Registrations are closed.

Please carefully read all information below before registering.

Fee structure

Early registration fee – reduced	$775.00 (CAN)	$582.00 (USD)
Full registration fee	$900.00 (CAN)	$675.00 (USD)
Student	$400.00 (CAN)	$300.00 (USD)
Daily rate	$300.00 (CAN)	$225.00 (USD)
OE Global – Member rate	$725.00 (CAN)	$544.00 (USD)
Social Event (Monday 16th October) – Welcome and Networking Event at Chateau Lacombe		$40.00 (USD)
Social Event (Tuesday 17th October) – Reception at NorQuest College		$40.00 (USD)
Pre-conference event (15th October) – Limited to 35 participants	$250.00 (CAN)	$185.00 (USD)

The registration fee includes access to the conference venue/sessions, conference materials, coffee/tea breaks, and lunches.

Cancellation policy: Full refund (minus administration fees) if canceled on or before September 15th, 2023

Information about Social Events

Pre-Conference Event: Indigenous Peoples Experience at Fort Edmonton Park

Celebrate and learn about Indigenous culture in a day-long immersive experience deep in culture, activities, and exploration with Indigenous knowledge keepers, leaders, and educators. Engage in group activities, hands-on experiences, and conversations to learn about Inuit culture and customs. Make meaningful connections through a personalized experience at the Indigenous Peoples Experience at Fort Edmonton Park, hosted by NorQuest College, exploring life from the perspectives of First Nations’ and Metis Peoples from the Edmonton Region Amiskwacîwâskahikan, also known as Beaver Hills House.  

This experience invites global visitors to learn more about Canada’s history of Indigenous Peoples, the rich culture, strength, resilience, and survival through generations of broken promises, widespread discrimination, and the devastation of Residential Schools brought to Indigenous communities.

Learning Outcomes 

• Participate in Inuit culture, customs, perspectives, and experiences 
• Explore the impact of historical and ongoing colonization on Indigenous communities and Peoples in Canada  
• Value the strength and resilience of Indigenous Peoples and how they have overcome ongoing colonization through their deep cultural practices and ways of knowing  
• Gain an appreciation of Indigenous knowledge and Two-Eyed Seeing perspectives  

Pre-conference Activities include 

• Transportation from the Chateau Lacombe Hotel to Fort Edmonton Park  
• Activities led by Indigenous elders, knowledge keepers, and educators 
• Admission to the Indigenous Peoples Experience with Indigenous interpreters
• Lunch, coffee, and snacks with Indigenous menu items 
• Return transportation to the Chateau Lacombe Hotel 

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Registration timeline

• Registrations Open – 6th June 2023
• Early Bird Rate Ends – 15th August 2023
• Deadline for authors to register – 5th September 2023
• Registrations Close – 25th September 2023

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Letter of Invitation for Visa Applications 

To request a visa invitation letter, please email RAIAdmin@norquest.ca and provide all of the following information:

• Complete name of conference attendee (as it appears in passport)
• Date of birth, if known
• Conference attendee’s company and position
• Conference attendee’s address and telephone number (both work and home)
• the date the Conference attendee intends to arrive and leave Canada (if known).

This information is outlined as required on the Canadian Immigration website.

For those not requiring a visa invitation letter, information on the Electronic Travel Authorization (eTA) can also be found in the link above.

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Carbon-neutral event

OE Global Conference will be a carbon-neutral event. When planning our event, we will be making conscious choices to keep our emissions low. OE Global Conference will be working with Explore Edmonton and Ostrom Climate Solutions, Canada’s leading carbon management solutions provider, to measure our event’s total greenhouse gas emissions. We will offset the emissions from the event, such as heating, cooling and food served, and from all of the participants’ travel and hotel stays. We will contribute to projects that prevent the equivalent amount of emissions elsewhere. Ostrom Climate’s offset projects are verified and validated by third parties to ensure that the emission reductions are real, additional, and permanent. We are proud to take action against climate change. For this reason, we need to ask additional questions during the registration process about attendees’ mode of travel to the event and accommodation. The data will be used to calculate our overall carbon footprint. We appreciate your help in making the OE Global 2023 conference a carbon-neutral event.