Seeking Appointment to the Board of Directors of the First Nation Land Governance Registry
Overview
43
43
years of professional experience
Work History
Councillor
Nipissing Nation
33 Alex Street, Garden Village, Ontario
01.2021 - Current
Committee Portfolios/Chairperson of Economic development and Pow Wow committees, Policy, Committee Member; present portfolio beginning 2024 WN Hospital Advisory Board, Research Advisory
Appointed to Nipissings’ Land Negotiating Team 2021 and presently retain that appointment
Board Director
Nipissing
Nipissing First Nation
01.2020 - 01.2024
Board Director for Nipissing Land Claim Trust
Evaluated financial reports thoroughly, making informed decisions on budget allocations and resource distribution.
Reviewed organizational structure regularly, identifying opportunities for improvement in efficiency and effectiveness.
Developed strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring their needs were understood and addressed.
Established and maintained strong relationships with customers, vendors and strategic partners.
Nipissing Land Manager, R'td
Nipissing Nation
33 Semo Road, Garden Village, On P2B 3K3
01.1982 - 01.2019
Set in place Nipissings’ sectoral self-government in lands
Managed a land base of 27,923 hectares (69,000 acres) of Nipissings’ Reserve No. 10, Unsold Surrender land and corporate lands
Achieved Specific Agreements on land claims 1994 and 2013; unsold surrendered agreement 19
Led a team of five full time employees
Residential and commercial land leasing, individual allotments, utility easements, right of ways and land waters of special protection and a remediation site
Other areas once under Land Office management, economic development, housing, membership and elections and referendums
Education
Honourary Doctorate of Letters -
Nipissing University
01.2020
Bachelor of Arts - History Major, Philosophy, Native Studies Minors
Laurentian University
01.1982
Skills
Involved in ISC review of the failing Registry system; attended meetings with Canada and other Nations to provide insight of self-government needs and the Registry shortfalls
Knowledge of land tenures, documents and future goals of my Nation in a better reactive future Registry system
Knowledge of the reasons for development of laws and how this becomes a challenge for a registry system to develop with this broadening field of growth
Accomplishments
1994 Specific Land Claim (Laronde Creek),
1995 Agreement on Unsold Land
2013 Nipissing Boundary Claim
2003 Nipissing Land Code
LAB Framework Agreement Trailblazer Award 2024
Anishinabek Lifetime Achievement Award 2012
Volunteer Experience
Nipissing, Volunteer for different fundraising groups, history, heritage, research, archaeology
Languages
English
Ojibway Nipissing dialect
Timeline
Councillor
Nipissing Nation
01.2021 - Current
Board Director
Nipissing
01.2020 - 01.2024
Nipissing Land Manager, R'td
Nipissing Nation
01.1982 - 01.2019
Honourary Doctorate of Letters -
Nipissing University
Bachelor of Arts - History Major, Philosophy, Native Studies Minors
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