Presentations

2024

• Northern Dialogues - Closing the Gap: How 2+1 Roads can Save Time, Lives, and Money (2024)
• How CDP Members in Northern Ontario Use CDP Data - William Dunstan (May 24, 2024)
• How 2+1 Roads Save Money, Time, and Lives - William Dunstan (May 22, 2024)
• Beyond Bits and Bytes: The Limits of Digital Service Delivery - Bryanne Rocha de Castro (February 7, 2024)

2023

• Encouraging Connection Across Ontario - ConnectON - William Dunstan (November 19, 2023)
• Labour and Population: Some Northern Ontario Context - SNOED 201 - Charles Cirtwill (October 4, 2023)
• What is NPI? And What Can We Do for You? - SNOED 101 - Martin Lefebvre (March 9, 2023)
• NPI Tools for Communities - Charles Cirtwill - LaCloche Manitoulin EDO Meeting (March 7, 2023)
• Sneak Peak: NPI's Third Five Year Business Plan, 2024-2029 - Charles Cirtwill (February 14, 2023)
• Tools for Communities - Martin Lefebvre (January 23, 2023)
• Data for Rural Communities: Taking stock and looking forward - Mahamat Hamit-Haggar (January 17, 2023)

2022

• Nation Rebuilding: Innovative Infrastructure Best Practices and Applicability Elsewhere - Mercedes Labelle (Novemebr 18, 2022)
• Homelessness, Addiction, and Mental Health, Revisited - NOMA Conference 2023 - Mercedes Labelle (APRIL 28, 2023)
• CDP IMDB Presentation - Mercedes Labelle (November 9, 2022)
• Student Information Session - Charles Cirtwill (December 6, 2022)
• Canadian Mental Health Association Presentation - Holly Parsons (August 18, 2022)
• Hydro One remote Communities - Kraemer Coulter (July 14, 2022)
• NOMA Municipal insurance - Dr Martin lefebvre (May 25, 2022)
• The Canadian Northern Corridor Planning For National Prosperity - Dr. Jennifer Winter (March 3, 2022) 
• ONN's Advocacy Strategy: Child Care Policy - Pamela Uppal (March 3, 2022) 
• Measurement Month - Information Sessions (January, 2022) 
• Northern Attraction - Welcoming Communities (February 14, 2022)
• FONOM Presentation - Solving the Homelessness, addiction, and mental health crisis in Northern Ontario - Holly Parsons (February 24th, 2022)
• FONOM Conference - More than a Number: Addressing the Homelessness, Addiction, and Mental health crisis in the North (May, 2022) 
• NOMA Conference - More than a Number: Addressing the Homelessness, Addiction, and Mental Health Crisis in the North (May 2022)
• Hydro One Remote Communities Inc. Kraemer Coulter (July 14th, 2022)
• More Than a Number: Addressing the Homelessness, Addiction, and Mental Health Crisis in the North (August 2022)

2021

• International & Community Matchmaker and SEO's Employability & Entrepreneurship Advisor, virtual informational session - Sherry Mayer and Stephanie Cotnoir (March 17, 2021) 
• Remote Care / E-Health Webinar. A Digital Society Event - Anders Tunold-Hanssen, Orpah McKenzie and Venky Kulkarni  (Dec 8, 2021)
• Housing Affordability CMHC - Jamie Shipley, Ishita Panchal, Patrick Larocque and Jeff Kolibash (Dec 1, 2021)
• Northern Attraction - Forum Communataire (Nov 13, 2021)
• Northern Attraction - Magnetic North - Update on Action Items - (June 22, 2021)
• Baseline Migration and Welcoming Communities Trends - Mercedes Labelle (June 23. 2021)
• Data 101 - COVID-19 and the Northern Ontario Labour Markets (June 14, 2021)

