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Regional Chief
Biography
Biography ofREGIONAL CHIEF JODY WILSON-RAYBOULD (PUGLAAS)
Regional Chief Jody Wilson-Raybould is a descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-Kwil-Tach peoples, which are part of the Kwakwaka’wakw, also known as the Kwak’wala speaking peoples. She is a member of the We Wai Kai Nation and lives with her husband, Tim Raybould, at Cape Mudge Village, Quadra Island.
Background & Experience:
- Bachelor of Arts: Major in History & Political Science
- Law degree from the University of British Columbia
- Active member of the BC Bar Association since 2000
- Provincial Crown prosecutor in Vancouver’s downtown eastside until 2003
- From 2003 to 2009, an elected Commissioner to the BC Treaty Commission
- Elected Councillor for the We Wai Kai Nation. Council Committee responsibilities:
Governance (including Community and Land Use Planning and Land Code and Constitution development),
Housing, Education and Health
- Member Patrons’ Circle and ‘Combining Our Strength’ Council – a partnership between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women Minerva Foundation for BC Women
- Board Member of Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre
- Board Member of Lands Advisory Board, 2009 - present
International Missions:
Traveled to the Philippines, Taiwan and Israel to work on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and leadership
