Consultant/Writer- Revise and reformat FacilitatorÌs Guide for Aboriginal AwarenessWorkshops, Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Aboriginal AwarenessProgram, Dec.1995 - Feb. 1996. Information Manager - Creation& management of The First PeoplesÌ Circle.a Special InterestGroup on Ottawa FreeNet, from September 1995 to present.
Consultant/Writer - Developmentof World Wide Web Site, ÎSpirit of Aboriginal Enterprise,Ó for First Nations Communications, Ottawa, August 1995.
Consultant/Writer - Developmentand drafting of various proposals for E.G. Consulting Ltd., Ottawa, Februaryto August, 1995.
Writer - Compilation of AboriginalHousing Awards submissions, Rochon Poirier Associates, Ottawa, February,1995.
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Writer/Designer - creation ofMedia Kit for film ÏNo SurrenderÓ for Ideas Unlimited, February,1995. Consultant/Writer - Successfulsubmission of Fur Trapper Training Proposal, for The Ontario Metis AboriginalAssociation, August 1994.
Consultant/Writer - To the MétisPolicy Team, Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, Ottawa, May-November,1994.
Consultant/Writer - Projectproposal, questionnaire, background documents, and final report for theInherent Right of Self-Government Project of the Ontario Metis and AboriginalAssociation, June-August, 1994.
Writer - All My Relations- The Other Métis, a discussion paper contracted by the Royal
Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, for the Métis CircleSpecial Consultation, March,1994.
Associate Editor - The FirstPeoples Urban Circle, Choices for Self-Determination, A Report to the RoyalCommission on Aboriginal People for the Native Council of Canada, Sept.-Nov1993.
Graphic Designer - Brochures andposter for the Aboriginal Project of Elections Canada, May-August, 1993.
Editor/Writer - First PeoplesCommuniqué, a periodic national newsletter of the Native Councilof Canada, January-July, 1993
Panelist - Racial Prejudicein Media, Carleton University, School of Journalism, March 10 1993.
Guest Speaker - Métis: TheirAboriginal and Treaty Rights, Labrador Métis Association tour, February26-March 3, 1993.
Guest Lecture - AboriginalPolicy & the Constitution, Carleton School of Social Work, Feb. 1993.
Panelist - Native Press &Self Government, Carleton University School of Journalism, January 18,1993.
Métis Liaison Officer- Native Council of Canada, from 1992-1994.
Analyst/Speaker - CharlottetownAboriginal Package, Native Council of Canada Speaking Tour, British Columbia,Alberta, Saskatchewan, and New Brunswick, October 1992.
Analyst/Writer - MultilateralConstitutional Negotiations, Native Council of Canada, March-December 1992.
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Speaker - CrossRoads InternationalOrientation, Boulton, Ontario, May 16, 1992.
Metis Speaker - Project IndigenousRestoration, 1992, Toronto, Ontario, April 19-22, 1992.
Speaker - Aboriginal Coexistence,Collective Bargaining Seminar, Public Service Alliance of Canada, Montebello,Quebec April 14-15, 1992.
Member - (Alternate for NCC)of the National Aboriginal Management Board of Pathways to Success fromApril 1992.
Author - One Heart - ManyVoices, an article on national Aboriginal organizations publishedin Perceptions Magazine, Ottawa, Fall/Winter 1992. Chairman,Metis Co-Chair - Constitutional Review Commission of the NativeCouncil of Canada, July 1991 to March 1992.
Panelist, Presenter, and Workshop Chairman- at The First PeoplesÌ Constitutional Congress, Hull, Quebec,March 27-30, 1992.
Writer - Chapter on AboriginalPeoples, for the Manual for New Employees of the Department of Indian Affairs, March 1992.
Participant - Federal PolicyConference on First Peoples, Ottawa, March, 1992.
Presenter/Speaker - to thePrairie First Peoples Forum, Edmonton, Alberta, March 6-8, 1992.
Participant - Atlantic FirstPeoples Forum, Feb. 29, 1992.
Participant/Presenter - MétisWorkshop Chairman, Pacific First Peoples Forum, Feb. 23-24, 1992.
Representative - for NCC atNational Aboriginal Youth Conference, Ottawa University, Feb. 2, 1992.
