Call for Speakers – 2025 ICCE National Conference
Honouring All Our Relations: Embracing Indigenous Perspectives on Cumulative Effects
May 26 to 28, 2025
Westin Bayshore Hotel
Vancouver BC
Call for Speakers is now closed.
Agenda and Early-bird Registration will be available soon.
Do you have a compelling story to share relating to an Indigenous cumulative effects project or initiative? Are you an innovative, dynamic, and interactive speaker that will leave participants with tools to support their development, and insights to inspire continued growth in cumulative thinking?
As a speaker, you will share your knowledge on cumulative effects assessment, management, and monitoring, and how your ground-breaking initiatives are helping Indigenous communities to strengthen their capacity to build stronger communities.
Through interactive presentations, panels, and roundtables, conference participants will learn more about innovative ways to handle the social, cultural, and environmental components of cumulative effects work. These discussions, rooted in both Indigenous and non-Indigenous knowledge, will empower communities to seize this opportunity to act and continue their contribution to the ever-growing Indigenous leadership on cumulative effects.
Background
The Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects is an independent organization that supports Indigenous communities to undertake cumulative effects work. ICCE is a non-political organization and remains neutral on issues. ICCE is independently operated by Indigenous people. Our mission is to create networks and develop and share knowledge to empower community-based approaches to culturally relevant cumulative effects assessment, monitoring, and management to support Indigenous well-being and decision-making.
Conference Theme and Sub-Themes
The theme of the conference is: Honouring All Our Relations: Embracing Indigenous Perspectives on Cumulative Effects.
Presentations relating to the ICCE Conference theme and one or more of the following sub-themes will receive higher priority:
- Interconnectedness and Interdependence: understanding the intricate web of relationships between the land and all beings.
- Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science: empower a Two-Eyed Seeing approach by addressing cumulative effects issues within Indigenous knowledge and western science systems.
- Environmental Stewardship: Exploring Indigenous models of conservation and sustainability for mitigating cumulative impacts.
- Cultural Resilience: Examining the resilience of Indigenous communities in the face of cumulative effects.
- Valuable Partnerships: Fostering partnerships between Indigenous communities, governments, and Industry to address cumulative effects in a holistic and inclusive manner.
- Justice and Equity: Ensuring that responses to cumulative effects respect Indigenous rights, sovereignty and self-determination.
- Healing and Reconciliation: Recognizing the historical trauma inflicted by cumulative effects and pathways towards healing and reconciliation.