Conference: Inclusive Workplaces: Sharing Knowledge Building Relationships: Aboriginal Experiences in the Cross-Cultural Workplace

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Wednesday, June 8th, 2016
Tuesday June 7 - 8:30am to 5pm & Cultural diner at 6pm. Wednesday June 8th: 8:30am to 5pm

Individuals and businesses with an interest in including Indigenous employees in the workplace are invited to attend a conference on this topic at Vancouver Island University’s (VIU) Cowichan Campus June 7-8.

Sharing Knowledge ~ Buildings Relationships: Aboriginal Experience in the Cross-cultural Workplace is hosted by the University of Windsor in collaboration with the University of Waterloo (UW), VIU and Nicola Valley Institute of Technology (NVIT), with the assistance of the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC).

The purpose of the conference is to explore the effect of inclusion of Indigenous people into the cross-cultural workplace.

The keynote speaker for that evening is Kelly Lendsay, President and CEO of the Aboriginal Human Resource Council, internationally recognized as one of Canada’s foremost innovators of Indigenous social and economic inclusion. Other conference speakers include Nanaimo’s Douglas White, Interim Director of VIU’s Centre for Pre-Confederation Treaties and Reconciliation and Snuneymuxw First Nation’s Chief Negotiator and Councillor; Dr. Wanda Wuttunee, a University of Manitoba Department of Native Studies Professor; John Chenoweth, Academic Dean of NVIT, an Aboriginal public post-secondary institute based in Merritt, BC; and Ken Tourand, President of NVIT.

The discussions that take place at the conference will help guide collaborative research and interventions to address common challenges faced by Indigenous and non-Indigenous employees and employers.

The conference also includes dinner and a cultural celebration on June 7 starting at 5 pm at the Quw’utsun’ Cultural and Conference Centre, during which the Tzinquaw Dancers will perform.

Cost is $250, which includes dinner, two lunches, snacks and a white paper outlining the discussions that took place at the event. Cost for elders and students is $150.