The Ally Leadership Council – Debwewin – the Oakville Truth Project

The Council will work to reimagine and bring community-to-community allyship and reciprocity forward into the present, which will offer tangible outcomes for local reconciliation. Members were invited to serve because of the work being led locally by their respective organizations and their personal commitment and passion to move local Truth and Reconciliation forward.

The following Indigenous leads will serve as Advisors:

Elder Peter Schuler, Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation
Georgia LaForme, Debwewin lead, MCFN
Angela Bellegarde, Founder of Tâpwêwin Indigenous Insights Inc.

The Following members of the Oakville community have agreed to serve as members of the Ally Leadership Council:

Kyle Barber, President & CEO, YMCA Oakville

Marcie Cardinal-Lamb, Community Manager, RBC

Bindu Cudjoe, General Counsel, Laurentian Bank and Board Chair, Oakville Community Foundation
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Nancy Coombs, Deputy Rector’s Warden, St Jude’s Church
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France Fournier, President & CEO, Oakville Chamber of Commerce

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Leena Sharma Seth, Mending the Chasm

John Helliker, Dean, Innovation, Sheridan College
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Séamus Kealy, Executive Director, Oakville Galleries

Fallon Melander, Office of General Council, Policy and Legal Counsel, Sheridan College

Don Pangman, Founder & Executive Director, ArtHouse
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Marsha Smith, Halton Environmental Network Read Bio

Andrew Tyrrell, President, Canadian Caribbean Association of Halton
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Tara Wong, CEO, Oakville Public Library
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