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Sunday, 21 October 2007

Regional 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
    • Board Member on the Minerva Foundation for BC Women
              • (Co-Chair, ‘Combining Our Strength’ – a partnership between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Women)
    • Advisor for the Nuyumbalees Cultural Centre
    • International Missions:
            • Traveled to the Philippines, Taiwan and Israel to work on Indigenous Peoples’ rights and leadership

 
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