2020 

• Come North Action Items and NPI Update on Welcoming Indicators - Northwestern Ontario Local Immigration Partnership - Charles Cirtwill (September 30, 2020)
• Port Arthur Rotary - COVID and Our Communities (September 15, 2020)
• AMO Virtual Conference - Immigration in ontario's western, central and northern regions (August 19, 2020)
• System Services Manager White Paper - Rachel Rizzuto (Thunder Bay - May 21, 2020) 
• FONOM, NOMA and NPI Growing Together - Rachel Rizzuto and Charles Cirtwill (Thunder Bay - April 7, 2020)
• NPI Update & Community Conversation - NOHFC - Rachel Rizzuto and Charles Cirtwill (Thunder Bay - March 20, 2020)
• NPI Update & Community Conversation - ENDM - Rachel Rizzuto and Charles Cirtwill (Thunder Bay - March 18, 2020)
• Trillium Foundation Northern Team – NPI briefing & The State of the North - Rachel Rizzuto (Thunder Bay - March 13, 2020)
• System Service Manager Preliminary Results (Atikokan - March 9, 2020)
• Opportunities for International Students - Maple Leaf School (Thunder Bay - March 4, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Aime Dimatteo - Population Growth – Where we fit; Prosperity & Growth Strategy for Northern Ontario (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Ryan Reynard - Why are we here? (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Hilary Hagar - Mapping our assets (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Kerry McLaughlin - Discussion 1 - Building a better bond: helping new arrivals learn more about local First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Charmaine McCraw - Discussion 1 - Building a better bond: helping new arrivals learn more about local First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by John DeGiacomo - Discussion 2 - Working together to support each other (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Charmaine McCraw - Discussion 2 - Working together to support each other (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Denise Hardy - Discussion 2 - Working together to support each other (Thunder Bay - February 18, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Jody Davis - Welcoming Communities – small and rural experiences - Terrace Bay (Thunder Bay - February 19, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Madge Richardson and Anthony Noga - Labour Demand Projections (Thunder Bay - February 19, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Cathy Woodbeck - Welcoming Communities – experience from one of the “Big Five” - Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay - February 20, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Emily Lauzon - Welcoming Communities – experience from one of the “Big Five” - Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay - February 20, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Sean Spenrath - Welcoming Communities – experience from one of the “Big Five” - Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay - February 20, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Ryan Reynard - What are YOU going to do – next 12 months (Thunder Bay - February 20, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Lucie Perrault - Population Growth – Where we fit; Prosperity & Growth Strategy for Northern Ontario (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by James Franks - Why are we here? (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Hilary Hagar - Mapping our assets (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Ogimaa Duke Peltier - Discussion 1 - Building a better bond: helping new arrivals learn more about local First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Liz Edgar-Webkamigad - Discussion 1 - Building a better bond: helping new arrivals learn more about local First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Lorette McKnight - Discussion 1 - Building a better bond: helping new arrivals learn more about local First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Kevin Eshkawkogan - Discussion 2 - Working together to support each other (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by R. Martin Bayer - Discussion 2 - Working together to support each other (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Victoria Grant - Discussion 2 - Working together to support each other (Temiskaming Shores - February 11, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Luc Denault - Welcoming Communities – small and rural experiences - Smooth Rock Falls (Temiskaming Shores - February 12, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Julie Joncas - Labour Demand Projections (Temiskaming Shores - February 12, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by Lynn Despatie - Welcoming Communities – experience from one of the “Big Five” - City of Greater Sudbury (Temiskaming Shores - February 13, 2020)
• Come North - Presentation by James Franks - What are YOU going to do – next 12 months (Temiskaming Shores - February 13, 2020)

2019

• Thunder Bay In-Demand Skilled Trades Community Discussion Presentation (Thunder Bay - November 27, 2019)
• Greenstone In-Demand Skilled Trades Community Discussion Presentation ( Geraldton - November 13, 2019)
• Marathon In-Demand Skilled Trades Community Discussion Presentation (Marathon - November 12, 2019)
• NPI Partner's Breakfast - Presentation by Charles Cirtwill - State of Ontario's Northern Regions (Sault Ste. Marie - September 27, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Heather Hall - Trends in Northern Regions: Implications for Northern Ontario (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Kaella-Marie Earle - Giiwedinong Miikwedom - Let's engineer a better Northern Ontario (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Katie Elliott - Vision of Ontario's Future North (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Thomas Mercier - Northern Confidence: Youth Vision of Ontario's Future North (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Peter Bruijns - How Government Deficits, Household Incomes and Climate Change are Interconnected (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Kevin Eshkawkogan - Indigenous Tourism Development from a Northern Ontario Perspective (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Trevor Walker - Manufacturing in the Future North (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• State of the North - Presentation by Christine Leduc - Connecting the City with the Forest (Sault Ste. Marie - September 26, 2019)
• Northern Attractions Series - Newcomer Strategies - 11th Annual Immigration Forum (Thunder Bay, ON - February 5, 2019)
• Commissioner of official languages - Francophones in Northern Ontario (Sudbury, ON - February 1, 2019) 

