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This is the archived version of a program presented on February 11, 2022. |
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C.T. (Manny) Jules, Chief Commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission
Harold Calla, FCPA, FCGA, CAFM, Executive Chair of the First Nations Financial Management Board
Kory Wilson, Executive Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships at BCIT
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Webinar Recording |
| CPD Hours: |
1.5 Hours of Approved Continuing Professional Development in BC.
Viewing of this recording will provide you with 1.5 hours of the ethics, professional responsibility and practice management component for your Law Society of BC reporting.
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SYNOPSIS
Walking Together in Reconciliation
With the passage of UNDRIP at the Federal level and DRIPA in BC, both law and expectations around engaging with Indigenous communities has changed. This on-demand program explored these changes in greater deal with a focus on the Public Sector*.
This recording will provide you with a wider perspective on understanding and reclaiming indigenous jurisdiction, how a new fiscal relationship could be developed between First Nations and Canada, and the role of First Nations as collectively an 11th province. Additionally, the program includes information on the need for improved educational outcomes and consider how to close the First Nations infrastructure gap.
*This session is suitable and designed to deliver value for attendants in the private sector, public sector, and other practitioners.
ABOUT OUR GUEST SPEAKERS
About Chief Commissioner C.T. (Manny) Jules
C.T. (Manny) Jules has dedicated over 40 years of his life to public service in support of Aboriginal issues. He is a member of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, formerly known as Kamloops Indian Band, and served as Chief from 1984 to 2000. Mr. Jules led the amendment to the
Indian Act in 1988 so that First Nations could exercise the jurisdiction to levy property taxes on-reserve. The Indian Taxation Advisory Board (ITAB) and the current First Nation property tax system were created as a result of his vision and efforts. Mr. Jules served as Chair of ITAB from 1989 to 2003 and 2005 to 2007. He was the driving force behind the
First Nations Fiscal Management Act, passed by Parliament in 2005, creating the First Nations Tax Commission, the First Nations Financial Management Board, and the First Nations Finance Authority. On November 11, 2006, Mr. Jules was appointed Chief Commissioner of the First Nations Tax Commission. Mr. Jules was the recipient of an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from both the University of British Columbia in 1997 and Thompson Rivers University in 2006, the Order of British Columbia in 2009, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee medal in 2013. Mr. Jules was also awarded the Aboriginal Lifetime Achievement Award by the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business in 2013.
About Harold Calla
Harold Calla serves as the Executive Chair of the First Nations Financial Management Board (FMB). As one of three institutions created under the Fiscal Management Act, FMB supports First Nations economic development by increasing access to capital markets and providing capacity development support to First Nations in the areas of financial administration law development, and optional certification of financial performance and governance systems.
A member of the Squamish Nation, Harold returned from many years focused on international business, to serve the Squamish Nation as a negotiator in the areas of economic development, land management and finance, and served eight years on the Squamish Council. He has also acted as an advisor and an arbitrator for First Nations in Western Canada. He was instrumental in the development of the First Nations Land Management Act, First Nations Fiscal Management Act (FMA), First Nations Commercial and Industrial Development Act (FNCIDA), and the First Nations Oil and Gas and Moneys Management Act. These optional legislative pieces allow First Nations on a sectorial basis the ability to move out from under the Indian Act.
About Kory Wilson
Kory Wilson is Executive Director of Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships at BCIT, as well as a lawyer, Kwakwaka’wakw, writer, speaker and educator. Kory has designed and taught many innovative programs and courses such as Langara College’s Haida Gwaii Field School and Aboriginal Studies program and SFU’s Good Governance, Moving Beyond the Indian Act course, among many others. She was instrumental in the creation of six open-sourced BC Campus Indigenization Guides and recently created and launched the BCIT Indigenous Vision. Kory, a sought after advocate for Reconciliation, assists BCIT in Indigenous awareness training, cultural activities, policy reviews, hiring and student support. Kory serves on more than 10 non-profit boards and as a founding member of UBC’s President’s Advisory Committee, has been involved in two UBC Indigenous Strategic Plans.
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