About IIC

Erin Monture

Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre (OSTTC)

Erin is a member of the Mohawk Nation and belongs to the Bear Clan from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. As Chief Executive Officer of Grand River Employment and Training Inc. and Acting Manager of the Ogwehoweh Skills and Trades Training Centre, Erin is committed to improving the lives of Indigenous peoples through education, training and employment opportunities.  Through Erin’s long-term innovative vision, she is able transform services into viable options for clients to maximize growth and efficiencies.

Erin is a graduate of the Public Administration and Governance program from Ryerson University and received the Valedictorian Award.  She has devoted the last 10 years of her professional career to the field of education. Prior to her current role at Six Nations Erin spent over 10 years in Financial Management in various office environments.

Erin is a member of several Indigenous education councils throughout Southern Ontario and dedicates much of her free time to volunteerism. She serves as Chair of the Save the Evidence Initiative, Mohawk Indian Residential School in Brantford, Ontario.

Erin is the very proud mother of three beautiful children.

Rebecca Jamieson

Six Nations Polytechnic

Rebecca Jamieson, Tuscarora, is the President-CEO Six Nations Polytechnic, mother, grandmother, sister and auntie. Six Nations Polytechnic (established 1993) is centre of excellence for Indigenous community-based learning at the post-secondary level. Rebecca has been involved at all levels of First Nations education in a wide range of roles including teaching; counselling; policy, curriculum and institutional research and development; teacher education; administration, governance and jurisdictional negotiations. In Ontario, Rebecca has also been actively involved in public postsecondary education, serving as the first Executive Director of the College Standards and Accreditation Council (CSAC), and on the Board of Governors for several Ontario Universities and Mohawk College.

Rebecca holds an undergraduate degree in psychology and philosophy from Wilfrid Laurier University and a Master of Education from the University of Toronto. Rebecca is a member of the College of Teachers and holds Supervisory Officers Qualifications. She is trained in mediation and alternative dispute resolution and is a Graduate of the Carver Institute, Policy Governance. In recognition of her contributions in Indigenous education Rebecca received the Order of Ontario (2008); was appointed Distinguished Fellow, Mohawk College (2015), received an Honorary Doctor of Laws, University of Western Ontario (2015), an Honorary Doctor of Laws, Wilfrid Laurier University (2017) and was appointed to the Order of Canada (2018).

Mindy Taylor

Anishinabek Educational Institute

Norma Sunday

Iohahi:io Akwesasne Education & Training Institute

Norma Tarbell-Sunday is the Associate Director for Post-Secondary Education & Training at Iohahi:io Akwesasne Education & Training Institute, in the Mohawk Territory of Akwesasne.  She has been in the position since August 2017.

Prior to working at Iohahi:io she worked as the Manager of the Post-Secondary Assistance Program at the Ahkwesahsne Mohawk Board of Education for 16 years.  This experience exposed her to the Canadian Post-Secondary school system and its funding differences between the colleges and universities in Canada.  50% of students at Akwesasne attend schools in Canada, and 50% in the U.S.  It also gave her the best experience to prep her for working in an Indigenous Institute.

Previous to working at the AMBE Post-Secondary Assistance Program Norma worked at St. Lawrence University in Canton, NY, USA, as the Director of the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP).  It is a program sponsored by the New York State Education Department and SLU which assisted students to attend private institutes in N.Y. State who weren’t financially or academically eligible for regular admission.  This position helped students in the program both financially and academically to succeed and graduate from SLU.

The first career position that got her feet wet in higher education was as the Assistant Director/Site Coordinator for the Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP) at Mater Dei College, for both the Akwesasne and Massena, NY sites.  She alternated between the Akwesasne and Massena campuses.  It was here where she also became adjunct faculty and taught all first-year students how to become successful college students using “How To Become A Master Student.”  This taught her how the proper preparation for college (study skills, reading skills, time management, note-taking, etc.) could help any student, regardless of their prior academic background, be a successful college student.

Norma hails from the Akwesasne Territory, where she was born and raised.  Both her parents encouraged her and her siblings to pursue higher education as not only a means of working in a field they like, but to be able to support their families.  Norma graduated from St. Lawrence University with a Bachelor degree in Psychology.  She continued at SLU and attained her M.Ed. in Counseling in 2003 and then attained her Certificate of Advanced Standing in 2006.  She is a permanently certified New York State School Counselor.

Beverly Roy

Kenjgewin Teg

Beverly Roy is a member of the M’Chigeeng First Nation on Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island) and a proud Anishinaabe-kwe of the Anishinabek Nation, brings a wealth of experience to her new role. Ms. Roy’s professional career over the past 25 years has been dedicated to community work supporting Mnidoo Mnising. She has amassed over a decade of experience in the Indigenous post-secondary sector through her 10-year tenure at Kenjgewin Teg and held various positions including Director of Quality Assurance and Director of Post-Secondary Education and Training. Ms. Roy is currently nearing the completion of her Ph.D. in Higher Education from the University of Toronto. Her educational journey includes a Master of Business Administration degree from Athabasca University and an undergraduate degree from the University of Waterloo. Ms. Roy remains dedicated to the pursuit of Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe language) as part of her lifelong learning.

Lorrie Deschamps

Oshki-Pimache-o-win
The Wenjack Institute

Dianne Roach

Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig