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Board of Governors2010-2011
Back row (l-r): Ethel Blondin-Andrew, Stephanie Gilbert, Tammy Soanes-White,
Sydney O'Sullivan, Sarah Wright-Cardinal, Margaret Thom, Lani Cooke
Front row (l-r): John McKee, Ted Blondin
| 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.
| | Ted Blondin - Vice-Chairperson, Board of Governors and Chairperson, Research Advisory Council (North Slave Representative) | 
| | 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.
| | Sydney O'Sullivan - Chairperson, Policy & Programs Committee (South Slave Representative) | 
| | 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.
| | Lani Cooke - Chairperson, Finance Committee (Yellowknife Representative) | 
| | 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!
| | Ethel Blondin-Andrew - Sahtu Representative | 
| | Vacant - Student Representative (In progress) |
| | Tammy Soanes-White - Staff Representative (Yellowknife/ North Slave Campus) | 
| | Margaret Thom - Elder Representative | 
| | 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 grandchildren! She is currently the School Community Counsellor at Deh Gah Elementary Secondary School in Fort Providence. She is also the Deputy Commissioner of the Northwest Territories. | | Sandra Suliman - Beaufort Delta Representative |
| Sandra Suliman is a member of the Aurora College Board of Governors representing the Beaufort-Delta region.
Sandra Suliman has lived in various remote and indigenous communities in Canada's high Arctic. She first moved to the Nunavut Territory with her birth family where she grew up and attended grade school in Pangnirtung and Iqaluit. The opportunity to live in remote communities in the 1970's was an incredible experience in contrast to the bustling metropolis of Montreal, Quebec where she hails from.
Sandra later moved with her parents and two brothers to Kitikmeot Region in the Northwest Territories where they settled in Cambridge Bay. A common reality for many northern communities at that time was the lack of established high schools in most of the satellite communities. Sandra joined many of her fellow comrades who often traveled far distances to reside at a number of Indian Residential schools in northern Canada. Sandra attended Akaitcho Hall in Yellowknife during her secondary school years.
Sandra has worked for the Government of the Northwest Territories for over two decades. She currently works for a health authority in the capacity of Manager of Operations. Sandra also sits on the NWT Legal Services Board as the Beaufort-Delta representative. She has a Master of Arts degree in business leadership from Royal Roads University, preceded by undergraduate degrees specializing in justice and social work. Sandra is in her second year of a post graduate degree program in Human Organization Development offered through Fielding Graduate University. In her free time, she enjoys activities with her family, camping, fishing, and cooking a variety of international dishes and introducing them to her family and friends. Sandra lives in Inuvik with her husband Amier, and their son Saleem. |
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