Board – Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na

Join Our Board of Directors

Help guide our mission and support the community. We’re inviting expressions of interest from people who care about good governance and positive impact.

Board Member Responsibilities

Serve a minimum of one (1) two-year term on the Board.
Attend at least four (4) quarterly board meetings per year.
Actively participate in fundraising efforts and events.
Make a strong and consistent commitment to supporting the work of Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na.
Stay informed about board business and organizational developments.
Come prepared to meetings, having reviewed agendas, minutes, and relevant reports.
Build positive, collaborative relationships with fellow board members to support effective decision-making and consensus.
Take part in the Board’s annual strategic planning process.
Support and help advance the organization’s strategic plan throughout the year.

Apply Now Questions? Email tto@kenhteke.org

Learn about our Board of Directors

Jodi John

Chair

Kanyen’kéha

Jodi John yakoskaré:wake Kanyen’kehá:ka Kenhtè:ke niyakonhwentsyò:ten. Jodi yakoyé:nen ne BSc ne Trent University né:ne Psychology/Biology tánon ne BSc ne Nutrition ne McGill University. Ónen ki’ nón:wa Queen’s University yeyonteweyénstha ne PhD tsi ní:yoht tsi ayakota’karí:teke ne Onkwehón:we.

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Karen Lewis

Yeya’takwe’ní:yo

Kanyen’kéha

Karen Lewis ka’nisténhsera né:’e, tehniyáhse teyakoksà:tayen né:ne ronatehyà:ron, kahsótshera, táhnon teyotere’tsherà:ne kahsótshera né:’e. Yakonyáhten táhnon thóha akwé:kon tsi niyakónnhehs Kenhtè:ke shiyè:teron. Ken’ náhe yakotoríhshen tsi tewáhsen yà:ya’k niyohserá:ke yakoyo’tén:’on tsi yehyatonhseranónnha Tsi Tkanhiote Kenhtè:ke Tsi Yewennahnotáhkwa tsi nón:we é:so kanakerahserá:kon wa’eyo’tenhserakétsko. Tyakotyerénhton yakonkwehón:we yakóhson ne Excel, shakotihyatonhserá:wi ne ahonterihwahsté:rihste tsi yewennahnotáhkwa. Ministry yakoya’tarákwen ne Karen ayontyà:taren ne ratiya’takwe’ní:yos raotityóhkwa ne Southern Ontario Library Service. Shiyeksá:’a, Karen wa’akothón:te’ne ronwahsótha Kanyen’kéha rohthá:rahkwe táhnon tayenoronhkwa’tsherénhawe tsi niyó:re yakotehyà:ron.

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Karen Lewis is the mother of two adult children, a grandmother, and great-grandmother. She is Turtle Clan and has lived most of her life in Tyendinaga. Karen is recently retired from twenty-six years as the librarian at Kanhiote Tyendinaga Territory Public Library where she has developed many community programs. She was the first First Nations person to complete Excel, a certificate program for managing a small public library. Karen is a Ministry appointed board member for the Southern Ontario Library Service. As a young child, Karen heard her grandfather speak his Mohawk language and carried a love for it into adulthood.

Jan Hill

Kanyen’kéha

Yakonyáhten yakoyá:ner ne Kanonhsyonne (Janice Corinne Hill) táhnon Associate Vice-Ohén:ton í:yete, Indigenous initiatives and Reconciliation, Queen’s University nón:we. Kenhtè:ke yakotehyà:ron táhnon tsi niyakónnhes yakoyo’tátye aonsayónnhete ne Kanyen’kéha táhnon tsi nihotirihò:ten, táhnon tsi nahò:ten thonehtáhkwen ne ontathsotshera’kénha.

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Tahohtharátye Joe Brant

Kanyen’kéha

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Joanne Tabobandung

Teyerihstò:rara’ks | Secretary

Kanyen’kéha

Jo-Anne Tabobandung ne ohén:ton í:yete táhnon yontatkowá:nen yakorihonnyén:ni tsi teká:tens yontóryes First Nations Technical Institute nón:we, rotikwatákwen ne Onkwehón:we teká:tens ronteweyénhstha raotirihwà:ke. Jo-Anne teyakoweyénhare ka’nisténhsera né:’e, áhsen niyakoksà:tayen tsyonathonwí:sen né:ne yonatyà:tare tsi tekontkennyónhe’s.

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Dianne Sedore-McCoy

Kanyen’kéha

Dianne Sedore-McCoy yakorihonnyén:ni skátne ne Hastings-Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB) ne 21 niyohserá:ke nikarì:wes, táhnon nón:wa yakoyó’te ne Learning Support Coordinator ne Indigenous Education aorihwà:ke.
Yakotyà:tare ne Indigenous Education Advisory Council (IEAC) ne HPEDSB raotirihwà:ke; táhnon ne First Nation, Métis, Inuit Educators Association of Ontario (FNMIEAO).

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Dianne Sedore-McCoy is recently retired from 21 years as a teacher with Hastings-Prince Edward District School Board (HPEDSB), where she was also the Learning Support Coordinator for Indigenous Education. She was a member of the Indigenous Education Advisory Council (IEAC) for HPEDSB; and the First Nation, Métis, Inuit Educators Association of Ontario (FNMIEAO). Dianne is currently a Curriculum Writer in the area of Indigenous Education with the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario (ETFO) and a Cultural Consultant with the Upper Canada District School Board (UCDSB). Additionally, she served a three-year term as the Second Vice President of the ETFO HPE Local. Dianne holds a B.Ed. from Queen’s University, B.Sc. Hons from Trent University and is a qualified K-12 teacher. Dianne is an honorary lifetime member of the ETFO.