2018

• Table du Nord - Association des Francophones de l'Ontario - Les Francophones du Nord de l'Ontario (Sudbury, ON - December 6, 2018)
• Symposium 2018 Se projeter, se préparer / Looking ahead, getting ready - (Toronto, ON -  November 26, 2018)
• Thunder Bay Airport Presentation (Thunder Bay, ON - October 31, 2018)
• Community Economic Development Commission Board of Directors - Matchmaker program (Thunder Bay, ON - October 25, 2018)
• Confederation College Presentation (Thunder Bay, ON - October 9, 2018)
• Community Matchmaker Program Information Session (Kenora, ON - September 27, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Charles Cirtwill - State of Ontario's Northern Regions (September 26, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Dwayne Nashkawa - Taxation at Nipissing First Nation (September 26, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Kate McCue - Reducing barrieres to First Nation economic growth through property tax (September 26, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Manny Jules - Taxing for Growth: First Nation Experiences (September 26, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Toby Sanger - How can taxation support growth? (September 26, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Kevin Milligan - Inclusive Corporate Tax Reform (September 26, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Dr. Jack Mintz - Growing Northern Ontario (September 26, 2018)
• State of the North - Presentation by Mikko Annala - Experimentation as a strategic tool for governments (North Bay - September 26, 2018)
• Presentation by Peter Politis - Transforming Ontario's North (September 26, 2018)
• The Association of Francophone Municipalities of Ontario (AFMO) (Kirkland Lake - September 19, 2018)
• Update to stakeholders - Community Matchmaker Program (Thunder Bay, ON - August 2, 2018)
• North Superior Workforce Planning Board - Community Matchmaker Program (August 2, 2018)
• Greenstone Economic Development Society Information Session (Greenstone, ON - July 31, 2018)
• Newcomer Center of Peel - Move to Northwestern Ontario presentation (Mississauga, ON - July 19, 2018)
• Data & Descriptive Statistics - Francophone Demographics (Thunder Bay, ON - July 18, 2018)
• Association Francophone du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario (Thunder Bay, ON - July 12, 2018)
• Vivre en francais dans le Nord de l'Ontario - partenariat avec l'ambassade du Canada a Paris (Thunder Bay, ON - June 27, 2018)
• Northern Ontario Housing Summit Matchmaker Presentation (Sioux Lookout, ON - June 26, 2018)
• Waterloo University Economic Developement Year 1 (Waterloo, ON - June 22, 2018)
• Thunder Bay Community Economic Development Commission (Thunder Bay, ON - June 20, 2018)
• Ambassadors Northwest Presentation (Thunder Bay, ON - June 8, 2018)
• MoCreebec - Northern Policy Institute - Business Plan (Thunder Bay, ON - June 4, 2018)
• Association Francophone du Nord Ouest de l'Ontario AGA (Thunder Bay, ON - June 2, 2018)
• Canadian Council on Social Development AGM (Thunder Bay, ON - May 24, 2018)
• Thunder Bay Local Immigration Partnership (Nipigon, ON - May 23, 2018
• Thunder Bay Local Immigration Partnership (Terrace Bay, ON - May 22, 2018)
• Data 101 Presentation - Ontario Centre for Workforce Innovation (Thunder Bay, ON - May 18, 2018)
• Data 101 Presentation - Employment plus - North Superior Worforce Planning Board (Thunder Bay, ON - May 16, 2018)
• Data 101 Presentation - North Superior Workforce Planning Board - Board of Directors (Thunder Bay, ON - May 16, 2018)
• Data 101 Presentation - YES employment (Thunder Bay, ON - May 15, 2018)
• Thunder Bay Local Immigration Partnerships (Thunder Bay, ON - May 8, 2018)
• Northern Ontario Municipal Association (Thunder Bay, ON - May 3, 2018)
• NPI in Parry Sound - In partnership with the Georgian Bay Women's Network (Parry Sound, ON - April 18, 2018)
• Leader Luncheon - Thunder Bay Chamber of Commerce (Thunde Bay, ON - April 17, 2018)
• Greater Sudbury Local Immigration Partnership Presentation Part 2 (Sudbury, ON - February 12, 2018) 
• Ontario and Quebec Partnership Presentation (Thunder Bay, ON - February 11, 2018)
• Northern Ontario Heritage Fund Corporation Board Presentation (Thunder Bay - Feb 8, 2018)

