NorthWest
Indigenous Council
Serving Off-Reserve First Nations, Inuit & MÉTIS Peoples
The Northwest Indigenous Council (NWIC) is a provincial advocacy organization that acts on behalf of BC’s urban and off-reserve Indigenous peoples to help organize, protect and facilitate their voice, place, and inherent rights to prosper in the areas of social, economic, educational, cultural, health and personal well being.
Did you know?
%
of First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples in BC live off-reserve
Estimated population growth of Indigenous people by 2036
About Our Organization
NWIC looks to connect to the process of self –determination and Indigenous Nation building and works with Indigenous Nations by respecting the territories in which they live.
NWIC uses the Social Determinants of Health lens as we seek systems change from segregated silos and a competitive relationship model and supports a placed based model of working in partnership with neighborhood organizations to provide affective and relevant services to Indigenous citizens living off–reserve.
We Have the Power to Impact Our Future, and We’re Doing Something About It
Our Board
NWIC’s membership is structured using a regional representative system based on the BC First Nations Health Authority regions: Interior, Fraser, Vancouver Coastal, Vancouver Island, and Northern. We aim to have proportionate representation overall for the province and this is reflected by the composition of the Board of Directors, including an additional three Directors At Large.
Scott Clark
Coast Salish
PRESIDENT
VANCOUVER COASTAL
Jessica Savoy
Nisga’a Nations
VICE PRESIDENT
INTERIOR
Brock Endean
Métis
TREASURER
INTERIOR
Darian Edwards
SECRETARY
INTERIOR
DEan Charles
Coast Salish
DIRECTOR
VANCOUVER ISLAND
OJISTOH HENHAWKE
—
DIRECTOR
AT LARGE
PIROSKA POTORNAYL
Nisg’a
DIRECTOR
NORTH
Stephen Cain
Metis
DIRECTOR
VANCOUVER COASTAL
MATTHEW MORIN
Cree
DIRECTOR
AT LARGE
JO-ANNE ROSS
—
DIRECTOR
NORTH
EDGARD VILLENUEVA-CRUZ
Taltan
DIRECTOR
NORTH
SYLVIA WILLIAM
—
DIRECTOR
FRASER VALLEY
DIANA DAY
—
DIRECTOR
VANCOUVER COASTAL
ROSE HENRY (osah)
—
DIRECTOR
VANCOUVER ISALND
ANDREW gagnon
Cree
DIRECTOR
AT LARGE
Make Your Voice Heard
Become a Member
WHY YOU
SHOULD JOIN
NWIC is an organization where you can work alongside other urban and rural Indigenous peoples to ensure you have a legitimized voice and a place at the table to ensure your rights and aspirations are brought to important discussion in your neighborhoods, cities, villages and the evolving Nation to Nation discourse.
NWIC’s governance includes an Annual General Meeting that takes place typically in January or February where all are welcome.
As a young organization, NWIC has a volunteer working board with little operational funding. The Board of Directors is elected by, and accountable to, the organization’s membership.
NWIC hosts quarterly Board of Director meetings to identify priorities and develop a strategy moving forward on numerous key issues impacting the people NWIC seeks to advocate for.