National Committee

Mandate

Provide Leadership, advice and guidance to the AHRC Trades and Apprenticeship Project. The Project’s goal is to increase the number of Aboriginal people in sustainable / gainful employment in skilled trades through collaboration and partnership with labour market stakeholders.

Role

The National Aboriginal Trades Leadership Committee has a strategic role rather than a working committee role. The Committee is a national staging ground for action, and a leveraging instrument for expanded achievement and investment to increase Aboriginal participation in trades employment and apprenticeship training across Canada.

Committee Members

• Bellerose, Larry
  General Manager,
  Ontario Métis Aboriginal Association
• Brennan, Paul
  Director, Corporate & Community Relations,
  Association of Canadian Community Colleges
• Christmas, Dan
  Senior Advisor, Membertou
• Dagenais, Mario
  Policy Consultant, First Nations Human Resources Dev. Commission of Quebec
• DeGuevara, Raf
  Trades Director, BCAHRD Society
• Fanelli, Tony
  Construction Operations Manager,
  BFI Constructors Ltd.
• Goldsmith, Angie
  Divisional Staffing Manager, Retail,
  The Home Depot Canada
• Hebert, Paul
  Executive Director,
  Mining Industry Human Resources Council (MiHR)
• Herod, Nicole
  Manager, Communications,
  Canadian Apprenticeship Forum
• Horsman, Dagmar
  Communications & Information Coordinator,
  Canadian Automotive Repair and Service Council
• Kalyn, Peter
  Training Superintendent,
  Diavik Diamond Mines Inc.
• Knight, Cheryl
  Executive Director & CEO,
  Petroleum Human Resources Council of Canada
• Lyall, Charlie
  President & CCO, Kitikmeot Corporation
• McBride, Denise
  Community Affairs Representative,
  Shell Canada Limited
• Nalewajek, Ron
  Vice President Strategic Planning & Development,
  Ledcor Industrial Ltd.
• Parker, Linda
  Manager,
  Aboriginal Institutes’ Consortium, Ontario
• Pelletier, Brian
  Program Manager/Gestionnaire de Programme,
  Aboriginal Affairs Directorate/Direction des affaires
• Rushby, Mike
  Vice President, Human Resources,
  Weyerhaeuser Company Limited

Ex-Officio Members

• Monterrosa, Sylvia
  AHRDA - Director, Louis Bull First Nation
• Moulton, Doug
  Government of Canada
  HRSDC-BC/Yukon Regional Headquarters
• Page, Allan
  Project Manager,
  Construction Sector Council
• Peltier Mavin, Catherine
  Policy & Promotion Advisor,
  Natural Resources Canada

AHRC Staff

• Lendsay, Kelly
  President/CEO
• Hall, Craig
  COO