Kandice Baptiste

Kanyen’kéha

Kanyen’kehá:ka niyakonhwentsyò:ten ne Kandice Baptiste táhnon Kenhtè:ke yakonakerá:ton táhnon yakotehyà:ron.
Yehá:wi ne B.A. Wilfred Laurier University nityakoyentá:’on táhnon teyontkénnyeskwe, tehon’theróyaks teyontkénnyeskwe.
Nón:wa Yeya’takwe’ní:yo ne Four Directions Indigenous Student Centre, Queen’s University nón:we.

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Callie Hill

Konwanonhshiyóhstha | Chief Executive Officer

Kanyen’kéha

Yakonyáhten Kanyen’kehá:ka niyakonhwentsyò:ten ne Konwanonhsiyohstha (Callie Hill) né:ne Kenhtè:ke nityakawé:non. Yakoyo’ténhseronte tsi Ohén:ton Í:iete táhnon Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na (TTO) yakohnhá:’on tsi náhe ne 2004 shiyohserò:ten. Ohyaríha 2015 shiyohserò:ten, yakotohétston tsi yonteweyénhstha ne University of Victoria né:ne Master of Education, Indigenous Language Revitalization. Ne ò:ni tsi yerihwahserón:nis, teyeyo’tenhserayehstáhsyons táhnon ye’nikonhrarátye’s akwé:kon ne ohwísta, tsi yehyatónhkwa, táhnon tsi nihontyérha tsi rotiyó’te, yakoteríhonte ne tsi nihontyérha, né:ne ta’nón:wa yerihwisákhons né:’e, kaweyenhstà:tshera, tsi nihotirihò:ten, tóka’ni kaya’takehnhà:tshera aorihwà:ke.

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Konwanonhsiyohstha (Callie Hill) is Mohawk turtle clan from Kenhtè:ke. She holds the position of Executive Director and has been employed by Tsi Tyónnheht Onkwawén:na (TTO) since 2004. In June 2015 she graduated from the University of Victoria with a Master of Education, Indigenous Language Revitalization. Along with planning, coordinating and overseeing all day-to-day fiscal, administrative, and operational activities, her duties include activities, which may be research, educational, cultural, or service oriented.

Bonnie Jane Maracle

Yehwistanónnha | Treasurer

Kanyen’kéha

Iehnhotonkwas (Bonnie Jane Maracle), yakothahyón:ni Kanyen’kehá:ka Kenhtè:ke niyakonhwentsyò:ten, yehá:wi ne B.A. ne Indigenous Studies, Trent nón:we; ne B.Ed & M.Ed, Queen’s nón:we; táhnon yakorhá:re ayakoyén:ta’ne ne Ph.D. ne Indigenous Studies, Trent nón:we, né:ne niya’té:kon yakorihwisákhon kwah né:ne Onkwehón:we Kaweyenhstà:tshera, Onkwehón:we Ratirihwisákhons, táhnon Onkwehón:we Ratiwennakará:tats. Ne ò:ni tsi yakotyà:tare ne TTO ratiya’takwe’ní:yos, Bonnie Jane yakotyà:tare ne Ratiya’takwe’ní:yos Raotityóhkwa ne Ontario Native Literacy Coalition, Ohsweken nón:we, táhnon ne Kanatsiohareke Kanakerahserá:yen Kanón:no nón:we. Yakorihonnyén:ni University of Victoria nón:we ne Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program; táhnon nón:wa yakoyó’te ne First Nations House nón:we, University of Toronto, né:ne Aboriginal Learning Strategist yakoyo’ténhseronte.

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Iehnhotonkwas (Bonnie Jane Maracle), from the Wolf Clan of the Mohawk Nation at Tyendinaga Territory, holds a B.A. in Indigenous Studies, Trent; a B.Ed. & M.Ed., Queen’s; and is a Ph.D. Candidate in Indigenous Studies, at Trent, with areas of research that include Indigenous Education, Indigenous Research, and Indigenous Language Revitalization. In addition to her work on the TTO board, Bonnie Jane is a member of the Board of Directors for the Ontario Native Literacy Coalition at Ohsweken, and the Kanatsiohareke Mohawk Community in New York. She is a Sessional Instructor at the University of Victoria in the Aboriginal Language Revitalization Program; and is presently employed at First Nations House, University of Toronto, as the Aboriginal Learning Strategist.

Ed Maracle

Kanyen’kéha

Ed Maracle sénha tsi ní:yoht ne tewáhsen niyohserá:ke royo’tén:’on Queen’s University nón:we ne network administration táhnon electronics. Rohyatonhserayentà:sere ne kahyatonhserí:yo ne Queen’s Unviersity nón:we né:ne ò:ni Indigenous Studies táhnon Computer Science yorihò:ron táhnon technical diploma ne electronics engineering technology nithoyentá:’on ne St. Lawrence College nón:we. Ed ratya’tárha niya’té:kon karihonnyén:ni ne akawennahní:rate ne Kanyen’kéha táhnon niya’teyohserá:ke rathonkárya’ks ne Kanatsiohareke Ken’niyohontéhsha Ronaterihwahtentyà:ton.

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Ed Maracle has worked at Queen’s University for over twenty years in network administration and electronics.
He is pursuing his undergraduate degree at Queen’s University with a medial in Indigenous Studies and Computer Science and has previously received a technical diploma in electronics engineering technology from St. Lawrence College.
Ed participates in several programs to strengthen his grasp of the Mohawk language and he volunteers annually at the Kanatsiohareke Strawberry Festival.

Kiera Brant-Birioukov

Kanyen’kéha

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Jodi John

Karen Lewis

Jan Hill

Tahohtharátye Joe Brant

Joanne Tabobandung

Dianne Sedore-McCoy

Kandice Baptiste

Callie Hill

Bonnie Jane Maracle

Ed Maracle

Kiera Brant-Birioukov

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