| Tuesday
February 13, 2007 |
| 2:00-7:00
PM |
Early
On-Site Registration |
Wednesday
February 14, 2007
Aboriginal Languages Symposium |
| 7:30-8:45
AM |
Registration
and Refreshments |
| 9:00-9:45 |
Opening:
TBA
Welcome:
Chief Leah George-Wilson, Tsleil Waututh First Nation
|
| 9:45-10:30 |
Key
Note Speaker: Ron Ignace, Aboriginal Languages Task Force
|
| 10:30-10:45 |
~Break~ |
| 10:45-12:15 PM |
Workshop
# 1: (4 Workshops will be offered simultaneously) |
| 12:15-1:15 |
~Host
Lunch~ |
| 1:15-2:15 |
Larry
Whiteduck, Director of Languages, Assembly of First Nations
Chief Bill Cranmer, Chair AFN Chiefs’ Committee
on Aboriginal Languages |
| 2:15-2:30 |
~Break~ |
| 2:30-4:00 |
Workshop
# 2 (4 Workshops will be offered simultaneously) |
| 4:00-4:30 |
Closing
Comments |
Thursday
February 15, 2007
Administrators' Symposium |
| 7:30-8:30
AM |
Registration
and Refreshments |
| 8:30-9:00 |
Welcome
by Greg Louie, President First Nations Schools Association
Chief Shawn Atleo, BC Vice Chief, AFN (invited)
Hon. Michael De Jong, Minister of Aboriginal Relations
& Reconciliation |
| 9:00-9:30 |
Guest
Speaker: Honourable Jim Prentice - A Response to the Auditor
General’s Report (invited) |
| 9:30-10:00 |
Question
Period |
| 10:00-10:15 |
~Break~ |
| 10:30-10:45 |
Guest
Speaker: Grand Chief Phil Fontaine - Following Through
With Our Commitment to Education (invited) |
| 10:45-11:00 |
Question
Period |
| 11:00-12:00 |
An
Update on the Band Operated Funding Formula by Juliet
Balfour & Joel Schick, Indian & Northern Affairs
Canada |
| 12:00-12:30
PM |
Question
Period |
| 12:30-1:30 |
~
Host Lunch ~ |
| 1:30-2:30 |
An
Update on the Post-Secondary Program - Richard Budgell,
INAC |
| 2:30-2:45 |
~Break~ |
| 2:45-3:45 |
Panel
on Special Education |
| 3:45-4:15 |
Question
Period |
| 4:15
|
Symposium
Ends |
| 5:00
|
Bus
Leaves Hotel For Squamish Recreation Centre |
5:30-9:00
|
TRADITIONAL
FEAST AND ENTERTAINMENT
Squamish Nation Recreation Centre |
5:45 PM Opening
6:00-7:00 Dinner by:
Liliget Feast House & Catering
7:00-8:45 Cultural Performances |
| 9:00 |
Bus
Leaves Squamish Nation Recreation Centre for Hotel |
Friday
February 16, 2007
Administrators' Symposium |
| 7:45-8:45 AM |
Refreshments |
| 8:45-9:00 |
Opening
by TBA |
| 9:00-10:00 |
Our
Vision of Aboriginal Education-Provincial Ministers
of Education (invited):
Honourable Shirley Bond, Minister of Education-BC
Honourable Gene Zwozdesky, Minister of Education-Alberta
Honourable Deb Higgins, Minister of Learning-Saskatchewan
Honourable Peter Bjornson, Minister of Education,
Citizenship and Youth - Manitoba |
| 10:00-10:30 |
Question
Period |
| 10:30-10:45 |
~
Break ~ |
| 10:45-11:45 |
Best
Practices in First Nations Education in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba |
| 11:45-12:15 |
Question
Period |
| 12:15-1:15 PM |
~
Host Lunch ~ |
| 1:15-2:15 |
Best
Practices in Aboriginal Education in BC, Alberta, Saskatchewan
and Manitoba |
| 2:15-2:45 |
Question
Period |
| 2:45-3:00 |
~
Break ~ |
| 3:00-3:30 |
Closing
Comments and Bid for Next Year’s Symposium |
| 3:30
|
Symposium
Ends |
| Please
Note: Due to circumstances beyond our control,
the symposium program may change; however, we will do
our best to provide equivalent speakers and/or workshops.
First Nations Training & Consulting Services reserves
the right to change the program without further notice
and assumes no responsibility for such changes. However,
please refer to our web site for regular updates on the
program: www.firstpeoplescanada.com |
