ISC Ontario Joint Gathering 2023
Indigenous Services Canada Ontario Region is excited to announce that the 2023 Ontario Joint Gathering will be held on November 15 & 16, 2023.
 
This conference will be offered in person and will bring together First Nations, public servants and elected officials from Canada and Ontario, to build upon existing relationships and share priorities, successes, and concerns.

Please Note: Check this page regularly, updates will be added as more information becomes available! 

Online registration is now closed.

Event Details:
Date: November 15 & 16, 2023

Time: 9:00am-4:30pm (each day)

Location:
Chelsea Hotel
33 Gerard Street West
Toronto, ON M5G 1Z4

Accommodations:

Hotels must be booked by Friday, October 27, 2023
​To take advantage of the discounted group rate, click the "BOOK NOW" button for online booking.

​To make a room reservation by calling the Chelsea Hotel directly, dial toll free at 1-800-243-5732 or 1-416-595-1975, and identify yourself as part of the "ISC Joint Gathering 2023" group to take advantage of the discounted group rate.

Hotel booking link is now closed.

Welcome Reception

Date: November 14, 2023

Location: Chelsea Hotel

Time: 4:30PM - 6PM 
Photographed left to right: Glen Hare (Ontario Regional Chief), John Hupfield, Anne Scotton (Former Regional Director General, ISC), Deanne Hupfield, Wausnodeh Kiwenzie, Hunter Shipman, Styles Shipman, Ashton Shipman, and White-Lightning Clark at the 2022 Welcome Reception.

Recordings

Day 1 Concurrent Session 1- Climate Change Updates & Funding Opportunities with ECC
Day 1 Concurrent Session 2 Mountbatten A Economic Development Programs & Success Stories
Day 2 Concurrent Session 1 - Integrated Emergency Services
Day 2 Concurrent Session 2 - Responsibilities of Federal Depts. in Protecting Waterways and Marine Ecosystems

Documents

November 2, 2023

Travel Claim Form
November 11, 2023

Travel Claim Eligibility 
November 14, 2023

Agenda Update Final
November 14, 2023

FNIHB Contact Sheet
November 14, 2023

Joint Gathering 2023 - Speakers Bios
November 22, 2023

Mental Wellness Resources

Presentations

November 15 (Day One, Churchill)

​Federal Economic Development Agency for Southern Ontario
​Health Transformation and Transfer Ontario Region
​2023 Regional Report Out  - ​Nation-to-Nation Relationships
​Culturally Informed Model of Care to Reduce the Harms of Opioids and Methamphetamines
​First Nations Child and Family Service Presentation

November 15 (Day One, Mountbatten Salon B)

​Climate Change Funding ECCC Breakout
​Lands and Economic Development Programs 
FEDNOR Breakout

November 16 (Day Two, Churchill)

​Centralized Drinking Water Protocol, Tendering Policy Review & Infrastructure Modernization
​New Fiscal Relationship Grant
​Non-Insured Health Benefits
Reflections on Community Safety IPCO

Contact Us

Portia Shipman
Southern First Nations Secretariat
Event Coordinator
events@sfns.on.ca