Participant/Presenter - WorkshopChairman, Northern First Peoples Forum, Yellowknife, NWT, Jan. 31 - Feb1, 1992.
Editor/Co-Writer - Treaties:A Route to Coexistence, NCC Constitutional Review Commission WorkingPaper #2, Feb. 1992.
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Editor/Co-Writer - Metis, Peoples andNations, NCC Constitutional Review Commission Working Paper #3, Feb.1992.
Editor/Co-Writer - Equityof Access: The Forgotten Majority Speaks, NCC Constitutional Review CommissionWorking Paper #4, Feb. 1992.
Presenter - Off-Reserve AboriginalRealities, presentation to the Beaudoin-Dobbie Federal Joint Committee,Jan. 26, 1992.
Author - Indigenous Realityin the 21st Century, an article in Gatherings, The EnÌowkin Journalof First North American Peoples, Fall, 1991.
Author - The Masks of Oka,an article in Gatherings, The EnÌowkin Journal of First North AmericanPeoples, Fall, 1991.
Editor/Writer - Moccasin Walk,commemorative magazine for the 20th anniversary of the Native Council ofCanada, Nov. 1991
Guest Lecture - AboriginalConstitutional Reform, Carleton University, Nov. 26, 1991.
Guest Lecture - AboriginalPerspectives, to History of the Welfare State course, Carleton University,Oct. 2, 1991.
Editor - Aboriginal Directionsfor Coexistence in Canada, NCC Constitutional Review Commission WorkingPaper #1, Ottawa, Aug. 1991.
Writer - Without Our Language,We Will Not Survive, A report on the relationship between literacy in theofficial languages and Aboriginal mother tongues, Native Council of Canada,May 1991.
Guest Lecture - AboriginalPeople in Modern Canada, Canadian Centre for Management Development, Ottawa,April, 1991.
Guest Lecture - The Placeof Metis in the Canadian Mosaic, Ottawa University, Ottawa, April, 1991.
Guest Lecture - The Placeof Metis in the Canadian Mosaic, Carleton University, Ottawa, March 26,1991.
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Writer - The Queen DoesNot Own Our Ancestors, A Report on the Consultation with Aboriginal peopleon Canadian Archaeological Heritage, Department of Communications,Archaeological Policy Unit, March, 1991.
Guest Lecture - The Justice System and Aboriginal Canadians, Correctional Worker Program,Algonquin College, March 14, 1991.
Chairman/Organizer - NationalAboriginal Symposium on Archaeological Heritage, Hull, Quebec, February17-19, 1991.
Guest Lecture - Treaty - theBasis for Aboriginal Co-Existence, Discussion with class in Canadian Studies,Social Policy Development, Carleton University, Ottawa, January 22, 1991.
Contract - Aboriginal Consultationon Federal Archaeology Framework Legislation, Primary National Consultant,Federal Department of Communications, December 1990 to April 1991.
Guest Lecture - AboriginalPerspectives on Canadian Criminal Law, Carleton University, Faculty of Law, November 22, 1990.
Guest Lecture - AboriginalPerspectives on Self government, Carleton University, CanadianStudies, October 15, 1990.
Guest Lecture - AboriginalPerspectives on Canadian Criminal Law, Carleton University, Canadian Studies, October 11, 1990.
Writer - Sources of Powerfor Aboriginal Self-Government, A presentation at the NationalSymposium on Self-Determination, University of Toronto. Deliveredby Ms. Doris Ronnenberg, President, Native Council of Canada (Alberta),September 30, 1990, published in Aboriginal Self-Determination, editedby Frank Cassidy, co-published by Oolichan Books and the Institute forResearch on Public Policy, 1991.
Editor/Writer - The FirstPeoples in Alliance with Canadians, a magazine produced for the NativeCouncil of Canada, September, 1990.
Guest Commentator - Aboriginal Contributions to Canada's Future, All in a Day, CBC Radio, September17, 1990.
Writer - Problems Inherentin Aboriginal Self-Government A speech to the Annual Meetingof the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Fredericton, August 27,1990. Delivered by Christopher McCormick, National Spokesperson, NativeCouncil of Canada. Published as Self-Government for Aboriginal People,in The Canadian Parliamentary Review, Winter 1990-91.
