2017 MANITOBA

LAND USE PLANNING GATHERING, CONFERENCE AND TRADE SHOW

JANUARY 31-FEBRUARY 2, 2017 WINNIPEG, MANITOBA

CANAD INNS DESTINATION CENTRE, POLO PARK 1450 ST. MATTHEWS AVENUE

REGISTRATION PACKAGE & FORM

DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017
WHAT IS THE 2017 MANITOBA LAND USE PLANNING GATHERING, CONFERENCE AND
TRADE SHOW?
Manitoba Indigenous and Municipal Relations (IMR), Manitoba Sustainable Development (SD) and Indigenous
and Northern Affairs Canada (INAC), along with Island Lake Tribal Council (ILTC), are hosting the first
Manitoba Land Use Planning Gathering, Conference and Trade Show.
The purpose of this Gathering is to build capacity, relationships and networks within and among land and
resource management boards, governments and business.
Themes presented throughout the Gathering include: developing, implementing and maintaining land use plans;
best practice and jurisdictional models; and finally, economic development.
By coming together collectively to network and share knowledge, land and resource managements boards will
be better equipped to begin, continue, complete and maintain their respective land use plans unique to their
communities in the best way including full community engagement/consultation; best practices of technical
techniques (including traditional lands keeping); and methods of reduced environmental impacts.
We hope you will join us for this exciting gathering, conference and trade show!

WHAT IS THE COST TO ATTEND?

There is NO REGISTRATION FEE to attend the Manitoba Land Use Planning Gathering. The Gathering will
cover the costs of travel, meals and hotel accommodations for a maximum of two (2) board members to attend.
If additional members of your board or community wish to attend the Gathering, the costs for travel, meals and
hotel accommodations must be arranged for and covered by another source. Note: Gathering lunches and the
evening dinner of February 1, 2017 will be provided for all conference participants.
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REGISTRATION FORM

PLEASE EMAIL OR FAX THIS REGISTRATION FORM BY FRIDAY, JANUARY 13, 2017 TO:
Rebecca Cook
Event Coordinator, 2017 Manitoba Land Use Planning Gathering
Email: Rebecca.Cook@gov.mb.ca Fax: 1-204-945-3689 For additional inquires, Phone: 204-945-2511

PARTICIPANT INFORMATION
NAME (first/last)*:
LAND & RESOURCE MANAGEMENT BOARD (if relevant)*:
ADDRESS:
COMMUNITY/PROVINCE:
POSTAL CODE:
EMAIL:
PHONE:
FAX:
WEBSITE:
* This is how your name and land & resource management board's name (if relevant) will appear on your name tag.

FEBRUARY 1, 2017 EVENING OF DINNER & ENTERTAINMENT

Please let us know if you will be attending our Gatherings February 1st, 2017 Evening of Dinner and
Entertainment from 5:30PM to 9:00PM. (Evening dress code: casual/informal.)
YES

NO

DIETARY NEEDS

Please provide any special dietary needs you have in the space below. If youve no such needs, please indicate
Not Applicable.

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BREAKOUT SESSIONS
Workshops are likely to fill-up quickly, so please register ASAP in order to better
secure your spaces of choice in our Gatherings four (4) Breakout Sessions.
NOTE: Registration is required for each days workshop sessions. Please number
each workshop session from 1 to 4 based on your priority of choice.

DAY 1 (JAN. 31): AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS: 2:30PM-3:30PM

REFER TO THE "BREAKOUT SESSIONS" SECTION ON PAGE 6 OF THIS AGENDA PACKAGE

Please number 1, 2, 3, 4 in order of Breakout Session choice:

BREAKOUT # 1 STEVEN DeROY, Director, The Firelight Group

INDIGENOUS MAPPING: DIRECT-2-DIGITAL (D2D) MAPPING
USING GOOGLE EARTH
This session will provide a hands-on opportunity using Google Earth to map
out places of importance.
BREAKOUT # 2 STEWART HILL, Director, 4D Natural Resource Consultant
ININIW (CREE) WORLD VIEW AND VALUE SYSTEMS
This breakout session will provide a brief presentation on the Ininiw (Cree)
worldview, its spirituality and cultural values. A discussion and conversation
will follow on how the Ininiw worldview connects with land use planning and
self-governance. While this presentation and conversation is derived from
a Cree perspective, correlations and ties can be made to other Indigenous
cultures for the framework.
BREAKOUT # 3 MELBA GREEN, Lands Coordinator, Bloodvein First Nation
KEEPERS OF THE LAND
This breakout session will provide you with practical tools to help you start
your land use plan from a Manitoba community perspective. Keepers of the
Land are Eastside Nations that collectively protect the land year round.
BREAKOUT # 4 ELDER DARCY LINKLATER, Nisichawayasihk (Nelson House)
INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE ETHINISIWIN AND WHAT LAND
MEANS TO US
This breakout session will look at Indigenous Knowledge as the basis for
local-level decision-making in rural and First Nation communities. There
is a component of Land Use Planning that needs to incorporate Indigenous
Knowledge, Traditional Law, Customary Law, Indigenous Science, etc.
Community is essential for survival and Indigenous societies concern for the
greater good and respect for the community are embedded within Indigenous
ways of knowing and teachings.
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DAY 2 (FEB. 1): AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS: 2:30PM-3:30PM

