Leadership

The UNYA Board exemplifies the leadership of our youth.

  • Laura Beaudry

    Laura Beaudry

    Board Member Laura is Cree and Métis and a member of the Kapawe’no First Nation in Grouard, Alberta. She graduated from UBC with a BA…

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  • Maureen Buchan

    Maureen Buchan

    Board Member An Anishinaabe from Bearskin Lake First Nation in Northern Ontario, Maureen has over 15 years of experience working for First Nations Political Organizations.…

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  • Leila Williams

    Leila Williams

    Vice President Huddih, Sigh sew zeh’ Leila Williams, Wit’suwet’en tsa ked dees zitd from Moricetown B.C. (Hello, My name is Leila Williams, I am Wit’suwet’en…

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  • André Bessette

    André Bessette

    Treasurer André Bessette is a grateful visitor to the ancestral lands of the Tsawwassen, Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations since his birth. His roots are…

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  • Matthew Norris

    Matthew Norris

    President Matthew Norris is Nehithaw, Woodlands Cree, and is a member of the Lac La Ronge First Nation, Treaty 6, in Saskatchewan. He has a…

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  • Daniel Cook

    Daniel Cook

    Board Member Daniel Cook is from the Huu-ay-aht First Nation of the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples on his father’s side, and the Ganada Clan of the Nisga’a…

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