Public Security Indigenous Advisory Committee

Overview

The Public Security Indigenous Advisory Committee was created in November 2022 to provide advice and recommendations to improve public safety throughout Alberta, including in Indigenous communities.

The committee will advise on public safety initiatives to help ensure government policies, programs and processes align with the needs of Indigenous communities across the province. The Committee’s core areas of focus are harvesting rights, law enforcement, victim services, restorative justice, and crime prevention.

As partners in reconciliation, we are listening to and working with Indigenous Peoples in Alberta to determine the best ways forward to a better future.

Mandate

The Public Security Indigenous Advisory Committee will:

• participate in ongoing dialogue regarding public security initiatives
• play a critical role in shaping policy and program direction
• foster mutual understanding and improve collaboration with Indigenous communities
• help ensure government processes align with the evolving needs of Indigenous communities across the province

The advisory committee will meet a minimum of 4 times per year to discuss public security policy matters.

Committee members

Committee members are leaders from Indigenous communities and organizations across the province and reflect the diversity of Indigenous Peoples in Alberta. 

• Marlene Orr, (co-chair), chief executive officer of Native Counselling Services of Alberta and a member of the Parole Board of Canada’s National Indigenous Circle;  member of Beaver Lake Nation in Treaty 6
• Scott Sinclair (co-chair), Parliamentary Secretary for Indigenous Policing and MLA for Lesser Slave Lake
• Bradley J Cunningham, Board Member Metis Settlements Appeal Tribunal, Board Director, Association of Alberta Sexual Assault Services; Peavine Metis Settlement
• Sharon Bourque, director of justice, Otipemisiwak Metis Government
• David MacPhee, president, Aseniwuche Winewak Nation
• Teddy Manywounds, director of justice, Stoney Nakoda – Tsuut’ina Tribal Council
• Josie Nepinak, Anishinaabe Nation (Treaty 3) and executive director of Awo Taan Healing Lodge Society
• Tyler Oka, federal reintegration worker, Kainai Transition Centre Society, Community Corrections Program and a member of Kainai Nation (Blood Reserve, Treaty 7)
• Earl Thiessen, executive director, Oxford House Foundation of Canada
• Darlene Jackson, Municipal Councillor, Municipal District of Opportunity

News

• Working with Indigenous leaders to improve public safety (November 10, 2022)