Unama’ki College Advisory Board
Unama’ki College has an Advisory Group comprised of local and regional Indigenous community and education leaders, including Elders and others with a demonstrated commitment to Indigenous post-secondary education. Its primary role will be to advise Unama’ki College and Cape Breton University in the development, promotion, and support of post-secondary education for Indigenous peoples.
As of January 2018 the Unama’ki College Advisory Group consists of:
- Brian Arbuthnot, CEO, Wagmatcook
- Elizabeth Cremo, Eskasoni School Board
- Chief Leroy Denny, Eskasoni
- Tanya Francis, Education Director, Paq’tnkek
- Sharon Germain, Coordinator, Mi’kmaq-Maliseet BSW Program
- Darren Googoo, Director of Education, Membertou
- Amanda Johnson, Manager, Potlotek Education
- Don Julien, Executive Director, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
- Gordon Mac Ivor, Director of Education, Waycobah
- Albert Marshall, Elder, Eskasoni
- Marlene Martin, Education Advisor, Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq
- John Jerome Paul, Director of Program Services, Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey
- Velvet Paul, Director of Education, Sipekne’katik
- Chief P. J. Prosper, Paq’tnkek
- Laurianne Sylvester, Director of First Nations Students Services, Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey
