2020 Program

Convention Program

Please note, these linked programs were finalized prior to the announcement of the provincial election. The most current changes to the program are listed below.

Please note this program is subject to change and was updated on September 21, 2020.

Schedule

Time	Session
1:30PM – 2:30PM	Municipal Finance Authority Semi-Annual Meeting
3:30PM – 4:30PM	Municipal Insurance Association AGM

Tuesday, September 22

Time	Session
8:30AM – 4:00PM	Virtual UBCM Exhibitor Showcase
8:30AM – 4:00PM	Virtual Delegates Lounge Live
9:00AM – 4:00PM	Pre-Recorded Candidate Speeches Available
9:00AM – 9:30AM	Convention Opening Session Welcome from local First Nations Welcome from Host Municipality (City of Victoria) President's Address: Interview with Mayor Maja Tait
9:30AM – 9:50AM	Annual Meeting Adoption of Conference Rules and Procedures Adoption of Minutes of 2019 Convention Annual Report Question-and-Answer Period Adoption of Financial Statements Appointment of Auditors
9:50AM – 10:00AM	Report of the Nominating Committee
10:00AM – 10:15AM	Delegate Coffee Break
10:30AM	Election for Executive Positions Open
10:15AM – 11:00AM	Provincial Election Panel - The Campaign Begins Jonina Campbell, Executive Director, BC Green Party Maria Dobrinskaya, Broadbent Institute Caroline Elliott, Political Commentator & PhD Candidate
11:00AM – 11:10AM	Address by the FCM President
11:10AM – 12:00PM	Public Transit: Recovery and Rebuild
12:00PM – 1:00PM	Delegate Lunch Break
1:00PM – 2:30PM	Plenary Session Reimagining Leadership: Lessons from the Pandemic
2:30PM – 2:45PM	Delegate Coffee Break
2:45PM – 4:00PM	Provincial Policy Session Digitally-enabled, Remote & Ready
4:30PM – 5:30PM	AVICC AGM

Wednesday, September 23

Time	Session
8:30AM – 4:00PM	Virtual UBCM Exhibitor Showcase
8:30AM – 4:00PM	Virtual Delegates Lounge Live
9:00AM – 12:00PM	Pre-Recorded Candidate Speeches Available
9:00AM – 12:00PM	Resolutions
12:00PM	Election for Executive Positions Close
12:00PM – 1:00PM	Delegate Lunch Break
1:00PM – 1:20PM	Address by Leader of the Opposition
1:20PM – 2:00PM	Community Excellence Awards
2:00PM – 2:30PM	Delegate Coffee Break
2:30PM – 3:45PM	Concurrent Workshops Confronting Systemic Racism in Canada Economic Recovery: Building Back Better and Stronger

Thursday, September 24

Time	Session
8:30AM – 4:00PM	Virtual UBCM Exhibitor Showcase
8:30AM – 4:00PM	Virtual Delegates Lounge Live
9:00AM – 9:30AM	Federal Address - Honourable Jonathan Wilkinson, Minister of Environment and Climate Change
9:30AM – 10:30AM	Keynote Address: Margaret Atwood
10:30AM – 10:45AM	Delegate Coffee Break
10:45AM – 11:00AM	Address by Leader of the Green Party
11:00AM – 12:15PM	Concurrent Workshops Seniors Homes: What Has the Pandemic Taught Us? The New Now: Life After Covid
12:15PM – 1:00PM	Delegate Lunch Break
1:00PM – 1:15PM	Installation of President Elect
1:15PM – 2:00PM	Address by the Premier
2:00PM	Adjourn

Time	Session
10:30AM – 11:30AM	SILGA Annual General Meeting
2:30PM – 3:30PM	LMLGA Annual General Meeting

Time	Session
9:30AM – 10:30AM	AKBLG Annual General Meeting
2:30PM – 3:30PM	2020 NCLGA Resolutions Roundtable Session