Grant Steering Committee

The Grant Steering Committee (GSC) is the central decision-making body for the Modern Treaty Implementation Research project. It will ensure the project meets its goals and objectives, finalize budget allocations to themes, review and approve all reporting to SSHRC, and provide a forum for information sharing and communication between each of the themes. The GSC is comprised of the Project Director (Chair), Theme Co-Leads, and administrative staff (ex-officio).

Dr. Stephanie Irlbacher-Fox
Adjunct Professor, School of Public Policy, Carleton University
Principal Investigator and Project Director

Dr. John B. Zoe (Tłı̨chǫ) 
Senior Advisor, Tłı̨chǫ Government
Theme Co-Lead, Indigenous Relationships to Land

Dr. Hayden King (Anishnaabe)
Executive Director, Yellowhead Institute and Advisor to the Dean of Arts on Indigenous Education, Ryerson University
Theme Co-Lead, Indigenous Relationships to Land

Bobby Clark
Director, Communications and Inter-Governmental Relations, Nisga’a Lisims Government
Theme Co-Lead, Intergovernmental Relations and Multilevel Governance

Dr. Martin Papillon
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Université de Montréal
Theme Co-Lead, Intergovernmental Relations and Multilevel Governance

Matthew Mehaffey
Principal, Mehaffey and Associates, representing Carcross/Tagish First Nation
Theme Co-Lead, Treaty Financing and Fiscal Relationships

Dr. Frances Abele
Professor, School of Public Policy & Administration, Carleton University
Theme Co-Lead, Treaty Financing and Fiscal Relationships

Alastair Campbell 
Senior Policy Advisor, Policy and Planning Division, Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Theme Co-Lead, Implementation Evaluation and Socio-Economic Impacts

Dr. Thierry Rodon
Associate Professor, Department of Political Science, Université Laval
Theme Co-Lead, Implementation Evaluation and Socio-Economic Impacts

Dr. Janna Promislow 
Associate Professor, Faculty of Law, Thompson Rivers University
Theme Co-Lead, Indigenous and Settler Legal Systems

Bruce Uviluq
Legal Negotiator,  Nunavut Tunngavik Inc.
Theme Co-Lead, Indigenous and Settler Legal Systems