Irwin Cotler is a retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal government of Paul Martin lost power following the 2006 federal election. He was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada in a by-election in November 1999,winning 92% of votes cast.
Pamela Wallin is a Canadian senator,former television journalist,and diplomat. She was appointed to the senate on January 2,2009,where she initially sat as a Conservative.
The First Nations University of Canada is a post-secondary institution and federated college of the University of Regina,based in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. FNUniv operates three campuses within the province,in Prince Albert,Regina,and Saskatoon. The university offers academic programs in business,the humanities,social sciences,and sciences;including a number of programs focused around aboriginal practices.
Lillian Eva Quan Dyck,is a retired Canadian senator from Saskatchewan. A member of the Cree Gordon First Nation in Saskatchewan,and a first generation Chinese Canadian,she is the first female First Nations senator and first Canadian-born senator of Chinese descent.
David Tkachuk is a Canadian teacher,executive and politician. Tkachuk was a member of the Senate of Canada,representing Saskatchewan from 1993 to 2020.
Métis Nation—Saskatchewan is a federally-recognized government that represents Métis people in the province of Saskatchewan,Canada. It is affiliated with the Métis National Council. Glen McCallum was elected as president in 2017 and reelected in 2021.
Samantha Jane Power is an Irish-American journalist,diplomat,and government official who is currently serving as the Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development. She previously served as the 28th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2013 to 2017. Power is a member of the Democratic Party.
Mary Sandra Lovelace Nicholas is a former Canadian senator representing New Brunswick. Sitting with the Progressive Senate Group,she was the first Indigenous woman appointed to the Senate. As an activist on behalf of First Nations women and children,she received international recognition in 1979 for bringing her case to the United Nations Human Rights Committee. In 1985 she succeeded in having Parliament revoke a discriminatory section of the Indian Act,which had caused women marrying non-Aboriginals to lose status and also deprived their children of status but did not treat men the same who married non-Aboriginal women.
Gary Merasty is a Canadian politician and former Liberal Member of Parliament for Desnethé—Missinippi—Churchill River in northern Saskatchewan. A former two-time Grand Chief of the Prince Albert Grand Council,Merasty is a member of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation within Treaty 6 territory. He is the first Status First Nations person to be elected in Saskatchewan.
Mary Ellen Elizabeth Turpel-Lafond is a Canadian lawyer and law professor. She has served as a judge and as a legislative advocate for children's rights.
Calvin Murray Sinclair is a former member of the Canadian Senate and First Nations lawyer who served as chairman of the Indian Residential Schools Truth and Reconciliation Commission from 2009 to 2015. He previously served as a judge in Manitoba from 1988 to 2009,being the first Indigenous judge appointed in the province. Sinclair was appointed to the Senate of Canada on April 2,2016. In November 2020,he announced his retirement from the Senate effective January 31,2021.
The Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations (FSIN),formerly known as the Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations,is a Saskatchewan-based First Nations organization. It represents 74 First Nations in Saskatchewan and is committed to honouring the spirit and intent of the Numbered Treaties,as well as the promotion,protection and implementation of these promises made over a century ago.
The Sixties Scoop,also known as The Scoop,was a period in which a series of policies were enacted in Canada that enabled child welfare authorities to take,or "scoop up," Indigenous children from their families and communities for placement in foster homes,from which they would be adopted by white families. Despite its name referencing the 1960s,the Sixties Scoop began in the mid-to-late 1950s and persisted into the 1980s.
Denise Leanne Batters is a Canadian politician who has served as a senator from Saskatchewan since January 25,2013. She was briefly ousted from the national Conservative Party of Canada caucus from November 2021 to February 2022,after criticizing then-leader Erin O'Toole,but remained a member of the Senate Conservative Caucus.
Renée Dupuis is a Canadian lawyer and a retired independent member of the Senate of Canada. Dupuis specialized in Canadian administrative law,Human rights law,and Canadian Indigenous law. She was chosen for appointment to the Senate on November 2,2016,by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Kelly Dawn Craft is an American businesswoman,politician,and former diplomat who served as the 30th United States Ambassador to the United Nations from 2019 to 2021 under President Donald Trump. She was confirmed as the US ambassador to the United Nations by the US Senate by a vote of 56–34,and was officially sworn in September 2019.
Sylvia McAdam Saysewahum is a member of the Cree Nation. She is an advocate for First Nation and environmental rights in Canada. She is a founding member of Idle No More,a lawyer,a professor,and an author. In all of these cases,her work is focused on spreading awareness and education about First Nation and Environmental rights.
Mary Jane McCallum is a Canadian Senator representing Manitoba.
Yvonne Boyer is a Canadian lawyer who was named to the Senate of Canada on March 25,2018,as a Senator for Ontario by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. A Métis,Boyer is the first Indigenous person appointed to the Senate from Ontario. She lives in Merrickville,Ontario,near Ottawa.
William Brent Cotter is a Canadian member of the Senate of Canada from the province of Saskatchewan. On January 31,2020,Cotter was nominated by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to fill a vacant Senate seat for Saskatchewan.
