INAN Committee Report
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Appendix A: List of Witnesses
The following table lists the witnesses who appeared before the committee at its meetings related to this report. Transcripts of all public meetings related to this report are available on the committee’s webpage for this study.
Organizations and Individuals |
Date |
Meeting |
Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami Natan Obed, President Jenny Tierney, Director of Policy Advancement |
2023/02/15 |
52 |
Métis National Council Cassidy Caron, President |
2023/02/15 |
52 |
Department of Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Angela Bate, Director General Dionne Savill, Director General, Implementation Branch |
2023/03/06 |
53 |
Department of Indigenous Services Jonathan Allen, Director Hon. Patty Hajdu, P.C., M.P., Minister of Indigenous Services Rory O'Connor, Director General, Regional Infrastructure Delivery Branch, Regional Operations Sector Gina Wilson, Deputy Minister |
2023/03/06 |
53 |
Assembly of First Nations Renee St. Germain, Director of Languages and Learning |
2023/03/08 |
54 |
Dechinta Centre for Research and Learning Kelsey Wrightson, Executive Director |
2023/03/08 |
54 |
First Nations Education Council Annie Gros-Louis, Educational Services Director John Martin, Member of the Chiefs Committee |
2023/03/08 |
54 |
First Nations with Schools Collective Leslee White-Eye, Governance Director |
2023/03/08 |
54 |
Headwater Learning Solutions Dana Braunberger, Research and Innovation Irene Oakes, Project Specialist |
2023/03/08 |
54 |
Mi'kmaw Kina'matnewey Blaire Gould, Executive Director |
2023/03/08 |
54 |
University of Manitoba Catherine Cook, Vice-President, Indigenous |
2023/03/08 |
54 |
First Nations Technical Institute Suzanne Brant, President |
2023/03/22 |
55 |
Indspire Michael DeGagné, President and Chief Executive Officer |
2023/03/22 |
55 |
Saskatchewan Ministry of Education Thomas Sierzycki, Northern Education Advisor |
2023/03/22 |
55 |
University of British Columbia Margaret Moss, Professor and Director, First Nations House of Learning |
2023/03/22 |
55 |
Yukon First Nation Education Directorate Melanie Bennett, Executive Director |
2023/03/22 |
55 |
As an individual Kevin Lewis, Assistant Professor, University of Saskatchewan, Kâniyâsihk Culture Camps |
2023/03/27 |
56 |
Cape Breton University Marie Battiste, Special Advisor to the Vice President Academic, Provost on Decolonizing the Academy |
2023/03/27 |
56 |
Keewaytinook Internet High School Nikki Osborne, Teacher and Graduation Coach |
2023/03/27 |
56 |
Nunavut Arctic College Rebecca Mearns, President |
2023/03/27 |
56 |
Université du Québec à Montréal Marco Bacon, Director, Office of Inclusion and Student Success |
2023/03/27 |
56 |
Yukon University Shelagh Rowles, Provost and Vice-President Academic |
2023/03/27 |
56 |
As an individual Lois Philipp, Former Teacher and Administrator David Rattray, Retired Teacher |
2023/03/29 |
57 |
Connected North Michael Furdyk, Director of Innovation Karen R. Restoule, Advisory Board Member |
2023/03/29 |
57 |
Kinoomaadziwin Education Body Helen Bobiwash, Accountant |
2023/03/29 |
57 |
Native Women's Association of Canada Lisa J. Smith, Interim Adviser to the President |
2023/03/29 |
57 |
As an individual Ella Estey, Student |
2023/04/17 |
58 |
Canadian Alliance of Student Associations Shannon Cornelsen, Co-Chair, National Indigenous Advocacy Committee |
2023/04/17 |
58 |
Congress of Aboriginal Peoples Elmer St. Pierre |
2023/04/17 |
58 |
Kiuna College José-Tomás Arriola, Clinical Supervisor Denis Gros-Louis, Director General, First Nations Education Council |
2023/04/17 |
58 |
Lac Seul First Nation Sylvia Davis, Director of Education |
2023/04/17 |
58 |
Tlicho Government Tammy Steinwand-Deschambeault, Director, Department of Culture and Lands Protection |
2023/04/17 |
58 |