REFER TO THE "BREAKOUT SESSIONS" SECTION ON PAGE 7 OF THIS AGENDA PACKAGE

Please number 1, 2, 3, 4 in order of Breakout Session choice:

BREAKOUT # 5 ED VYSTRCIL, NCN Resource Management Board Member

NCN Land Use Plan (Main Stage)
DOCUMENTING INDIGENOUS KNOWLEDGE
This breakout session will present best practices, lessons learned and tools for
documenting Indigenous land use and occupancy.
BREAKOUT # 6 TERRY TOBIAS, President Tobias and Associates (Living Proof Consulting Inc.)
HOW TO DESIGN EXCELLENT USE-AND-OCCUPANCY
RESEARCH (UOR)
Most applied cultural research done in Canada produces information that
cannot withstand reasonable scientific scrutiny without having its credibility
seriously damaged. There are two main reasons for this. First, insufficient
attention is given to the design of research instruments like questionnaires,
data-collection manuals and base maps. Second, inadequate training and
supervision is given to the interviewers who must administer the research
instruments. This workshop will focus on the first of the problems. The
facilitator will guide participants through the process, steps and decisions that
must be considered when constructing any piece of excellent research.
BREAKOUT # 7 GORDON BLUESKY, Lands and Resources Manager, Brokenhead Ojibway
Nation (BON), & ARIEL LUPU, Principal Environmental Planner,
Manitoba Professional Planners Institute (MPPI)
PROCESSES FOR SUCCESSFUL COMMUNITY AND LAND USE
PLANNING
Successful planning is only possible if its a Community-led approach with
outcomes based on clear vision, goals and objectives. In this interactive
breakout session, participants will learn how Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
developed their own unique plan as a guide for development and sustainable
growth.
BREAKOUT # 8 MANITOBA MINERAL RESOURCES
Details on this breakout sessions speaker(s) and content to follow.

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DAY 3 (FEB. 2): AFTERNOON BREAKOUT SESSIONS: 2:00PM-3:00PM

REFER TO THE "BREAKOUT SESSIONS" SECTION ON PAGE 8 OF THIS AGENDA PACKAGE
Please number 1, 2, 3, 4 in order of Breakout Session choice:
BREAKOUT # 9 DR. VINCE CRICHTON, Certified Wildlife Biologist, V. Crichton
Enterprises Ltd.
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
This breakout session provides an in depth look at some of the common
parasites/diseases found in Manitobas Wildlife, their zoonotic risk and some
adjacent to Manitoba that are of concern.
BREAKOUT # 10 LIAM SPEIRS, Coordinator, Manitoba Indigenous and Municipal
Relations, Agreements Management and Aboriginal Consultations Branch
PRACTICAL MAPPING
The Practical Mapping-based breakout session will present some basic ways
of creating maps to support community and land use planning (basic GIS,
using Google Maps, community led mapping, etc.).
BREAKOUT # 11 RECONCILIATION - LAND AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
Details on this breakout sessions speaker(s) and content to follow.
BREAKOUT # 12 BARRY VERBIWISKI, Head of the Furbearer and Human-Wildlife
Conflict Management Unit, & DEAN BEREZANSKI, Provincial Fur Bearer
Manager, Manitoba Department of Sustainable Development
A HISTORY OF THE REGISTERED TRAPLINE MANAGEMENT
PROGRAM IN MANITOBA AND ITS EVOLUTION (1944-2016)
This breakout session will include a 20 minute PowerPoint presentation
on the development of the Registered Trapline Program and the Wild Fur
Management Program through a community-based approach with First
Nations communities, trappers and the Governments of Manitoba and
Canada.

ADDITIONAL REGISTRATION INFORMATION

A person will be in contact with you to arrange travel and accommodations once your
registration is complete and received via email or fax.
FOR ALL OTHER INQUIRIES, PLEASE CONTACT:
Rebecca Cook
Event Coordinator, 2017 Manitoba Land Use Planning Gathering
Email: Rebecca.Cook@gov.mb.ca Phone: 204-945-2511 Fax: 1-204-945-3689
YOUR REGISTRATION MUST BE RECEIVED BY JANUARY 13, 2017 via email or fax.

