Indigenous Strategic Plan Executive Advisory Committee
Part of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) Guiding Network, an innovative, networked, Indigenous human-rights based model for ISP implementation support, the Indigenous Strategic Plan Executive Advisory Committee (ISPEAC):
- Serves on a cross-campus basis: both UBC Okanagan and UBC Vancouver
- Advises Indigenous Strategic Plan Coordinating Committee (ISPCC) on ISP priorities
- Reviews implementation and progress reports
- Provides recommendations on funding priorities and projects
Members of this committee are listed below, updated November 2023.
Member Name | ISPEAC Role | Title | Campus | |
1 | Adrienne Vedan | Co-Chair Senior Advisor to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal on Indigenous Affairs | Senior Advisor to the Deputy Vice-Chancellor and Principal on Indigenous Affairs Director, Indigenous Programs & Services | Okanagan |
2 | Allison Beardsworth | Interim Co-Chair Associate Director, Strategic Indigenous Enrolment Initiatives | Associate Director, Strategic Indigenous Enrolment Initiatives | Cross-Campus, Vancouver focus |
3 | (vacant) | Director, First Nations House of Learning | Director, First Nations House of Learning Professor, School of Nursing | Vancouver |
4 | Joely Viveiros | Associate Director, First Nations House of Learning | Associate Director, First Nations House of Learning | Vancouver |
5 | Allison Grimwood | Interim Associate Director, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives | Associate Director, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives | Cross-Campus |
6 | Kristin Pike | Associate Director, Indigenous Programs & Services | Associate Director, Indigenous Programs & Services | Okanagan |
7 | Dory Nason | Indigenous Faculty Representative | Associate Professor of Teaching, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and Social Justice Institute | Vancouver |
8 | Andrea Reid | Indigenous Faculty Representative | Assistant Professor, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries Principal Investigator, Centre for Indigenous Fisheries | Vancouver |
9 | Kerrie Charnley | Indigenous Faculty Representative | Assistant Professor of Teaching, English and Cultural Studies, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies | Okanagan |
10 | (vacant) | Indigenous Faculty Representative | Okanagan | |
11 | (vacant) | Indigenous Student Representative – Undergraduate | Okanagan | |
12 | Noah Chenoweth | Indigenous Student Representative – Graduate | Master of Arts Student, Education Graduate Academic Assistant, Indigenous Programs & Services Graduate Teaching Assistant, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies Graduate Research Assistant, Community, Culture and Global Studies, Irving K. Barber Faculty of Arts and Sciences | Okanagan |
13 | Sabrina Moshenko | Indigenous Student Representative – Undergraduate | Bachelor of Arts Student, Sociology (minor: First Nations and Indigenous Studies) Communications and Outreach Assistant, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies | Vancouver |
14 | Jessica Schaub | Indigenous Student Representative – Graduate | PhD Student, Oceanography, Institute of the Oceans and Fisheries, Faculty of Science | Vancouver |
15 | (vacant) | Indigenous Staff Representative | Okanagan | |
16 | Tanya Bob | Indigenous Staff Representative | Associate Director and Practicum Coordinator, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies | Vancouver |
17 | Jannik Eikenaar | Non-Indigenous Staff, Faculty, or Student Representative | Associate Professor of Teaching, School of Engineering, Faculty of Applied Science | Okanagan |
18 | Janey Lew | Non-Indigenous Staff, Faculty, or Student Representative | Senior Educational Consultant, Indigenous Initiatives, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology | Vancouver |
19 | Claire Sarson | Indigenous Strategic Programming Manager, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives | Indigenous Strategic Programming Manager, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives | Cross-Campus |
20 | Lerato Chondoma | Indigenous Research Support Initiative Representative | Associate Director, Indigenous Research Support Initiative, Office of the Vice President Research & Innovation | Vancouver |
21 | Amy Perreault | Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Indigenous Initiatives Representative | Senior Strategist, Indigenous Initiatives, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology | Vancouver |
22 | Tricia Logan | Residential School History & Dialogue Centre Representative | Interim Academic Director, Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre | Vancouver |
23 | Bernard Perley | Critical Indigenous Studies Representative | Director, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies Associate Professor, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies | Vancouver |
24 | Brad Wuetherick | Centre for Teaching and Learning Representative | Associate Provost, Academic Programs | Okanagan |
25 | (vacant) | Indigenous Studies Representative | Okanagan | |
26 | Matthew Evenden | Associate Vice President Research & Innovation | Associate Vice President Research & Innovation Professor, Geography, Faculty of Arts | Vancouver |
27 | Rella Ng | Associate Vice President Enrolment Services & Registrar | Associate Vice President Enrolment Services & Registrar | Cross-Campus |
28 | Carolyn Rhee-Thompson | Financial Representative | Finance Director, Vice President Finance & Operations and Vice President Human Resources | Vancouver |
29 | (vacant) | Human Resources Representative | ||
30 | Dee Dee Sung | Alumni Engagement Representative | Alumni Engagement Representative | Vancouver |
31 | (vacant) | Program Coordinator, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives | Program Coordinator, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives | Cross-Campus |
32 | (vacant) | Vice-President, Students Representative | Cross-Campus | |
33 | Dana-Lyn Mackenzie | Senior Manager, EDI and Indigeneity, Faculty of Applied Science | Senior Manager, EDI and Indigeneity, Faculty of Applied Science | Cross-Campus |
34 | Alice Te Punga Somerville | Professor, Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and English Language and Literature | Discretionary Seat | Vancouver |