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)
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)
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)
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
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
Lindsay (Swooping Hawk) Kretschmer