The Leadership Forums at Tsleil-Waututh
Tsleil-Waututh Leadership Forum on Service Agreements:
Wednesday, October 5 (9.30 am) to Thursday, October 6, 2011
(4 pm).
This is a by-invitation-only event for leaders representing a First Nation. If this does not apply to you but you would like to attend, please contact Raven Events at 1-604-483-3532.
Please join us
- To receive information about the approach of First Nations and municipal governments to service agreements;
- To share information with other First Nations;
- To develop a position paper supported by all attending First Nations; and
- To communicate to all levels of governments that First Nations are collaborating and developing negotiation positions based on their similar interests.
This Leadership Forum at Tsleil-Waututh will bring Aboriginal leaders together who need to expand their government’s participation and influence in the regional management of infrastructure and services.
In order to handle fiscal and civic responsibilities in the context of growing communities and economies as well as decreasing funding for social and educational programming, First Nation governments must negotiate service agreements with municipalities that meet their new and changing needs.
Who Should Attend:
Aboriginal governments that are now, or will be in the future, negotiating a service agreement with a municipality will benefit from this Forum by taking away increased knowledge, new tools and the support of a peer group able to jointly increase public awareness and influence to get effectual service agreements done.
Why We Are Hosting This Session:
Sharing services and infrastructure with other third-level governments can be a challenge. First Nations are by and large dwarfed by their neighbouring communities, especially in urban settings. In addition, old thinking in terms of responsibilities for regional asset management, information deficits about taxation on Indian Reserves, overlapping or unclear jurisdictions and grandfathered and no longer useful contractual arrangements all are formidable barriers when negotiating progressive service agreements that support First Nations’ community and economic development goals.
In order to update approaches and inform municipal governments about priorities as well as fiscal realities, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation invites Aboriginal leadership from across the province to a two-day think tank in North Vancouver.
The Agenda:
On the first day a number of presentations will inform about municipal, provincial and federal approaches to service agreements between First Nations and other municipal governments. On the second day delegates representing First Nation governments will discuss the issues in depth and develop a position paper that outlines common challenges and strategic approaches to negotiate effectively with municipal governments.
Click here to download the draft agenda. Registered delegates will receive a detailed agenda.
Facilitator and Presenters:
Facilitation by Dr. Tim Raybould.
Tim Raybould was educated at the University of Cambridge, receiving his Ph.D. in 1993. He is president of the KaLoNa group and for over twenty years has provided professional advice to First Nations and their organizations in Canada. Tim was Chief Negotiator at Westbank First Nation for self-government negotiations and is currently their Treaty Negotiator. He is senior policy advisor to the First Nations Finance Authority and was part of the Tsawwassen First Nation’s treaty implementation team. Other clients have included the First Nations Tax Commission, the First Nations Land Management Board and the National Centre for First Nations Governance. Tim is also a faculty member for the Banff Centre’s Aboriginal Leadership and Management program; establishing institutions of good governance.
Presentations By:
Panel Discussions with:
- Agnes Rosicki, Managing Director and Ralph Drew, Chair, Lower Mainland Treaty Advisory Committee
- Murry Krause, Chair, First Nations Relations, UBCM
- Harold Calla, Chair, First Nations Financial Management Board
- Regional Chief Jody Wilson‐Raybould, BC Assembly of First Nations
- Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, Union of BC Indian Chiefs
Registration and Accommodations:
We charge a nominal fee of $ 160.00 per participant to help us offset some of the event’s costs.
You can book hotel accommodations at the Holiday Inn North Vancouver, a five-minute drive from our Community Centre, at 1-877-985-3111.
Register here!
Location and Contact:
Tsleil-Waututh Community Centre
3010 Sleil Waututh Road
North Vancouver, BC
For information call Raven Events: 1-604-483-3532 or email megan@ravenevents.ca
About the Leadership Forums at Tsleil-Waututh:
The Leadership Forums at Tsleil-Waututh provide a space for Aboriginal communities and their partners to create new ideas. They are about sharing expertise and learning. Based on our own economic successes and the realization that we, the Tsleil-Waututh Nation, can learn much from our peers, we offer this venue to better use and develop effective strategies and tools that create wealth and achieve community, political and business goals.
Our events bring Aboriginal leaders together, to expand their communities’ participation and influence in regional economies while managing infrastructure as well as services and developing businesses both on and off-reserve.
The development of agreements and business can be accelerated and aided by partnerships. Our events encourage partners to join the conversation, maximize existing connections, and create new ones.
The forums will be designed with the expertise of Aboriginal leaders and economic development practitioners with a goal to help improve participants economic and business development competencies by leveraging the strategies, frameworks, and tools of economically progressive Aboriginal communities. We share the information and tools necessary to approach community and economic development from a position of knowledge and bring leaders together to participate as part of a business network.
Aboriginal communities that are dealing with a myriad of undeveloped opportunities and are thinking about ways to build their economic capacity will especially benefit through these forums.