Advisory Circle

ICS Webinar Advisory Circle

Our Advisory Circle is made up of a team of leaders from across disciplines who are committed to promoting Indigenous perspectives and addressing the inequities embedded within and across our systems. Members of the Advisory Circle provide input and overall direction to the content of the webinars and select speakers who are well respected for their knowledge, experience and contributions to the field. We extend our gratitude to Advisory Circle members who have come before and those who are with us now as they provide a continuity of voice and direction in guiding the series.

 

Dr Billie Allan Profile

Dr. Billie Allan
(Anishinaabe, Sharbot Lake)
Dr. Billie Allan is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of Victoria and the Chair of the Thunderbird Circle – Indigenous Social Work Educators Network (TC-ISWEN). Billie is a Two Spirit Anishinaabe person from Sharbot Lake, Ontario, whose scholarship currently focuses on the impact of racism and child welfare on Indigenous health and well-being, Two Spirit health and well-being, and Black and Indigenous decolonial solidarity.

 

  

 

Leah  

Leah Fontaine
Ojibway from Sagkeeng & Brokenhead
First Nations, Manitoba
In 2006 Leah joined the British Columbia Prosecution Service (BCPS) and is currently on a secondment to address the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's justice-related Calls to Action. 

 

 

 

Lynda

Lynda Gray
Ts’msyen Nation
Author of the National Bestseller First Nations 101, former Executive Director of the Urban Native Youth Association, Public Speaker, and Independent Contractor 

  

 

Lise New

Lise Haddock
Métis from Ste. Eustache, Manitoba
Executive Director of the Canadian Mental Health Association: Cowichan Valley Branch. She is an advocate for Social Justice Issues locally, provincially, and nationally.

 

 

 

Gertie Mai Muise

Gertie Mai Muise
Mi’kmaq from Bay St. George belonging to the Oalipu Mi'Kmaq First Nation
Executive Director, Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres

 

 

 

 

  

Diane Longboat

Kahontakwas Diane Longboat,
Mohawk Nation, Turtle Clan, Six Nations Grand River Territory
Diane is a Grandmother, an educator (MEd.), healer and traditional teacher. She is a builder, creating First Nations House at the University of Toronto, Soul of the Mother healing lodge, and the Ceremony Grounds at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health.

   

 

 

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Diane

Diane Smylie
Red River Métis
San’yas – Ontario
Diane has held leadership roles in collaborative initiatives to support quality improvement and program development in the areas of harm reduction, women’s and children’s substance use/mental health services, trauma-informed practice and Indigenous cultural safety. Diane is a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario. 

 

  

Janet

Janet Smylie
Métis (Prairies)
Director of the Well Living House Action Research Centre for Indigenous Infant, Child, and Family Health and Wellbeing