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Spring Assembly Agenda Day1 Tuesday,May16th,20178:00am-9:00am Registration&Coffee9:00am-9:10am OpeningPrayerandGreeting

ONWAAElderandCustomaryGreetings9:10am-9:30am OpeningComments

ONWAAPresident–TeresaKohokoDeputyGrandChiefDeniseStonefish

NAN9:30-9:45 YouthPresentation

9:45-10:30 EnvironmentalHealthandthetiestoHumanHealth–SueChiblow10:30am-10:45am MORNINGBREAK10:45–11am ONWAABusiness

UpdatesonprojectsfromtheExecutiveDirectorsDesk11:00-noon BoardRegionalMeetings(Smallbreakoutsessions)

12:00-1:00pm RETIREMENT-Lunchprovided.1:00-1:45pm SARestructuringUpdates–AnnaCain 1:45-2:00pm OntarioWorksBranch–AnnaCainDirector, Ontario Works Branch2-2:15pm SAMO–JeffBowenDirector, Social Assistance and Municipal Operations2:15pm–2:30 Break2:30pm-3:00 ACSD Presentation – Dawn Olar, Special Agreement Officer 3:00–3:30 BasicIncomeUpdate-TBA3:45pm INACUpdates-PhilDigby3:55pm Summaryoftheday4:00pm CLOSE

ONWAA 2017 Spring Assembly

May 16-18th, 2017 Delta Waterfront - SSM, Ontario

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Day2 Wednesday,May17th,20178:30am-9:00am Welcome–PleasegotoyourChosenWorkshopfortheday.9:00am-10:15am 1.5DayofTrainingSessions

NewAdministratorTrainingF:MartiShawanda

BestPracticesinDelivery:ODSPApplicationProcess

F:MississaugaFirstNation-DarrylJacquesandHelenArnott

(Ministrystaffareaskedtorefrainfromattendance)

1DayTrainingSessions

Feedback–It’snotwhatwesay…It’showwesayIt

F.StaciWilliamsandWadeGrocott

HomemakersF:KellyBrownbill

TraumaInformedCare

F:LauraThibeault

OutcomeMeasuresF:JacquiCapson,MCSSProgramSupervisor

½DaySessions

WhywehaveFirstNationsinCanada

F:DanielBruyere(Ministrystaffare

encouragedtoattend)

ChiefandCouncilPresentation

F:MichelleMansur

Non-SARSFuneralsandBurials,Employment

ExperienceF:INAC

10:15am-10:30am MORNINGBREAK10:30am-12:00 SessionsContinue12:00-1:00pm LUNCH(onyourown)1:00pm-2:30pm SessionsContinueiftheywerelongerthen½day

½DaySessions SAMS:Updateand

MockEnvironmentF:SAMOandMarlene

Kwandibens

OESPApplicationsandEnergySavings

F:OEB

FuneralsandBurials,EmploymentExperience

F:INAC

2:30pm-2:45pm AFTERNOONBREAK2:45pm-4:00pm SessionsContinue

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4:00pm CLOSE6:30pm-8:00pm EveningSocial–BollywoodDanceClass–Comeoutandlearnafewnewsteps.

Day3 Thursday,May18th,20178:30am-9:00am Welcome9:00am-10:15am 1.5DayofTrainingSessions

(Continuationfrompreviousday)NewAdministratorTraining

F:MartiShawandaBestPracticesinDelivery:ODSP

ApplicationProcessF:MississaugaFirstNation-Darryl

JacquesandHelenArnott½DaySessions

CRAF:JudyMorrisey

SAMS:UpdateandMockEnvironment

F:SAMOandMarleneKwandibens

Casenotes:F:KellyBrownbill

ChiefandCouncilPresentation–MichelleMansur

RelaxationTechniquesF:ShirlingKaoandJudith

Onley

PolicyUpdatesandAOBFormCompletion

F:StaciWilliamsandTBA10:15am-10:30am BREAK10:30am-12:00 SessionsfromtheMorningContinue12:00-1:00pm LUNCH(onyourown)1:00pm-2:00pm ONWAACLOSINGCEREMONY

TeamJeopardyChallengeandShortHistoryoftheOrganization2:00pm CLOSINGPRAYER

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DESCRIPTIONSOFWORKSHOPS1DAYand½TRAININGSESSIONS–WednesdayandThursdaymorningNewAdministratorsTrainingThisworkshopisfornewadministratorsandcaseworkersthatwillfocusonhowtoproperlytakeanapplication,clientverification,casefilestandardsandanoverviewofOntarioWorkspolicies.

BestPracticesinDelivery–ODSPMississaugaFirstNation(Ministrystaffarerequestednottoattend)

• FulloninteractivecoursethattakesyouthruhowwedoourODSPapplications.

• Ministrystaffareaskednottoattend.

1DAYTRAININGSESSIONS-WednesdayFeedback-It’sNotWhatWeSay…It’sHowWeSayIt! Wespendagooddealofourwakinghoursinteractingwithpeopleinourfamilies,onourteams,inourworkplacesandinourcommunities.Whenitcomestohumaninteraction,thingsdon’talwaysgoasplannedwhichiswhythehealthiestofrelationshipspayattentiontothetoolsandstrategiesthatassistuswithhavingthosechallengingconversations. Understandingthedifferentresponsestoconflict,communicationsstyles,thepowerofacknowledgingothersandtheroleoftrueaccountabilityaswellassomesample“openers”forprovidingfeedbackaresomeoftheconceptsthissessionwillexplore.

