2nd Annual First Nations Housing & Infrastructure West 2018 | 23 April 2018 | Holiday Inn and Suites Vancouver Downtown, 1110 Howe St, Vancouver, BC V6Z 1R2, Canada

Indigenous people continue to be the fastest growing population in Canada, and Canada needs a strategic housing and infrastructure plan to support the growing needs of the many diverse communities in British Columbia. The Trudeau Government set aside $120 billion for housing and infrastructure projects for Indigenous communities, over five years, as part of the 2016 federal budget.

Join us at the 2nd Annual First Nations Housing & Infrastructure West conference to hear how the money has been allocated since the announcement and find out how much is left for future projects. Hear how British Columbia’s newly elected government is facing this challenge, and what provincial initiatives can close the gap on house and infrastructure needs.

2017 SPEAKERS

Kevin Albers
CEO at M’Akola Development Services

Jamie Bassett
Economic Development Officer at Tla-O-Qui-Aht First Nation

Darcy Bear
Chief at Whitecap Dakota First Nation

John Becker
Mayor at City of Pitt Meadows

Harold G. Calla
Executive Chair at First Nations Financial Management Board

John Ebell
Principal at Swift Water Power Corporation

Ray Gerow
President at Eagle Spirit Community Solutions

Cliff Grant
Formerly of CMHC and City of Vancouver (Aboriginal Planner, Vancouver Affordable Housing Agen

Steven Hobbs
Director, Strategic Planning and Partnerships at The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships

Blaine Knott
Western Regional Representative at The Usand Group

Michael Matsubuchi
Director, Fiscal Negotiations Branch, Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation at Government of British Columbia

Garry Merkel
CEO at Tahltan Nation Development Corp.
B.C. Aboriginal Housing Committee

Susan Miller
Chief at Katzie First Nation

Jaime Rogers
Manager, Homeless & Housing Development Department at Medicine Hat Community Housing Society

Crystal Sedore
Housing Manager at Yale First Nation

Marcel Studer
Principal at Econ Group Ltd

Maria Turnbull
Associate Executive Director at Vantage Point

Matt Vickers
CEO at Generating for Seven Generations (G7G)

Lowell Yellow Horn
Councillor at Piikani Nation

Adam Zyla
Managing Director at The Usand Group

Margaret Pfoh
CEO at Aboriginal Housing Management Association

Carol Anne Hilton
Senior Advisor, Advisory Council on Economic Growth at Federal Finance Minister Bill Morneau
CEO at Transformation

Daniel Johnson, AAA : RIBA: MRAIC
Architect at Buildings Stantec

Craig D. Sklenar
AICP Senior Urban Designer Community Development at Stantec

Premier Exhibit Sponsors
• Usand Group
• Group2 Architecture Design
• Stantec