OIEC Membership
Internal Voting Members
![]() Dr. Gillian Balfour Provost and Vice-President, Academic (ex officio) | ![]() Dr. Linda Rodenburg Interim Orillia Principal (ex officio) | ![]() Denise Baxter Vice-Provost, Indigenous Initiatives (ex officio) | ![]() Michael Nitz Board of Governors Member |
![]() Tyler Goode Indigenous Student Member - Thunder Bay | ![]() Dr. Sharla Peltier Indigenous Faculty Member | ![]() Dr. Anita Vaillancourt Chair, OIEC Advisors Committee | ![]() Tami Chamberlain Indigenous Student Member - Orillia |
External Voting Members
![]() Precious Anderson (Chair) Member-At-Large | ![]() Dr. Bryanna Scott-Kay (Vice-Chair) Métis Nation of Ontario | ![]() Vacant Nishnawbe Aski Nation | ![]() Paul Capon Matawa First Nations |
![]() Charles Brown Member-At-Large | ![]() Wendy Houston Member-At-Large | ![]() Vacant Member-At-Large | ![]() Vacant Thunder Bay Indigenous Friendship Centre |
![]() Vacant Chippewas of Rama First Nation | ![]() Vacant Fort William First Nation | ![]() Arlene Merkley Barrie South Simcoe Métis Council | ![]() Vacant Ground Council Treaty #3 |
![]() Regional Deputy Grand Council Chief Melvin Hardy Anishinabek Nation | ![]() Vacant Association of Iroquois and Allied Indians (Simcoe County) | ![]() Vacant Ontario Native Women's Association | ![]() John Dixon Dilico Anishinabek Family Care |
Non Voting Members
![]() Dr. Gillian Siddall President & Vice-Chancellor | ![]() Senator Grant Robbins Elder | ![]() Jason Lisi Secretary | |
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