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Guest Speaker - Aboriginal Perceptionsof Law, International Folk-Law Symposium, University of Ottawa, August,1990.
Panelist - "All in a Day"CBC Radio, with Mr. Max Yalden, Human Rights Commissioner, and NationalChief Georges Erasmus of the Assembly of First Nations, August 22, 1990.
Resource - Metis People andTheir History, Workshop for the delegates of the Annual Assembly of theMetis Association of the Northwest Territories, July 12, 1990.
Presentation - AboriginalLiteracy, a presentation to the House of Commons Standing Committeeon Aboriginal Affairs hearings on literacy, Ottawa, June 18, 1990.
Resource - National Symposiumon Minority and Native Youth, Presentation to delegates at CarletonUniversity, Ottawa, June 21, 1990.
Guest Lecture - Metis Peopleand Self-Government, Social Policy Class, Kingston University, May17, 1990
Writer - Presentation to "Democracyand the Canadian Constitution Conference," University of Ottawa, Ottawa,April 28, 1990. Delivered by Christopher McCormick, National Spokesperson,Native Council of Canada.
Guest Lecture - You Are theEnemy, Presentation/Discussion with class in School of Social Work, Carleton University, March, 1990.
Presentation - "An AboriginalPerspective," Presentation toRace Relations Panel of the School of SocialWork, Carleton University, Ottawa, March, 1990.
Writer - Canadians SpoonfedMyths on Aboriginal People's History, Syndicated article distributedby News Canada, June 1989.
Interview/Contributor - Racismand the First Peoples of Canada, by Doris Rajan-Eastcott, for Secretaryof State, Multiculturalism Sector: Race Relations Unit, May 1989.
Guest Lecture - AboriginalPeople and Alien Justice, Presentation to class in Correctional WorkerProgram, Social Policy Development, Algonquin College November, 1989.
Guest Lecture - Trickor Treaties? Presentation/Discussion with class in CanadianStudies, Social Policy Development, Carleton University, October, 1989.
Representative - of the NativeCouncil of Canada at a two-day Federal Meeting on Archaeological Heritage,Ottawa, March 29, 1989.
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Guest Lecture - Trick or Treaties? Presentation/Discussion with class in Canadian Studies, Social Policy Development,Carleton University, October, 1988.
Writer/Editor - "The ForgottenPeople - A Special Edition" Published in Ottawa by the Native Councilof Canada, October, 1988.
Conference Presentation -Natives and the Law, Towards Awareness and Understanding,Pugwash Conference Carleton University, Ottawa, October 1, 1988.
Writer - Unheard Voices inthe Law - Aboriginal People and the Law in Canada, a Presentationto the Canadian Association of Law Teachers and the Canadian Law and SocietyAssociations by Louis Bruyere, President, Native Council of Canada,June 8, 1988, at University of Windsor.
Writer - The Future of AboriginalConstitutional Development, a Presentationto the Canadian Association ofLaw Teachers by Louis Bruyere, President of the Native Council of Canada,June 8, 1988, the University of Windsor.
Guest Lecture - The UnwrittenHistory of Native Nations - The Metis, Conference on History of First Nations,University of Ottawa, March 1988.
Guest Lecture - What do NativePeoples Want in the Canadian Constitution? Banff Seminar, Banff Alberta,November 26, 1987.
Senior Analyst/Delegate -Native Council of Canada, First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Rights,Ottawa, March, 1987.
Author - Access To Survival,A Perspective on Aboriginal Self-Government for the Constituency of theNative Council of Canada, published by the Institute of IntergovernmentalRelations, Queen's University, Kingston Ontario, 1986.
Senior Analyst/Delegate -Native Council of Canada, First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Rights,Ottawa, April, 1985.
Delegate/Presentation - NativeCouncil of Canada to Institute of Intergovernmental Relations, Workshopon Aboriginal Self-Government, February 6-7, 1985.
Writer/Presentation - Native Self-Reliance, An Aboriginal Destiny, presented to a North American Conference Toward Native Self-Reliance, Renewal, and Development,August 20, 1984, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Delegate - Native Councilof Canada, Current Issues In Aboriginal and Treaty Rights, Canadian BarAssociation, May 25, 1984.
