Media Advisory - National Three-Day Event to Build Prosperous Corporate/Indigenous Partnerships
VANCOUVER, April 24, 2014 /CNW/ - Corporate representatives from across Canada will meet and dialogue with Indigenous leaders and keynote thought leaders at Inclusion Works '14 -- a three-day event designed to build prosperous partnerships between corporations and the Indigenous community.
50 First Nations, Métis and Inuit post-secondary grads from across Canada will also attend for a life changing leadership experience (supported by the Kocihta Charity), and a recruitment fair where they will be interviewed/hired by some of Canada's top employers-of-choice.
What: |
Inclusion Works '14: Fast Forward Prosperous Partnerships |
When: |
April 30 – May 1, 2014 |
Where: |
Westin Bayshore Hotel, 1601 Bayshore Drive |
Who: |
National - 450 representatives: corporate, education, government, Indigenous |
Host: |
Powerful Thought Leader Lineup
- BC Indigenous Leadership Panel: Principles of Partnership -- Regional Chief Jody-Wilson-Raybould (Assembly of First Nations), Grand Chief Stewart Phillip (Union of BC Indian Chiefs), Cheryl Casimer (First Nations Summit)
- Doug Eyford: Report to Prime Minister, Forging Partnerships – Building Relationships Building Relationships, Aboriginal Canadians and Energy Development (West Coast Energy infrastructure representative)
- Stephen M.R. Covey Jr.: Speed of Trust
- The Hon. Bob Rae: From Exclusion to Partnership
- Seamus O'Regan: Identity & Leadership: Lessons in the North
- Charles S. Coffey, O.C.: Empowering Tomorrow's Indigenous Workforce
- Kelly J. Lendsay: Fast Forward Prosperous Partnerships
Inclusion Works '14 is Canada's largest Indigenous workplace inclusion event and recruitment fair. The event began in '09 in Vancouver and moves each year across Canada. More information is available at the following links:
- Inclusion Works '14 Agenda
- Download the full event program with keynote bios
- Inclusion Works '13 Video Recap
- Inclusion Works '13 Indigenous Grad Montage
SOURCE: Aboriginal Human Resource Council
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Media are invited to register at the event site, or contact: Peggy Berndt, National Director, Communications, Aboriginal Human Resource Council, p: 604.598.2569, m: 778.995.5053, e: [email protected]; w: aboriginalhr.ca
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