engagement, Education & Outreach (CCEEO)

Manager & Kate Wale, Intern Program Assistant, Qwelmínte Secwépemc

Paramount Theatre, 503 Victoria Street

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12:30 - 1:15 PM

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Delegate Lunch

Scotch Creek Room, Buffet, Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel

1:30 - 2:45 PM Indigenous Awareness and the Professional Governance Act

Kate Haines, Superintendent of Professional Governance, Office of the Superintendent of Professional Governance

1:30 - 2:45 PM

Waste Reduction Presentation

Marcia Dick, Solid Waste Reduction Coordinator, City of Kamloops

1:30 - 2:45 PM

Working with First Nations to Protect Water within the Nicola River Watershed

Patrick Farmer, RPF, P.Ag

2:45 - 3:15 PM

Coffee Break

Space is limited, all sessions are subject to capacity

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3:15 - 4:30 PM

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K'wese'ltken | Community Economic Development + Indigenous Food Sovereignty

Community Futures Development Corporation of Central Interior First Nations Presentation by Bonnie Klohn, Food Policy Lead, Kamloops Food Policy Council

3:15 - 4:30 PM

Consultation in BC: A brief history of why consultation and engagement are required and what is expected.

Sonya Campbell, P.Ag

3:15 - 4:30 PM

Archaeology in BC

Erin Davison, MA, RPCA, and Shane Bond, RPCA

6 - 10 PM

Evening Event

Dinner is scheduled for 7 PM at Mason's Kitchen & Bar The Cowboy Dinner Show with Rob Dinwoodie and his band Open Range will musically entertain guests.

Bus shuttles from the hotel to the restaurant and back will be available.

Departures from the hotel are at 5:30 PM & 6 PM The bus departs from Mason's Kitchen & Bar to the hotel at 8:30 PM & 10 PM.

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AGM Delegate Registration 7 AM Sandman Center Delegate Breakfast 7 - 8:30 AM (A breakfast sticker will be on the back of the conference pass) Sandman Center AGM Opening Remarks & Indigenous Peoples Land Acknowledgment 9 AM Freda Jules, Elder/Pipe Carrier, on behalf of the Tkemlúps te Secwépemc Nation at the Sandman Center BCIA AGM 9:15 - 11 AM Sandman Center City of Kamloops Field Tour 12:15 PM Departure from Sandman Center Grasslands Restoration Tour Departure from Sandman Center 12:15 PM New Afton Mine Tour Departure from Sandman Center 12:15 PM 2023 BCIA PROVINCIAL CONFERENCE, EVENTS & AGM

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2023 BCIA Provincial Conference, Events & AGM, Schedule

Published on Apr 13, 2023

BC Institute of Agrologists

BCIA is thrilled to invite Registrants to the 2023 BCIA Provincial Conference featuring Keynote Speaker Chief Dr. Robert Joseph, OC, OBC, of Reconciliation Canada! Join us in Kamloops at the Sandman Signature Kamloops Hotel, the Paramount Theatre, and Sandman Center Kamloops for an exciting in-person event that you won't want to miss! Chief Robert Joseph, Order of British Columbia, Order of Canada. is a peace-builder who has devoted his life to promoting reconciliation among Canada's Indigenous and non-Indigenous Peoples. A hereditary chief of the Gwawaenuk First Nation, he is a survivor of the residential school system and helped found Reconciliation Canada, for which he is now an ambassador. He sits on the National Assembly of First Nations Elders Council and chairs the Native American Leadership Alliance for Peace and Reconciliation.