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Writer - The Metis and Non-StatusIndians As An Aboriginal People With a Right To Self-Determination, NativeCouncil of Canada, April 30,1984.
Senior Analyst/Delegate -Native Council of Canada, First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Rights,Ottawa, April 1984.
Delegate/Presentations - NativeCouncil of Canada, Officials Meetings and Workshops prior to the FirstMinisters Conference, 1984.
Writer - A Critical Analysis ofthe Function of the Native Council of Canada in the Process of the Section37 Constitutional Conference, Native Council of Canada April1983
Analyst/Delegate - NativeCouncil of Canada, First Ministers Conference on Aboriginal Rights, Ottawa,April 1983, and prior Ministers and Officials meetings.
Writer - Critique of the FinalReport of the Task Force on Native People in an Urban Setting, a jointOntario Government-Native community project, OMNSIA, 1982.
Participant - COMSOC, Governmentof Ontario consultation on Native Children in the context of a child WelfareAct, 1981.
Editor/Writer - Special EditionsMagazines, including The Invisible Natives; Special Status; The Elders;Our Native Land: The Art Issue; Commission of Inquiry; The Craft Issue; and We, The Native People. Published by the Ontario Metis and Non-StatusIndian Association, July 1980, to Nov. 1981.
Writer - Historical Backgroundof the Metis and Non-Status Indians of Ontario, OMNSIA, Included in TheFinal Report on MNSI Potential Claims In Ontario, 1979 to the Federal Departmentof Justice.
Assistant Director - Department of Research for Aboriginal title of Ontario Metis and Non-StatusIndians, with the Ontario Metis and Non-Status Indian Association, 1978-80.
Research/Writer - We Are Metis- A Metis View of the Development of a Native Canadian People, with DukeRedbird, 1977-78.
Artist - Canada Council ArtsAward, Film Video and Photography, May, 1977.
Artist - Exhibition, "Genesis"CAYC, VII International Open Encounter on Video, Barcelona, Spain, February22-29, 1977.
Artist - Exhibition, "MetalMessiah" Video Ring, Vehicule Art, Montreal, Quebec, Feb. 8-22, 1977.
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Artist - Exhibition - "Video Dance,"and "Faces of Eve" Video Spotlight, Vehicule Art, Montreal, Quebec, January3-9, 1977.
Contributor - Video PolicySeminar, Ontario Arts Council, Toronto, 1977.
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Writer - Exploring Videospace,Two-Part series on video art in Video Magazine, No. 1 & 2, 1977. Artist - Theatre/Video, Shoptalk,Toronto Free Theatre, May 19-23, 1976.
Artist - Producer/Director/VideographerMetal Messiah, Video comic, from live performances of Theatre Metropolis'production, Toronto, 1976.
Artist - Exhibition, Genesis,in Visual Relations, Video Ring, The London Public Art Gallery, London,October 4-8, 1976.
Officer - Vice-President,Video Ring, Toronto, 1976.
Columnist - Videoscan, six columns for the Rochdale house organ, 1976.
Artist - Exhibition, VideospaceMedley, CAYC, Fourth International Open encounter on Video, BuenosAires, Argentina, Oct. 31 to Nov. 14, 1975.
Artist - Exhibition, Genesis, CAYC, Third International Open Encounter on Video, Ferrara, Italy, May25-29, 1975.
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Artist - Producer/Co-ordinator,"Videoscope, An Exhibition of Video Art," Art Gallery of Ontario,November 20, 1974 to April 1, 1975.
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Artist - Exhibition/Installation,"You are the Message," An Interactive Video Environment," Videoscope, ArtGallery of Ontario, February 6 to 18, March 20 to April 1, 1975.
Artist - Exhibition, Genesis, Synaesthetic videotape, 9 min., Videoscape, Art Gallery of Ontario, PermanentGallery collection, from November 20,1975.
Lecturer - Video as Art form,Ontario College of Art, 1975.
Officer - Vice-President,Video Ring, Toronto, 1976.
Guest - "Media Circus," TVO,Channel 19, Video Art Demonstration, 1974
Artist - Exhibition, "Nightmusic" TVO, Channel 19, two 60 minute segments, 1974.
