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Tuesday, 17 November, 1.5 Hour Sessions
T13 – T20
11 am – 12:30 pm

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T13: Beyond Housing – Innovative Practices in Supported Housing

This panel will discuss several innovative types of support programs that can be offered as part of or as an adjunct to non-profit housing. Supported housing providers will learn new ideas to incorporate into their own support programs and housing providers will be made aware of existing support programs for referral or networking in their own communities.

Panelists: Janice Bradshaw, Executive Director, Canadian Mental Health Association for the Kootenays; Liz Evans, Executive Director, Portland Hotel Society (PHS) Community Services; Darrell Burnham, MBA, Executive Director, Coast Mental Health; and Suzanne Gessner, PhD, Director, Public Policy and Community-Based Research, Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division (Moderator)

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T14: Developers Working with Non-Profits – What Can We Achieve?

This panel will discuss how the non-profit sector and the private sector can work together more effectively, as well as explore success stories and strategies about potential relationship-development opportunities. This session will look at creative alternatives to enhance one another’s objectives.

Panelists: Craig Lochhead, Vice President, TL Housing Solutions Ltd; Kevin A. Albers, CGA, CAFM, Chief Executive Officer, M’akola Group of Societies; Jeff Ryan, Scott Construction; and David Eddy, Executive Director, Vancouver Native Housing Society (Moderator)

This session is sponsored by TL Housing Solutions.

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T15: Integrating Asset Planning with Comprehensive Energy Sustainability

This session will explore the synergies between best practices in asset planning and comprehensive energy-efficiency upgrades, recognizing that many deferred facility-renewal issues represent significant energy-efficiency opportunities. It will emphasize how to generate appropriate business cases and Capital Creation Strategies™ for efficiency/renewal projects, knowing that building owners have a one-time opportunity to implement a comprehensive project to significantly reduce energy consumption and green-house gas emissions.

Presenter: Doug Wall, PEng, Vice President Western Region, Ameresco

This session is sponsored by Ameresco.
 

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T16: Maintenance Management – How to Plan for Maintenance Tasks Throughout the Year

Good maintenance management requires inspections, inventories, and well-planned schedules. This workshop will help you plan and implement an efficient maintenance schedule that is easy to work with to ultimately save you time and money.

Presenter: BCNPHA Certified Instructor Bill Todd

This session is sponsored by RooFix.

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T17: Affordable Home Ownership

This panel will discuss affordable home ownership programs and financing methods. Different types of ownership models will demonstrate how to create below-market, for-sale housing.

Panelists: Njeri (Jeri) Kontulahti, Senior Community Leadership Associate, Community Leadership, Vancity; Dan Paris, Manager, Development, Vancity Capital Partners (formerly Vancity Enterprises); Jamie Ritchie; and BCNPHA Certified Instructor Wayne Cybak, Administrator, Parkdale Place Housing Society (Moderator)

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T18: Insurance Claims Management Process

This session will help participants to:

• Better understand the insurance claims management process;
• Learn about the insurer’s responses and responsibilities; and
• Learn about the points in the claims process that will require an organization’s direct involvement with the insurer.

Presenter: D. Glenn Bainbridge, Senior Vice President, Claims, Marsh Vancouver Canada (Note: Presentation is in Part A and Part B) 

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T19: Building Better Board Teams

Although most non-profit-society board members want to play an active role and be fulfilled in the work of leading and guiding their organization, sometimes boards find themselves drifting from meeting to meeting with little accomplished. They don’t hold together well as a team; and ideas may come and go, with no clear plan or structure to consider or act on them. This workshop will present strategies and tools to successfully engage board members in achieving their organization’s purpose.

Presenter: BCNPHA Certified Instructor Alice Sundberg, Housing and Community Development Consultant