Resilient Governance: Conference Agenda
Sept. 23-24, 2022, Richmond campus of Kwantlen Polytechnic University
FRIDAY SEPT 23
8-8:30 am Doors open for registration
8:30 - 9 Territory acknowledgement and welcome from Kwantlen Elder in Residence, Elder Lekeyten. Welcome from Board Voice Co-Chairs: Terry Anne Boyles, Past Board Chair of Family Services of Greater Vancouver. Virtual welcome from Leslie Welin, Board Chair of Clements Centre
9 – 9:45 Opening Keynote
9:45 - 10:45 Panel - Advancing Truth and Reconciliation in the Non-Profit Sector
10:45 -11 Networking break
11-11:40 am Working tables building on keynote and panel messages. Facilitated by Board Voice Director Gerry Olund (Home board: OneSky Community Resources, Penticton)
11:40 am Welcome from Randall Heidt, Vice-President External Affairs, Kwantlen Polytechnic University
11:45-12:30 Networking lunch
12:30-1:10 pm Building Better Boards: The Big Picture
Bruce MacDonald, CEO of Imagine Canada
Moderator: Board Voice Vice-Chair Eleanor Calder (Home board: Esquimalt Neighbourhood House, Victoria)
1:10-2 Deputy Ministers’ Panel on Cross-Ministry Planning for Social Services
Social Development and Poverty Reduction DM David Galbraith; Deputy Solicitor General Doug Scott, Attorney General Associate Deputy Minister Teri Collins
Moderator: Jody Paterson, Board Voice Executive Director
2-2:35 Working table building on DM panel presentation. Facilitated by Board Voice Director Gerry Olund (Home board: OneSky Community Resources, Penticton)
2:35 - 2:45 Move to workshops
2:45 - 3:45 Participants choose one of three workshops:
3:45 - 4:15 Networking break
4:15 - 5:15 Participants choose one of three workshops:
5:30-6:30 Networking reception
6:30 pm Remarks
7 pm Buffet dinner
SATURDAY SEPT 24
7:30-8 am Networking breakfast
8 - 9 am Board Voice Annual General Meeting
9 - 9:45 am Presentation on BC children and youth
Jennifer Charlesworth – Representative for BC Children and Youth
Moderator: Board Voice Director Ajit Sinha (Home board: Archway Community Services, Abbotsford)
9:45-10:30 Panel - At the Intersection of Social and Economic Prosperity.
10:30-10:45 Break
10:45 -11:30 Closing Keynote
Queenie Choo, CEO of S.U.C.C.E.S.S.
Moderator: Board Voice Director Phyllis Nash (Home board: Kootenay Boundary Community Services Co-operative, Nelson)
11:30 Closing remarks from Board Voice Co-Chair Terry Anne Boyles, Past Chair, Family Services of Greater Vancouver