Item - 2024.CA17.1

Tracking Status

  • City Council adopted this item on July 24 and 25, 2024 with amendments.
  • This item was considered by the Civic Appointments Committee on July 18, 2024 and adopted without amendment. It will be considered by City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024.

CA17.1 - Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Amended
Wards:
All

City Council Decision

City Council on July 24 and 25, 2024, adopted the following:

 

1. City Council appoint the following public members recommended in Attachment 1 to the supplementary report (July 23, 2023) from the City Manager, to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026:

 

Keith McCrady, 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations;

 

Chantelle Barker, Aboriginal Legal Services;

 

Millie Knapp, Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts;

 

Cheryllee Bourgeois, Call Auntie Clinic;

 

Cynthia Bell, ENAGB;


Crystal Samms, Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes Inc.;


Nancy Martin, Miziwe Biik Employment and Training;


Richard Hunter, Native Canadian Centre of Toronto;


Steve Teekens, Native Men’s Residence;


Frances Sanderson, Nishnawbe Homes Inc.;


Patti Pettigrew, Thunder Woman Healing Lodge Society;


Suzanne Brunelle, Toronto and York Region Métis Council;


Andrea Chrisjohn, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre;


Tanya Senk, Toronto District School Board - Urban Indigenous Education Centre;


Paige Kimiksana - Kreps, Tungasuvvingat Inuit Urban Inuit Knowledge Centre;


Angus Palmer, Wigwamen Incorporated;

 

Joe Hester, Anishnawbe Health Toronto;


Laura Suthers, Ojibikaan; and


Ruth Green, York University.

City Council Decision Advice and Other Information

During the review of the Order Paper on July 24, 2024, City Council adopted a procedural motion to remove this Item from the jurisdiction of the Civic Appointments Committee and bring it forward for consideration by City Council.

Background Information (Committee)

(July 9, 2024) Report from the City Manager on Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247633.pdf
Revised Attachment 1 - List of Recommended Public Members for Appointment to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247770.pdf
Attachment 1 - List of Recommended Public Members for Appointment to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247634.pdf
Presentation from the City Manager on Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247854.pdf

Background Information (City Council)

(July 23, 2024) Supplementary report from the City Manager on Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee (CA17.1a)
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-247887.pdf
Attachment 1 - List of Recommended Public Members for Appointment to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee.
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/cc/bgrd/backgroundfile-247888.pdf

Motions (City Council)

1 - Motion to Amend Item moved by Councillor Lily Cheng (Carried)

That City Council delete Civic Appointments Committee Recommendation 1 and adopt instead the following recommendation in the supplementary report (July 23, 2024) from the City Manager, amended to read as follows:

 

1. City Council appoint the following public members recommended in Attachment 1 to the supplementary report, to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026:

 

Keith McCrady, 2-Spirited People of the 1st Nations

 

Chantelle Barker, Aboriginal Legal Services

 

Millie Knapp, Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts

 

Cheryllee Bourgeois, Call Auntie Clinic

 

Cynthia Bell, ENAGB


Crystal Samms, Gabriel Dumont Non-Profit Homes Inc.


Nancy Martin, Miziwe Biik Employment and Training


Richard Hunter, Native Canadian Centre of Toronto


Steve Teekens, Native Men’s Residence


Frances Sanderson, Nishnawbe Homes Inc.


Patti Pettigrew, Thunder Woman Healing Lodge Society


Suzanne Brunelle, Toronto and York Region Métis Council


Andrea Chrisjohn, Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre


Tanya Senk, Toronto District School Board - Urban Indigenous Education Centre


Paige Kimiksana - Kreps, Tungasuvvingat Inuit Urban Inuit Knowledge Centre


Angus Palmer, Wigwamen Incorporated

 

Joe Hester, Anishnawbe Health Toronto


Laura Suthers, Ojibikaan


Ruth Green, York University

CA17.1 - Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee

Decision Type:
ACTION
Status:
Adopted
Wards:
All

Committee Recommendations

The Civic Appointments Committee recommends that:  

 

1. City Council appoint the public members recommended in Attachment 1 to the report (July 9, 2024) from the City Manager to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, for a term of office ending on November 14, 2026.

Decision Advice and Other Information

Kate Bassil, Chief of Staff, City Manager's Office, gave an presentation on the Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee.

Summary

This report recommends the appointment of public members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee, for a term ending on November 14, 2026.

Background Information

(July 9, 2024) Report from the City Manager on Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247633.pdf
Revised Attachment 1 - List of Recommended Public Members for Appointment to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247770.pdf
Attachment 1 - List of Recommended Public Members for Appointment to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247634.pdf
Presentation from the City Manager on Appointment of Public Members to the Aboriginal Affairs Advisory Committee
https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2024/ca/bgrd/backgroundfile-247854.pdf

Speakers

Frances Sanderson, ​Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council and Nishnawbe Homes Inc.
Lindsay (Swooping Hawk) Kretschmer

Motions

Motion to Adopt Item moved by Councillor Jamaal Myers (Carried)
Source: Toronto City Clerk at www.toronto.ca/council