Council of Directors

​Ishkenikeyaa Waawaashkesh
​(Marjolaine Lapointe)

Speaker

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Ishkenikeyaa Marjolaine LaPointe (Anishinaabe) is a member of Ardoch First Nation. An educator for over 20 years, Marjolaine is currently one of 2 Indigenous Education Consultants for KPRDSB, with curriculum support, Anishinaabemowin, Indigenous-Centred Trauma-Informed Education and Indigenous-Centred Restorative Practice as portfolios. Marjolaine is passionate about language, culture, and culturally relevant and restorative education, and has a 2 decades-long relationship with Niijkiwendidaa.​

Julia Page

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Secretary

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​Mskwaamishkode Julia Page Buckshot is a registered member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabek First Nation, maniwakiing. Julia is passionate about Indigenous Education, Indigenous Languages Revitalization and Anti-Violence against Women and Children. Julia has a thirst for knowledge thus bringing a variety of specialized skills to the Council of Directors, including a background in financial and program management for small businesses and not for profit organizations. Julia currently works for KPRDSB as an Anishinaabemowin Teacher.

Erin Hayward

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Treasurer

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Erin is a registered member of the Lower Mohawks of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She is Kanien'kehá:ka and German on her paternal side and mixed European (Irish and British) maternally. Erin takes pride in having been born and raised in Scarborough Ontario.

Erin has volunteered for urban Indigenous organizations for a large portion of her life, and enjoys giving back to the various urban communities she has resided in. Erin is dedicated to ensuring urban Indigenous peoples have access to the supports that she herself relied on to reconnect to her own culture as a young woman. 

Erin is passionate about Indigenous sciences, languages, and legal frameworks. She loves hunting, fishing, and tending to ancestral seed and community relationships. Erin is a Certified seed collector by the Ontario Forest Gene Conservation Association, and spends a significant amount of time with her spouse collecting the seeds of native species of trees, shrubs, and herbaceous plants; growing them, and dispersing their locally adapted genetic resilience. 

​Kayleigh Godecharle

Director

Bio coming soon!

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Rebekah Rego

Director

Rebekah Rego is Moose clan and a proud member of Lac Seul First Nation located in the Treaty 3 region of northwestern Ontario.

Rebekah is a dedicated auntie, sister, daughter, cousin and friend. She is a hand drummer, beader, sewer, and crafter, continuing to practice and build skills in traditional crafts.

Her education and experience have provided her with a passion to work with individuals from a range of ages and nations through services that can assist their physical, mental, emotional and spiritual well-being.
Rebekah is devoted to ensuring Indigenous peoples have access to culturally competent and trauma informed supports and services in urban communities. She is deeply connected to work that serves and supports women and girls in our communities. Rebekah has spent time working and volunteering in various roles in the Nogojiwanong community and region. 
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She is honoured to be apart of Niijkiwendidaa Anishnaabekwewag Services Circle as a board member.

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