HomemakersUpdateyourunderstandingoftheAdministrationoftheHomemakersProgram,reviewforms,reportingandgainanunderstandingofthedelivery

TraumaInformedCare(Mandatory7hours–pleasebeadvisedthatwecanonlytake30participantssignupearly)Intergenerationaltraumaaswellasdirect,indirectandvicariousexperiencesoftraumahaveimpactedthehealthandwell-beingofAboriginalpeoples.Understandingthecomplexityofhowtraumaaffectsemotionalresponses,triggers,perceptionsandbeliefsisfoundationaltoatrauma-informedapproach.Atraumainformedapproachaimstocreatephysical,mental,spiritualandemotionalsafetyinordertosupporthealingandwell-being.

OutcomeMeasuresEffectivelyworkwithinandforecastyourtargetsforOntarioWorksusingthecontractexceltemplate.

½DAYTRAININGSESSIONS–WednesdayMorningWhywehaveFirstNationsinCanada?MinistryStaffareencouragedtoattend.FirstNationsinCanadahaveadefinitive(absolute)andubiquitous(everpresent)relationshipwithbothprovincialandfederalgovernments,

ChiefandCouncilPresentationTheChiefandCouncilpresentationwillhighlighttherolesandresponsibilitiesofChiefandCouncilandOntarioWorksstaffregardingthedeliveryandadministrationofOntarioWorkswhileadheringtotheOntarioWorksAct,Directives,andPrivacy

FuneralsandBurials,EmploymentExperienceINACwillpresenthowtocompleteNon-SARSfuneralapplicationtoINACandtheprocess.TheywillalsocovertherequirementsandreportingfortheEmploymentExperienceProgram.

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andwithCanada'sgeneralpopulationoverallthatdefineusasclearlyunique.Itisthisuniquerelationship,coupledwithanunfairhistoricalinterpretationofwhowearethatsupportsadisadvantageandmisinterpretationastothecontributingrolesofFirstNationswiththerestofCanada.ThisopendiscussionworkshopwillexploresomeoftherealitiesofhowweareoftencontributorstotheCanadianmosaic,butarenotrecognisedforthosecontributions.

Laws.ItwillalsogiveabriefbackgroundoftheOntarioWorksprogramfornewleadershipandimportantupdatestoexistingleadership.AdigitalcopyofthepresentationwillbesharedwithONWAAmembershipsothattheycanbringitbacktotheircommunitiestobepresentedtoChiefandCouncil.

½DaytrainingSessions–WednesdayAfternoonSAMS TheSocialAssistanceManagementSystem(SAMS)isthecaseandfinancialmanagementsystemusedbyMCSStodeliverODSPandACSD,andbymunicipalitiesandM’ChigeengFristNationtodeliverOntarioWorks.SAMSallowsforuserstomanagecaseinformationmoreefficientlysotheycanprovideclientswiththebestpossiblesupport.TheworkshopwillhighlighttheintakeprocessandhowinformationisrecordedintoSAMS.WewillalsoexaminethefunctionsofSAMSthatsupportcaseworkersintheirday-to-dayactivitiesaswellasthekeyfunctionsthatdifferentiateSAMSfromothercasemanagementtechnologies.

OESP Applications and Energy Savings Anoverviewoftheapplicationprocessandhowclientscanuseboththeinternetandpapercopiesofformstoapplyforthecredit.Effectivewaysofcostsavingmeasuresforclientswillalsobecovered

FuneralsandBurials,EmploymentExperienceINACwillpresenthowtocompleteNon-SARSfuneralapplicationtoINACandtheprocess.TheywillalsocovertherequirementsandreportingfortheEmploymentExperienceProgram.

Thursday1.5DaySessionsContinuedNewAdministratorTrainingContinued

BestPracticesinDelivery:ODSPApplicationProcessContinued

Thursday1/2DaySessionCRAAdescriptionofallthebenefitsthattheCanadaRevenueAgencyprovidesaswellashowtosetupVolunteerTaxPreparationclinicsforyourcommunities.

SAMS TheSocialAssistanceManagementSystem(SAMS)isthecaseandfinancialmanagementsystemusedbyMCSStodeliverODSPandACSD,andbymunicipalitiesandM’ChigeengFristNationtodeliverOntarioWorks.SAMSallowsforuserstomanagecaseinformationmoreefficientlysotheycanprovideclientswiththebestpossiblesupport.TheworkshopwillhighlighttheintakeprocessandhowinformationisrecordedintoSAMS.

CasenotesHowtowriteeffectivecasenotesforyourHomemakersfilesandauditfiles.

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WewillalsoexaminethefunctionsofSAMSthatsupportcaseworkersintheirday-to-dayactivitiesaswellasthekeyfunctionsthatdifferentiateSAMSfromothercasemanagementtechnologies.

ChiefandCouncilPresentationTheChiefandCouncilpresentationwillhighlighttherolesandresponsibilitiesofChiefandCouncilandOntarioWorksstaffregardingthedeliveryandadministrationofOntarioWorkswhileadheringtotheOntarioWorksAct,Directives,andPrivacyLaws.ItwillalsogiveabriefbackgroundoftheOntarioWorksprogramfornewleadershipandimportantupdatestoexistingleadership.AdigitalcopyofthepresentationwillbesharedwithONWAAmembershipsothattheycanbringitbacktotheircommunitiestobepresentedtoChiefandCouncil.

RelaxationTechniquesLearnbreathingtechniques,meditationtechniques,chairyogastretchingandguidedrelaxation.Findyourharmonyfromwithin.

PolicyUpdatesandAOBFormCompletionThefirstsectionofthisworkshopwillfocusonrecentchangesinlegislationthateffectdeliveryofservice.ThesecondportionofthisworkshopwillfocusonhowtocompletetheAssignmentsofBenefitsforms(1Hour).