Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs
Melody Lepine
Business and Environment Lead Firelight GroupMikisew Cree First Nation
Shaleigh Raine
Lands, Consultation, and Economic Development Manager Louis Bull Tribe 2025 Conference Co-ChairDistinguished Faculty
Jeremy Barretto
Partner Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP
Stephen Buffalo
President & CEO Indian Resource Council (IRC)Samson Cree Nation
Mark Calette
Senior Director, Indigenous Relations Saskatchewan Research CouncilMétis Nation, Saskatchewan
Troy Chalifoux, B.A., L.L.B
Senior Counsel Maurice Law
Al Crawford
Indigenous Drummer Bigstone Cree Nation
Greg Desjarlais
Grand Chief Confederacy of Treaty 6 Chief, Frog Lake First Nation
Malek Eid, CPA, CA
Chief Investment Officer Mikisew Group of Companies
Jackie Esmonde
Partner Cavalluzzo LLP
Max FineDay
Chief Executive Officer WarshieldSweetgrass First Nation
Tracy Friedel
President Lac St. Anne Métis Community Association
Bennie Graydon
Employment and Relations Specialist Squamish Nation Training & Trades Centre Snuneymuxw First Nation Paul Heighington
Senior Advisor UN Declaration Act Implementation Secretariat, Justice Canada
Kimmy Houle
Director of Environment, Lands, and Economic Development Siksikaitsitapi Blackfoot Confederacy Kainaiwa (Blood Tribe)
Robin Howse, MSc.
Impact Assessment Analyst The Firelight Group
Linda J. Innes
Chief Gixtaała Nation
Kate Kempton
Senior Counsel Woodward & Company
Ian Ketcheson
Vice-President, Indigenous Relations Impact Assessment Agency of Canada
Ryan M. Lake
Partner Maurice Law
Clayton Leonard
Senior Counsel JFK Law
Kenneth Letander, BSW, MBA
Business Owner Strat First Inc.
Koren Marriott
Senior Counsel Aboriginal Law Center, Justice Canada
Trevor Mercredi
Grand Chief Treaty 8 First Nations of Alberta Chief, Beaver First Nation
Terry Mitchell
Corporate VP, Indigenous Relations Graham Construction GroupHeart Lake First Nation (Treaty 6)
Marcel Pelletier
Vice President, Indigenous Relations AECOM
Robert Phillips
Political Executive First Nations SummitTsq’escen’ (Canim Lake) First Nation, a part of the Secwepemc (Shuswap) Nation
Brenda Heelan Powell
Staff Counsel Environmental Law Center Patricia Marie Shortneck
Elder Louis Bull Tribe
Angelina Silver
Crown Consultation Coordinator Canada Energy RegulatorKainai Nation (Blackfoot Confederacy)
Sharon G.K. Singh
Partner | Co-Head, Indigenous and Environment McMillan LLP
S. Ronald Stevenson
Counsel Power Law
Cynthia Westaway
Senior Counsel First Peoples Law