SevenGen Summit 2024: Program

This agenda is a summary and subject to change, another agenda with more detail will come soon, please stay tuned!
We enocourage Delegates and Guests to arrive on September 30th and depart on October 4th, 2024. The formal programming for the Summit will begin on October 1st and end on the evening of October 3rd.

Infinite Voices, Shared Futures

TUESDAY

October 1st
8:00 - 9:45 AM
Breakfast and Registration
9:45 - 10:50 AM

Opening Ceremony

  • SevenGen Council Welcome
  • Lighting the Qulliq.
    Monica Ell-Kanayuk
  • Welcome from Solomon Awa, Mayor of Iqaluit
    		•
    10:50 - 11:15 AM
    Break
    11:15 AM - 12:15 PM

    Opening Panel

  • Serena Mendizabal (moderator)
  • Raylene Mitchell
  • Robert Burns
  • Aubrey-Anne Laliberte-Pewapisconias
    		•
    12:15 - 1:00 PM
    Lunch 
    1:00 - 2:00 PM

    Keynote Address

    Siila Watt-Cloutier
    2:00 - 2:30 PM
    Transport to Sylvia Grinnell Park
    2:30 - 4:30 PM

    Bannock and Tea at Sylvia Grinnell Pavilion
    4:30 - 5:00 PM
    Transport back to Aqsarniit, Break
    5:00 - 6:00 PM
    Dinner
    6:00 - 7:00 PM

    Panel: Waterways of the Future: Exploring the vital role of water in sustaining Indigenous cultures and modern living

  • Kianna Bear-Hetherington
  • Nolan Qamanirq
  • Danielle Kehler
    		•
    7:00 - 7:10 PM
    Closing Day 1
    Overview

    7:10 - 9:00 PM
    OPTIONAL:

    Documentary Screening at Astro Theatre

    WEDNESDAY

    October 2nd
    8:00 - 9:00 AM
    Breakfast
    9:00 - 9:30 AM

    Field Trip and Safety Orientation


    Delegates to receive packed lunches
    9:30 - 10:00 AM
    Transport to Sylvia Grinnell for Field Trip Groups A and B
    10:00 AM - 1:00 PM

    Field Trips

  • Group A: Guided Hike at Sylvia Grinnell Park
  • Group B: River Hydrokinetic Energy Presentation at Sylvia Grinnell Tents
  • Group C: Makerspace Tour and Activities at Pinnguaq
    		•
    1:00 - 2:00 PM

    Transport back to Aqsarniit
    2:00 - 2:45 PM

    Keynote Address


    Jessica Penney
    2:45 - 3:30 PM

    Panel: Nourishing Our Neighbours

  • Tianna Phillippot
  • Jukipa Kotierk
  • Sara Fontaine
  • Joseph Murdoch-Flowers
    		•
    3:30 - 4:00 PM
    Break
    4:00 - 5:00 PM

    Workshops

  • Just Transition Project Implementation (Sacred Earth Solar)
  • Kickstarting a Clean Energy Career (Student Energy)
  • Project Planning and Investment (Brendan Struthers)
    		•
    5:00 - 6:00 PM
    Dinner
    6:00 - 6:15 PM
    Closing and Day 2 Overview
    6:15 - 9:00 PM
    Free evening

    THURSDAY

    October 3rd
    8:00 - 9:00 AM
    BreakFast
    9:00 - 9:20 AM

    Opening Address

    Welcome from Minister Qavvik
    9:20 - 10:20 AM

    Panel: Energy

  • Mihskakwan James Harper (moderator)
  • LJ Gibbons
  • Cameron De Long
  • James Arreak
    		•
    10:20 - 10:30 AM
    Break
    10:30 - 12:00 PM

    Workshops

  • Grant Writing Workshop
    (Indigenous Youth Roots)
  • Community Energy Planning
    (CINUK REMIROCaN)
  • Creating Toolkits and Workshops in your Community, for your Community
    (Eryn Stewart)
    		•
    12:00 - 1:00 PM

    Lunch

    NRCAN Youth Dialogue (Optional)
    1:00 - 4:30 PM

    Innovation Jam
    4:30 - 6:00 PM
    Break
    6:00 - 6:45 PM

    Gala Welcome

    Keynote Address

    James Jenkins
    6:45 - 7:00 PM

    Closing Ceremony

    Council Remarks
    Innovation Jam Winners Announcement
    7:00 - 8:00 PM
    Dinner
    8:00 - 9:00 PM

    Special Performances

    Kathleen Merritt & Celina Kalluk
    Simik
    9:00 - 11:30 PM

    Dance

    Tunes by The Kaptain