
Conference Schedule
Reimagining Non-Profit Schedule
OCTOBER 18 • FRIDAY
8:00am - 9:30am Registration
9:00am - 10:00am Networking Session with South Saskatchewan Community Foundation
10:00am - 10:15am Opening Remarks
10:15am – 11:15am Keynote: Your 'Truth' Isn't the Only 'Truth': Decolonizing Worldviews in the Workplace
Speaker: Larissa Crawford
11:15am - 11:30am Coffee Break & Vendor Fair
Sponsored by: Non-Profit Governance Solutions
11:30am – 12:15pm Keynote Q&A and Discussion of Takeaways with Colleagues
12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm - 2:45pm Panel: Experiences of Accented Leaders
Moderator: Ricardo Arisnabarreta | Panelists: Tayef Ahmed, Analu Alvarez, Saima Shafi
Strategic Communications and Messaging for Change-Driven Nonprofits
Speaker: Kathryn LeBlanc with LeBlanc & Co.
Who's Got the Power? A Breakdown of How White Supremacy Culture Fails Us All and How NPOs Can Challenge the Status Quo
Speaker: Vibya Natana with Black in Sask
2:45pm - 3:00pm Coffee Break & Vendor Fair
Sponsored by: Hill & Levene School of Business
3:00pm – 4:30pm Reimagining Conflict Resolution with Sociocracy
Speaker: Francine Proulx-Kenzle with Pense Transformation Consulting
Transforming organizational decision-makers through an anti-racism and anti-oppression lens
Speakers: Rhonda Rosenberg, Kelsey Aitcheson, Yordanos Tesfamariam with Multicultural Council of Saskatchewan
Reconciliation and Governance in Canada: Barriers and Opportunities for Advancements
Speaker: Emily Grafton
4:30pm - 5:00pm Closing Remarks
7:00pm – 9:00pm An Evening of Networking at Crave
Including a “Reverse Mentorship” Panel of Young Non-Profit Professionals
OCTOBER 19 • SATURDAY
9:00am – 10:00am ED Networking with Ivy + Dean
Staff Networking with Ivy + Dean
10:00am - 10:15am Opening Remarks
10:15am – 11:00am Plenary: Your Non-Profit Isn't Radical: Why the Non-Profit Industrial Complex Can't Lead Us To Liberation
Speaker: Cat Haines
11:00am – 11:15am Coffee Break & Vendor Fair
Sponsored by: 1080 Architecture
11:15am – 12:15pm Plenary Continued
Speaker: Cat Haines
12:15pm - 1:15pm Lunch
1:15pm – 2:45pm "Power-with" Approaches in Non-profit Human Resource Management
Speaker: Michael Lavis with Creative Options Regina
Granting for all of us - exploring innovative, equity-informed approaches to applying for and distributing funding
Moderator: Jacq Brasseur | Panelists: Tracey Mann with Community Initiatives Fund, Damon Badger-Heit with SaskCulture, and Heather O’Watch
Nothing about us, without us: Understanding Disability Justice
Speaker: Traci Foster with Listen to Dis’
2:45pm - 3:00pm Coffee Break & Vendor Fair
3:00pm – 4:30pm Shifting Power, Ego, and Growing Discomfort in the Era of Reconciliation
Speaker: Heather O’Watch
Why climate action is important for every non-profit to engage in
Speaker: Abraham Bugre
Thought Leadership Panel: Beyond Tokenism - Building Intentional & Purposeful Partnerships
Moderator: Roman Victor Morrow with South Saskatchewan Community Foundation | Panelists: Kirk Englot with Family Service Regina & Ann Perry with The Circle Project
4:30pm - 5:00pm Closing Remarks