Presentations

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