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DRAFT DAY 1 AGENDA: JANUARY 31, 2017

MEETING ROOM: AMBASSADOR 1, 2

7:30AM

Registration, Refreshments and Trade Show

8:30AM

Opening Prayer and Welcoming Remarks

Elder DArcy Linklater
Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada, TBD
Province of Manitoba, TBD

9:00AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Steven DeRoy, Director, The Firelight Group, Vancouver BC:
Understanding the Layers: Integrating Traditional Knowledge and Use of Spatial Data into
Land Use Planning Processes for Indigenous communities.

10:00AM

PRESENTATION: Stewart Hill: The Northeast Cree Nations (Bunibonibee Cree Nation,
Gods Lake First Nation and Manto Sipi Cree Nation) Land Use Planning Research Under the
Wabanong Nakaygum Okimawin (WNO) Political Accord

10:30AM

Refreshment Break, Networking and Trade Show

10:50AM

PANEL DISCUSSION: Traditional Keepers of the Land: Territories in the Eastside of Manitoba
Melba Green, Lands Coordinator, Bloodvein First Nation
TBD

12:00PM

Networking, Lunch and Trade Show

1:00PM

FACILITATED DISCUSSION EXERCISE

Each table reports back to larger group

2:00PM

Refreshment Break, Networking and Trade Show

2:30PM

BREAKOUT SESSIONS*:
#1: Indigenous Mapping: Direct-2-Digital (D2D) Mapping Using Google Earth
#2: Ininiw (Cree) World View and Value Systems
#3: Keepers of the Land
#4: Indigenous Knowledge Ethinisiwin and What Land Means to Us

3:30PM

Trade Show Open

4:30PM

End of Day One

*For Day 1 Breakout Session descriptions, please refer to page 3 of this agenda package.

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DRAFT DAY 2 AGENDA: FEBRUARY 1, 2017

MEETING ROOM: AMBASSADOR 1, 2

8:00AM

Refreshments and Trade Show Open

8:30AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Terry Tobias, President, Tobias and Associates (Living Proof Consulting
Inc.): Obtaining the Key Ingredients that Ensures Indigenous Voices are Heard in Land-Use
Planning

9:30AM

PRESENTATION: Gordon Bluesky, Lands and Resources Manager, Brokenhead Ojibway Nation
(BON): 'Anang Makwa' Brokenhead Land Use Plan

10:15AM

Refreshment Break and Networking

10:35AM

PRESENTATION: Ed Vystrcil, Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation (NCN): Land Use Planning

11:15AM

PANEL DISCUSSION:
INAC, TBD
Province of Manitoba, TBD
Community, TBD

12:00PM

Networking Lunch and Trade Show

1:00PM

FACILITATED DISCUSSION EXERCISE

Each table reports back to larger group

2:00PM

Refreshment Break, Networking and Trade Show

2:30PM

BREAKOUT SESSIONS*:
#5: Documenting Indigenous Knowledge
#6: How to Design Excellent Use-and-Occupancy Research (UOR)
#7: Processes for Successful Community and Land Use Planning
#8: Manitoba Mineral Resources Presentation

3:30PM

Trade Show Open

5:30PM

EVENING OF DINNER AND ENTERTAINMENT

Hors d'oeuvres (5:30PM)
Dinner (6:00PM)
Entertainment (7:00PM)
Door Prizes (8:00PM)

9:00PM

End of Day Two

*For Day 2 Breakout Session descriptions, please refer to page 4 of this agenda package.
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DRAFT DAY 3 AGENDA: FEBRUARY 2, 2017

MEETING ROOM: AMBASSADOR 1, 2

8:00AM

Refreshments and Trade Show Open

8:30AM

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Vince Crichton, Certified Wildlife Biologist, V. Crichton Enterprises Ltd.:
Moose Biology 400

9:30AM

PRESENTATION: Shaunna Morgan, International Boreal Conservation Campaign (IBCC):

Guardian Training

10:30AM

Refreshment Break, Networking and Trade Show

10:50AM

PRESENTATION: Manitoba Hyrdo

12:00PM

Networking Lunch and Trade Show

1:00PM

PRESENTATION: Friederike Schneider-Vieira, Vice-President, North/South Consultants:

Environmental Impact Assessment

1:30PM

Facilitated Discussion

2:00PM

BREAKOUT SESSIONS*:
#9: THe Good, The Bad and The Ugly
#10: Practical Mapping
#11: Reconciliation: Land and Resource Management
#12: A History of the Registered Trapline Management Program in Manitoba and Its Evolution
(1944-2016)

3:00PM

Concluding Remarks, Evaluation, Closing Prayer

3:30PM

End of Day Three

* For Day 3 Breakout Session descriptions, please refer to page 5 of this agenda package.

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