2017

• Professions North Breakfast - Déjeuner Professions Nord - Immigrants in Northern Ontario - Un Portrait des immigrants (Timmins, ON - November 8, 2017)
• Forum Provincial sur la Régionalisation de l'immigration Francophone - Besoins et opportunités hors des grands centres urbains (Timmins, ON - November 8, 2017)
• Presentation to the Thunder Bay International Airport Authority Board of Directors (Thunder Bay, ON - October 31, 2017)
• Presentation to Algoma University Business Society - Introduction to Northern Policy Institute (Sault Ste. Marie, ON - October 26, 2017)
• Presentation to the Canadian Federation of Students (CFS) Spirit of the North Conference (Sudbury, ON - October 20, 2017)
• Presentation to Ambassadors Northwest - State of the North: Responding to Northern Ontario's Demographic Shift (Thunder Bay, ON - October 11, 2017)
• Report Card on the State of the North - Responding to Northern Ontario's Demographic Shift (Timmins, ON - September 27, 2017)
• Thunder Bay Local Immigration Partnership - Immigration and migration in the Northwest - why do we need immigrants? (Thunder Bay, ON - September 20, 2017)
• Table du Nord - Assemblée la francophonie de l'Ontario - Les Francophones du Nord de l'Ontario (North Bay, ON - September 13, 2017)
• Demographic Trends in Greater Sudbury, Sudbury and Manitoulin (Sudbury, ON - June 28, 2017)
• Presentation to CAMNO - Introduction to Northern Policy Institute (Sudbury, ON - June 23, 2017)
• Greater Sudbury Local Immigration Partnership - Immigration and Migration in Greater Sudbury - why do we need immigrants? (Sudbury, ON - June 21, 2017)
• Association des Francophones du Nord Ouestde l'Ontario - AGA - Tendances démographiques des francophones du Nord-Ouest de l'Ontario (Thunder Bay, ON - June 3, 2017
• Presentation to MNDM - A "Co-ordinated Response" to the State of the North(west) (Thunder Bay, ON - May 25, 2017)
• Community Data Program AGM - Transforming Local Data Into Evidence-Based Decisions (Kingston, ON - May 25, 2017)
• Economic Leadership Series Hosted by the Ontario and Thunder Bay Chambers of Commerce - Migration Opportunities in Thunder Bay (Thunder Bay, ON - May 23, 2017)
• Presentation during the NOMA Annual General Meeting (Thunder Bay, ON - April 27, 2017)
• Les francophones et le recensement (Thunder Bay, ON April 27, 2017)
• Presentation to Economics class, St. Ignatius High School - Think Tanks: Making the Impossible Possible (Thunder Bay, ON - March 28, 2017)
• Presentation to Algoma University Community Economic & Social Development students - Joining the Conversation: Research Dissemination & Communications (Sault Ste. Marie - March 23, 2017)
• Presentation at the Northern Francophone Immigration Forum (Sudbury, ON - March 21, 2017)
• Keynote Speech, Northern Ontario Housing Expo (Thunder Bay, ON - March 11, 2017)
• Presentation to the City of Thunder Bay Executive Management Team (Thunder Bay, ON - February 23, 2017)
• Presentation to the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Municipal Issues Committee (Sudbury, ON - February 10, 2017)
• Presentation to the Port Arthur Rotary Club (Thunder Bay, ON - January 24, 2017)
• Presentation to Community Economic and Social Development class - NPI 101 (Sault Ste. Marie, ON - January 18, 2017)
• Keynote Speech, Regional Gathering in Timiskaming on Community Hubs (Temiskaming Shores, ON - January 11, 2017)

