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Board of Governers
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John McKee, Chairperson (Deh Cho Representative) |
Came “north” 44 years ago to Iqaluit then know as Frobisher Bay.
Work History:
1966-1977 Northern Canada Power Corporation – Various Postings NWT
1977-1984 Government of the NWT – Local Government Officer – Fort Liard
1984-1993 Government of the NWT – Dept of Local Government – Superintendent – Fort Simpson
1993-1994 Government of the NWT – Municipal and Community Affairs – Yellowknife
1994-2009 Chief Adminsitrative Officer – Hamlet of Fort Liard
Present – Retired doing contract work for Hamlet of Fort Liard
Boards and Committees:
President – Local Government Administrators of NWT
Vice President – Northern Employee Benefit Services
Chairperson – Insurance Committee – NWT Association of Communities (NWTAC)
Chairperson – Aurora College Board of Governors (second term)
Public Service Capacity Steering Committee member with Mayor of Yellowknife, DM GNWT
Human Resources, DM of Municipal and Community Affairs – mandated with developing Senior Administrative Officers for Community Governments
Two daughters born and raised in NWT.
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Ted Blondin, Vice-Chairperson (North Slave Representative)
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Ted Blondin was the Editor of the Native
Press from 1971-1974. He then moved to Rae-Edzo (Behchoko) and held
the position of Secretary- Treasurer for the Rae-Edzo School Society
until 1987. Ted was also on the Board of Governors of Arctic College
from 1981 - 87. He was the Chief Negotiator for the Dene-Metis Land
Claims from 1987 - 1990. Then he went to the University of Lethbridge
and completed two Management Certificates and was hired as Land Claims
Manager for the Tlicho until their Effective Date of August 4, 2005. Ted
was next employed by the Behchoko Development Corporation as President.
During his time with the Dogrib Treaty 11 Council, he was one of the
negotiators in the Impact and Benefit Agreements, Socio-Economic
Agreements and Environmental Agreements with BHPB, Diavik and Snap Lake
diamond mines. He is currently the Tlicho representative on the Mine
Training Society as well as the Chairman for the Tlicho Community
Services Agency. This is his second term on the Aurora College Board of
Governors.
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Sydney O'Sullivan, Chairperson, Policy & Programs Committee,South Slave Representative
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Sydney has been involved with adult
learning for over 30 years. Her career in the NWT began in Fort
McPherson and Inuvik as community adult educator and later as instructor
in the Academic Studies Program of what was then Thebacha College in
Fort Smith. As Superintendent, Education, Culture and Employment, (ECE)
she helped establish three career development centres in the South Slave
region. Sydney participated in the South Slave Communities’ Learning
Network, a partnership with ECE, the South Slave Divisional Education
Council, and Thebacha Campus, Aurora College. The group received the
Premier’s Award for Excellence for their joint efforts including the
Trades Awareness Program for young people. Sydney is now retired, but
has retained her passion for adult learning. She is very excited to be a
member of the Aurora College Board of Governors.
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Lani Cooke, Chairperson, Finance Committee (Yellowknife Representative)
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Lani Cooke has lived in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories since 1973 and has enjoyed a variety of careers as a newspaper reporter, a commercial fisherman, living on fish, caribou, and rabbit in an all-woman bush camp for a year, independent filmmaking for ten years, running the Yellowknife Association for Community Living, a non-profit organization that advocates for people with intellectual disabilities and their families, for thirteen years, and most recently, since 2004, providing organizational development and governance consulting.
She continues to explore the vast lands, pristine waters and diversified cultures of the Northwest Territories with her partner, Gestur Paulson. Life in the NWT always inspires her, and, in the words of Leonard Cohen, “opens cracks where the light shines through”.
Lani has written two books: Weaving through the Community: Becoming a Responsive Board (2000) and Llidli Koe – Two Rivers of Faith (1984). The film she produced, The Northern Lights, is the best selling film of Canada’s National Film Board. Her two children, Allister and Miranda, are crowd pleasers as well!
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Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Sahtu Representative
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Vacant, Student Representative
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Tammy Soanes-White, Staff Representative
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Maragaret Thom, Elder, Member at Large Representative
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| Margaret Thom is an aboriginal woman of
the Deh Gah Got'ie First Nations. She is the mother of four wonderful
beautiful girls that have given her 8 beautiful gifts of grandchildren!
She is currently the School Community Cousellor at Deh Gah Elementary
Secondary School in Fort Providence. She is also the Deputy Commissioner
of the Northwest Territories. |
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