Please find below all the presentations from NALMA’s 13th National Lands Managers Gathering hosted from October 21-23, 2025 in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Day 1 : October 21, 2025
Plenary Session: Lands and Environment Update
Presenter: Lisa DeMoor, Director Lands and Environment Management Branch – Community Lands Development , Indigenous Services Canada
Breakout Session: Toney v. Toney – Estates (MRP)
Presenter: Shayne McDonald, Lawyer
Member of the Miawpukek First Nation in Newfoundland and Labrador MRP Regional Consultant for ATL/QC Region
Breakout Session: Environment (Best Practices)
Presenter: Melanie Daniels, CEO, Chickadee Indigenous Relations
Breakout Session: Land Management Court Cases
Presenters: Catherine Fagan, Founding Partner
Hayley Gendron, Articling Student
Nogala Law Group
Breakout Session: Best Practices in First Nation
By-law and Law making
Presenter: Karen McGill, Lands Director, Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
Breakout Session: ATR Resource Tools and Best Practices
Georgette Howard, ATR Support Coordinator, OALA
Kendra Caron, Project Manager, FNLMAQL
Plenary Session: Community Lands and Economic Development
Presenter: Karen McGill, Lands Director, Madawaska Maliseet First Nation
Breakout Session: Ziprick v. Simpson Estate (Buckshee)
Presenter: Suzanne Patles, Articling Clerk, Eskasoni First Nation
Breakout Session: Southwind v. Canada Land Value and Expropriation Law
Presenter: Cheryl Knockwood, Governance Director, Membertou First Nation
Breakout Session: Peace and Friendship Treaties
Presenter: Trevor Bernard, Executive Director and Legal Counsel, Membertou First Nation
Breakout Session: An Introduction to FNHPA’s Programs and Services & Working with MRP in First Nations Housing
Presenter: Carrie Zeppa, Manager, Matrimonial Real Property
First Nations Housing Professionals Association
Breakout Session: Land Management and Land Use Planning: A Conversation with Squamish Nation
Presenters: Michael Montecalvo, Squamish Nation,
Jeff Cook, Beringia Community Planning,
Deborah Morrison from the Canadian Institute of Planners
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Day 2: October 22, 2025
Plenary Session: Exploring the potential of Satellite Data
Presenters: Frédéric Fournier, Manager,
Stakeholder Integration & SEO Office Lead
Co-Presenter: Dalia Laoubi, Mission Planner and Commercialization Officer
Canadian Space Agency – Government of Canada
Breakout Session: Leveraging Global Navigation Satellite Systems Technology
Presenter: Dr. Jason Bond, Geodetic Science Coordinator, LMS/GC-SGB/CGS/GAD/RFED
Natural Resources Canada
Breakout Session: First-Nations-Data-Sovereignty-and-Artificial-Intelligence
Presenter: Benjamin Wald, Senior Research Analyst, Chiefs of Ontario
Breakout Session: Data Sovereignty
Presenter: Kristine Neglia, Senior Manager, First Nations Information Governance Centre
Breakout Session: Tax Commission
Presenters: Jesse James, Regional Outreach Manager, First Nation Tax Commission
Allan Claxton, FNII Development Board Chair, First Nations Infrastructure Institute
Breakout Session: Accessing Consultation Tools and Pro Bono Legal Services
Presenter: Cynthia Westaway, Senior Counsel, Westaway Law Group
Breakout Session: ATR Reform Update
Presenter: Jesse Donovan, Acting Director, Assembly of First Nations
Day 3: October 23, 2025
Plenary Session: Bill C-5
Presenter: Nadir André, Partner, JFK Law LLP
