UTSC Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenous Initiatives Advisory Committee
Membership
Membership
In accordance with the UofT Scarborough Truth, Reconciliation and Indigenous Initiatives Advisory Committee TOR, the committee membership is as follows:
Chairs
Kelly Crawford
Assistant Director, Indigenous Initiatives, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office, UTSC
Appointed Members
Taylor Tabobondung
Graduate student, Environmental Science
Self-identified Indigenous student
Giselle Del Valle
Undergraduate student
Self-identified Indigenous student
Nicholas Spence (Co-Chair)
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology, UTSC
Self-identified Indigenous faculty member
Vacant
Self-identified non-Canadian Indigenous student
Kateri Akiwenzie-Damm
Assistant Professor, Dept. of English
Faculty member with expertise relevant to the committee mandate
Brittney Jaikaran
Indigenous Academic Advisor/Career Support
Self-identified Indigenous staff member
Ann MacDonald
Associate Professor Teaching Stream Dept. Arts, Culture and Media & Executive Director & Chief Curator, Doris McCarthy Gallery
Member of Chairs and Academic Directors (CAD)
Vacant
Member from an organization representing Indigenous youth
Ex-Officio Members
Wisdom Tettey
Vice-President and Principal, UTSC
William Gough
Vice-Principal Academic and Dean, UTSC
Neel Joshi
Dean of Student Experience & Wellbeing, UTSC
Kelly Crawford (Co-Chair)
Assistant Director, Indigenous Initiatives, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office, UTSC
Shannon Simpson
Senior Director, Tri-Campus Office of Indigenous Initiatives, UofT
Michael DeGagné
Special Advisor to the Vice-President and Principal on Indigenous Initiatives
Josh Eshkawkogan
Member of the UTSC Elders’ Circle
UTSC Elder
Naulaq LeDrew
Member of the UTSC Elders’ Circle
UTSC Knowledge Keeper
Nancy Rowe
Member of the UTSC Elders’ Circle
UTSC Knowledge Keeper
The committee may choose to invite guests with relevant insights and expertise to its meetings to assist in deliberations. These may include Elders, Knowledge Keepers, community leaders, members of the Executive Team, UTSC/UofT faculty, staff and students, external professionals and scholars.
The Committee may, if it deems it necessary, establish a sub-committee of members or an ad hoc committee, which may include non-members, for specific activities related to its mandate.