CDHA Board of Directors

To make the best use of CDHA's resources, our board uses a Policy Governance® model, a proven decision-making system that unlocks the potential of organizations. This system has provided us with strategic leadership, clear rules on delegation, and a means of overseeing and evaluating the performance of our board. In addition, this model lends itself to the kind of big-picture thinking needed by CDHA to achieve its long-term objectives.

President

Alexandra Sheppard, (she/elle)

I respectfully acknowledge that I am situated in Treaty 6 territory, traditional lands of First Nations and Metis people.

Immediate Past President

Francine Trudeau, (she, her/elle)

Montreal/Tiohtiá:ke is situated on the unceded traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst many First Nations.

President-Elect

Donna Lee, (she/they)

British Columbia

I am privileged to work, live and play on the traditional, ancestral, unceded Coast Salish Territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səlilwətaɬ Nations.

Director

Paulette Dahlseide

Alberta

Alberta is located within Treaty 4, 6, 7, 8 and 10 territories and the homelands of the Métis Nation in Alberta. This land is the traditional territory of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuliné (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot).

Director

Kaylen Anholt, (she/her)

Saskatchewan

Director

Kathy Yerex, (she, her/elle)

Manitoba

Manitoba is located on the ancestral lands of the Anishinaabeg, Ininewuk, Anisininewuk, Dakota Oyate and Denesuline, and on the National Homeland of the Red River Métis. I live, work and play on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg.

Director

Bev Woods

Ontario

Director

Tayyaba Fiaz, (she/her)

Québec

Indigenous lands of the traditional territory of both the Kanien'kehá:ka, “Mohawk,” and the Anishinabeg “Algonquin,” peoples.

Director

Nicole Mainville, (elle, she/her)

New Brunswick

I would like to acknowledge that the land on which I live is the traditional unceded territory of the wolastoqiyik (maliseet) and Mi’kmaq peoples.

Director

Wendy Wells, (she/her)

Nova Scotia

Nova Scotia is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People.

Director

Cindy Holden (she, her/elle)

Newfoundland & Labrador

Representing Newfoundland (Ktaqmkuk) and Labrador (Nunatsuak), the unceded territory of diverse Indigenous peoples including the Beothuk whose culture has been lost forever. Learn and respect.

Director

Heather Cassidy, (she/her)

Prince Edward Island

Epekwitk (Prince Edward Island) is located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people.

Director

Tracy Bowser, (she/her)

North (YT, NWT, NU)

I acknowledge that I am on Chief Drygeese territory. The traditional land of Yellowknife Dene First Nation, unceded lands of Yellowknife Dene, Treaty 8 Territory, and homeland of North Slave Metis.