2016

• Presentation to the North Shore Network (Terrace Bay, ON - December 15, 2016)
• Presentation to the Kenora Area Team (Kenora, ON - November 15, 2016)
• Presentation to the Confederation College Board of Directors (Thunder Bay, ON - November 25, 2016)
• Discussion on Baakaakonanen Ishkwaandemonun (Opening Doors For You), Moving Parts NWO Immigration Forum (NPI presentation begins at 5h10s) (Thunder Bay, ON - November 1, 2016)
• Presentation to the Rotary Club of Kenora (Kenora, ON - October 31, 2016)
• Presentation to the Kirkland & District Community Development Corporation (Kirkland Lake, ON - October 26, 2016)
• Presentation to the Temiskaming Shores Employer Council (Temiskaming Shores, ON - October 25, 2016)
• Migration by the Numbers - Presentation to ONEDC (Sudbury, ON - October 6, 2017)
• Presentation to Common Voice Northwest by Charles Cirtwill of Northern Policy Institute - "The Future of Northwestern Ontario...Be Part of the Solution" (Thunder Bay, ON - September 23, 2016)
• Presentation to Common Voice Northwest by Madge Richardson of the North Superior Workforce Planning Board - Your Local Employment Planning Council (Thunder Bay, ON - September 23, 2016)
• Economic Development Year 1, University of Waterloo: The Northern Economy (Thunder Bay, ON - June 17, 2016)
• Presentation to the Northern Ontario Large Urban Mayors (NOLUM) (North Bay, ON - June 15, 2016)
• Opportunities for Cooperation & Collaboration - Presentation to the Ministry of Northern Development & Mines (MNDM) (Thunder Bay, ON - June 13, 2016)
• Presentation to the Continuing Education School Board Administrators (Sudbury, ON - May 10, 2016)
• Les francophones et le recensement (Thunder Bay, ON - April 22, 2016)
• Presentation to NWO Development Group - Communications, Collaboration & Cooperation (Dryden, ON - January 21, 2016)

2015

• Presentation to the Sudbury Chamber of Commerce Advocacy Committee (Sudbury, ON - November 12, 2015)
• Northern Leaders' Forum (Thunder Bay, ON - November 10, 2015)
• Northern Ontario Workforce Planning Board presentation (Sudbury, ON - November 5, 2015)
• Breakfast with Champions - Post Election: What Now? (Sudbury, ON - November 4, 2015)
• Northern Policy Institute Annual General Meeting (Timmins, ON - October 8, 2015)
• Policy NOT in a Pub (Timmins, ON - October 6, 2015)
• Presentation to the Northwestern Ontario Municipal Association Regional Conference (Thunder Bay, ON - September 24, 2015)
• Primer on Northern Policy Institute & Health Policy (Sudbury, ON - September 24)
• Presentation to the Municipality of Neebing Council (Thunder Bay, ON - September 2, 2015)
• Presentation to the Thunder Bay International Airport Authority Board of Directors (Thunder Bay, ON - August 25, 2015)
• Presentation to the Greater Sudbury Development Corporation (Sudbury, ON - August 12, 2015)
• Presentation to the Port Arthur Rotary Club (Thunder Bay, ON - July 14, 2015)
• Policy in a Pub – A Discussion about the Mid-Canada Corridor with John van Nostrand (Thunder Bay, ON – June 17, 2015)
• Presentation to Dalron Construction Limited (Sudbury, ON – June 4, 2015)
• Ontario Association of Continuing Education School Board Administrators Conference – Planting the Seeds of CESBA North (Toronto, ON – April 20, 2015)
• David MacKinnon talk during Parry Sound Area Community Business & Development Centre (Parry Sound, ON – April 27, 2015)
• Presentation during the NOMA Annual General Meeting (Thunder Bay, ON – April 23, 2015)
• Update to the Timmins Chamber of Commerce Policy Committee (Timmins, ON – April 20, 2015)
• Northern Policy Institute 2015 Board of Directors Meeting (Kenora, ON – April 7-9, 2015)
• Discussion on the Federal Economic Agenda for Ontario (Thunder Bay, ON – March 23, 2015)
• Chiefs of Ontario Education Conference: Our Children, Our Future, Our Vision (Toronto, ON – March 5, 2015)
• Ontario Good Roads Association/Rural Ontario Municipal Association Combined Conference (Toronto, ON – February 25, 2015)
• Discussion on the Federal Economic Agenda for Ontario (Sudbury, ON – February 25, 2015)
• Environmental Scan 2015 Confederation College (Thunder Bay, ON – January 23, 2015)
• Leader's Luncheon on Federal Economic Agenda for Ontario (Thunder Bay, ON – January 21, 2015)
• Update to Ambassadors Northwest (Thunder Bay, ON – January 8, 2015)

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