a CASSA-ACGCS Conference Agenda

2023 Conference Agenda

2023 Agenda

Updated March 31, 2023.

Wednesday July 5th

All times are Pacific Time

Time Event Details
10:00 AM CASSA AGM  
12:00 PM Lunch  
1:30 PM - 2:00 PM Welcome and Conference Opening
2:00 PM - 3:30 PM Keynote Address
  • Chief Cadmus Delorme
Prior Chief of Cowessess First Nation Cadmus Delorme will share stories, explain what we all inherited, and actions we must all take to assure we get it right this time. Cadmus will explain how truth must come before reconciliation and how reconciliation comes with uncomfortable conversations. Cadmus delivers a presentation with engagement, humour, forward thinking, and openmindedness.
3:30 PM Introduction of Critical Friends
  • Michael Chechile,
    Concordia University, Montreal
  • Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann,
    President of First Nations University of Canada, Regina
  • Dr. Sharon Wahl,
    Dean of Education, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
4:00 PM Reception


Thursday July 6th

All times are Pacific Time

Time Event Details
8:00 AM Breakfast  
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Keynote and Table Conversations
  • Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii)
  • Stobo Sniderman
Why do Indigenous students have such unequal outcomes? Douglas Sanderson (Amo Binashii) and Stobo Sniderman will discuss lessons learned from the 150-year history of schools in a town and a neighbouring Indian reserve. They will draw on material in their acclaimed book, Valley of the Birdtail: An Indian Reserve, a White Town, and the Road to Reconciliation, which describes how two communities become separate and unequal, and what it means for the rest of us. Sanderson and Sniderman will also moderate a participant-led discussion centered on the themes of Indigenous-settler relations and reconciliation. 
10:30 AM Break  
Keynote and Table Conversations Continued
12:00 PM - 1:30 PM Lunch and CASSA Awards  
1:30 PM - 1:45 PM Transition to Breakouts
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM Breakout Sessions
Time Event Details
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break  
3:00 PM - 4:00 PM Breakout Sessions
Time Event Details
4:00 PM Group Activity


Friday July 7th

All times are Pacific Time

Time Event Details
8:30 AM Breakfast  
9:00 AM Welcome and Recap  
9:15 AM - 10:15 AM Breakout Sessions
10:15 AM - 10:35 AM Break  
10:35 AM - 11:45 AM Response / Next Steps
Critical Friends
  • Michael Chechile,
    Concordia University, Montreal
  • Dr. Jacqueline Ottmann,
    President of First Nations University of Canada, Regina
  • Dr. Sharon Wahl,
    Dean of Education, University of New Brunswick, Fredericton
11:45 AM - 12:30 PM Conference Closing


* Additional Details to be released


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