Canadian Canoe Museum Announces Their National Council
The Canadian Canoe Museum announced that 32 distinguished individuals would become their national council, who will lend their names in support of the museum’s ambitious agenda of reinvention and relocation, and will serve as special advisors.
“Each member of our National Council is inspiring in his or her own right. By bringing them together, we have the opportunity to demonstrate the breadth, depth and diversity of distinguished Canadians who support the museum and its mission. We expect that together, we will be able to reach further, inspiring individuals, groups and communities from coast to coast to coast, to join us in the important work ahead.”
National Council: Fall 2018
His Royal Highness, Prince Andrew, The Duke of York, who has been the museum’s Royal Patron since
2007, is Honourary Chair of the National Council.
• Shelley Ambrose – Publisher, The Walrus and Executive Director, The Walrus Foundation
• Stephen Augustine – Hereditary Chief, Sigenigtog District Mi’kmawey Mawiomi, Associate Vice President, Indigenous Affairs and Unama’ki College
• Bob Baun – Former NHL Player, Businessman and Ontario Sports Hall of Fame Inductee
• Rick and Priscilla Brooks-Hill – Community Builders and Philanthropists
• Bill Buxton – Paddler, Public Intellectual and Principal Researcher, Microsoft Research
• Hiawatha First Nation Chief Laurie Carr – First Nations Leader and Community Builder
• Wendy Cecil – Philanthropist and Former Chancellor, Victoria University (U of T)
• Chuck Commanda – Bark Canoe Builder and Culturalist
• Matthew Coon Come – Cree Politician, Activist and Former National Chief Assembly of First
Nations
• Claude Cousineau – Professor of Recreation and Co-Founder, National Canoe Schools and
Canadian Recreational Canoeing Association
• Bob Gainey – NHL Player, General Manager, Hockey Hall of Fame Inductee and Philanthropist
• Victoria Grant – Teme-Augama Anishnabai Qway, Past Chair, Community Foundations of
Canada
• Geoff Green – Community Builder and Founder, Students on Ice Foundation
• Ted Johnson – Paddler, Philanthropist and Community Builder
• Philip Lee – Journalist and Professor
• Roy MacGregor – Paddler, Writer and Globe and Mail Columnist
• Scott MacGregor – Publisher and CEO, Rapid Media
• Peter Mansbridge – Broadcaster and Former Chancellor, Mount Allison University
• Larry McDermott – Member Shabot Obaadjiwan First Nation, Commissioner of Ontario Human Rights Commission and Executive Director, Plenty Canada
• Mark McLean – Paddler and Philanthropist
• Craig Oliver – Legendary Wilderness Paddler and Broadcaster
• Aaju Peter – Inuk Lawyer and Activist
• Valerie Pringle – TV Host, Journalist and Chair, The Great Trail
• Shelagh Rogers – Broadcast-Journalist, Truth and Reconciliation Commission Honorary Witness
• Andrew Stewart – Archaeologist and Board Member, McLean Foundation
• Jim & Katie Stewart – Sprint Paddler, Philanthropists
• Les Stroud – TV Personality, Filmmaker and Musician
• Adam van Koeverden – Olympic and World Champion Kayaker
• Curve Lake First Nation Chief Phyllis Williams – First Nations Leader and Community Builder
