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NICHI Team

NICHI Team

Our Team

Guided by Indigenous leadership from coast to coast to coast.

Board of Directors

Jocelyn Formsma

Indspire

Gary Wilson

Aboriginal Housing Management Association

Laurent Odjick

Société immobilière du Regroupement des centres d'amitié autochtones du Québec

Georgina Brass

Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Housing Authority Inc.

Sidney Peters

Chief of Glooscap First Nation

Holly Hughes

Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services (OAHSSC)

Juanie Pudluk

Nunavut Construction Corporation

Robert Byers

Namerind Housing Corporation

Marvin Aubichon

Gabriel Housing Corporation

David Seymour

M`akola Housing Society

Jennifer Houle-Famakinde

Metis Calgary Family Services Society

Project Selection Advisory Council

Amanda Kilabuk
Jean-Francois Coté
Robert Voudrach
Jillian Ames
Patsy Kowtak Kuksuk
Fran Hunt-Jinnouchi
Jason Whitford

NICHI Team

John Gordon

Chief Executive Officer

Danielle Cognigni

Senior Director, Operations

Jennifer Simpson

Executive Assistant to the Chief Executive Officer

Billie Metz

Senior Manager, Operations

Danielle Ducharme

Financial Officer

Shannon Michaud

Manager, Policy and Stakeholder Relations

Georgette Nicolas

Regional Funding Advisor

Tara Watson

Regional Funding Advisor

Olive Williams

Regional Funding Advisor

Christina Gervais

Communications and Public Relations Coordinator

Kim Caldbick

Executive Assistant to the Senior Director, Operations

Simon Lalande

Senior Communications and Business Advisor

Founded On Values

By Indigenous Communities, For Indigenous Communities

01

Relationships

We acknowledge that every community and every project is unique. We seek to collaborate and support each community from a place of trust, transparency and respect.

02

Partnership

We build the community & achieve success through partnerships founded on integrity, trust and reciprocity, establishing relationships that are transformative, believing that knowledge is relational and connected to all creation.

03

Respect

We respect & celebrate diverse Indigenous communities by recognising their knowledge, traditions, teachings, worldview and way of being thereby ensuring all Indigenous voices are heard including Elders, women, children, LGBTQ2S+ and Persons with Disabilities.

04

Inclusivity

We affirm the worth of all Indigenous peoples and capitalise on the richness inherent in our differences seeking to develop and sustain relationships rooted in respect, trust and dignity.

05

Accountability

We act with integrity, holding one another responsible for achieving our Vision and adhering to our guiding principles.

06

Leadership

We lead by example, finding new ways to serve the interests of Indigenous housing and housing support providers.

07

Collaboration

We work together through this coalition to ensure the well being of Indigenous peoples and our lands.

08

Service

We serve the Indigenous housing & support service providers, working with them in achieving their goals and sharing knowledge in a respectful way.

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