Meet the members of JIACG

The Joint Indigenous-Administrative Consultation Group (JIACG) brings together senior leaders from the university’s administration with leaders of the Indigenous community at McMaster. The group meets throughout the academic year to focus on operationalizing and achieving strategic goals.

Membership

From left, back row: Susan Tighe, provost and vice-president (Academic), Chrissy Doolittle, director, Indigenous Student Services, Jerry Hurley, dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Dawn Martin-Hill, professor, Social Sciences, academic co-chair, Indigenous Education Council, Alexandra Trottier, executive director, Indigenous Health Learning Lodge, Faculty of Health Sciences, Rob Innes, chair, Indigenous Studies Department and Abigail Samuels, vice-president Education, McMaster Students’ Union.

Front row: Nancy McKenzie, associate director, Academic Projects and Reviews, Office of the Provost, Karen Wright, administrator, Indigenous Initiatives, Indigenous Education Council and Bernice Downey, associate dean, Indigenous Health, Faculty of Health Sciences.

Members of JIACG not pictured above:

Savage Bear, director, McMaster Indigenous Research Institute (MIRI)

Sukhvinder Obhi, associate vice-president, Research (Society and Impact)