1:00 pm - 2:30 pm

Building the Road to Economic Reconciliation

To achieve economic reconciliation, concrete action is required. Government owners at all levels and owners in the utilities and natural resource sectors are committing monies, and other resources to ensure that Indigenous led businesses are active and successful participants in numerous construction projects. Non-Indigenous construction companies are also being called upon to take concrete action, including the training and employment of Indigenous Peoples, joint venture partnerships with Indigenous led businesses and retention of Indigenous subcontractors.

Join us to hear from experts on what the federal government has implemented and will implement to support economic reconciliation; Indigenous led projects; and, what steps non-Indigenous companies can implement to support economic reconciliation.

Speaker(s)

Aaron Braumberger, Socioeconomic Development Manager, Giant Mine Remediation Project (Yellowknife, NT)
Ryland Brennan, Principal Consultant - Business Solutions, Acosys Consulting Services Inc. (Calgary, AB)
David Carriere-Acco, President, Acosys Consulting Services Inc. (Montreal, QC)

Moderator:

Marcia Oliver, General Counsel and V.P. Legal Services, Bennett Construction Group (London, ON)

Bonus EDI Programming

In recognition of National Indigenous Peoples Day, this program ran on the same day as the following EDI programming.

11:00 am - 12:30 pm

EDI session: Climate Change: Intersectional Impacts and Solutions

3:00 pm - 4:30 pm

EDI session: Intersection Between Aboriginal and Immigration Law