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Writer - Access and the VideoArtist, The Potential Role of the Museum/Gallery As A Resource For TheDevelopment Of The Video Artist, presented to "Video and the Museum"Everson Museum, Syracuse, New York, April 1974.
Executive Producer - The Unidentified Flying Bandwagon, A Video Festival, Trinity Square, Toronto,May 18-21, 1973.
Producer/Director - "On theSquare". 30-minute weekly cable show, Rogers Cable, 1972, nominated fortwo national cable awards.
Founder/Co-ordinator - TrinitySquare Video, Toronto, 1972-76.
Editor - Mediator, Newsletterfor Community Video Groups, 1972.
Author - Red on White, A Biographyof Duke Redbird, New Press, Toronto, Follett Press, Chicago, 1971.
Writer - Articles, various,The Thunderbird, Canada's first national Indian newspaper, Toronto/Ottawa,1964.
Writer - Articles, various,The Thunderbird, Canada's first national Indian
newspaper, Toronto/Ottawa, 1964.
Photojournalist - Staff, The TorontoTelegram, Sept. 1960 to Sept. 1963.
Photojournalist - Staff, The WndsorStar, May 1960 to Sept. 1960.
Graduate - School of Journalism,Ryerson Institute, Toronto, 1960.
Photojournalist - (Thesis development)Staff, The Tilsonburg Gazette, May to Sept. 1959.
Photojournalist - Staff, The BurlingtonGazette, May to Sept. 1958.
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July 2000 to Present - Archivistfor the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP).
Creation, development, and maintenace of the CAP archives, includingthe creation
of a custom database to facilitate user-friendly access to the archives.
July 1998 to Present - InformationProvider and manager of CAPonline
-- the website of the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples which recentlysurpassed two
million hits.
February 1998 to June 1998 - Variousshort-term contracts with First Nations
Communications (FNC) related to proposal development and andteaching English
grammar, writing and Metis heritage to various FNC trainees.
April 1998 to April 1999 - Contractedby the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples to provide
information and maintain the content of their webiste CAP Online
November 1997 - Contractedby the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples to develop a
national meeting of Métis peoples.
May - August, 1997 - Congressof Aboriginal Peoples contract to hold eight regional
workshops on proposal development for youth interested in accessingthe federal Youth
Initiatives Program.
February-March 1997 - NationalFilm Board contract to research Aboriginal Art and
Artists appropriate to inclusion on ÏDangerous VisionsÓ- a CD ROM on Native Art.
- Researcher
October 1995 - January 1998- First Nations Communications, various short-term
contracts related to Aboriginal particpation on the Internet,including proposal
development for utlities to facilitate Internet use by Aboriginalcommunities, and
materials related to the Spirit of Aboriginal Enterprise websiste. Consultant/Writer
December 1995 - September 1996- Department of Indian and Northern Affairs, Evaluate
Aboriginal Awareness Workshops though interviews with facilitatorsand participants
and revise and reformat FacilitatorÌs Guide and Regionalmodules for Aboriginal
Awareness Workshops. - Consultant/Writer
August 1995 - FirstNations Communications, Ottawa, Development of World Wide Web
Site, ÎSpirit of Aboriginal Enterprise.Ó - Consultant/Writer
February to August, 1995- E.G. Consulting Ltd., Ottawa, Development and drafting of
various proposals. - Consultant/Writer
February 1995 - The NorthernLake Superior Aboriginal Association, Development of
claims research proposal.- Consultant/Writer
February, 1995 - Rochon PoirierAssociates, Ottawa,. Compilation of Aboriginal
Housing Awards submissions. - Writer
February, 1995 - Ideas Unlimited,creation of Media Kit for film ÏNo SurrenderÓ
- Writer/Designer
April-November,1994 - TheOntario Metis Aboriginal Association, Successful
submission of Fur Trapper Training Proposal. - Consultant/Writer
August 1994 - Royal Commissionon Aboriginal Peoples, Métis Policy Team,
- Consultant/Writer
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June-Sept., 1994 - OntarioMetis Aboriginal Association, Draft project proposal,
project materials, and final report of Inherent Right of Self-GovernmentProject,
- Consultant/Writer.
June-August, 1994 - the NativeAlliance of Quebec, Draft project materials for
Inherent Self-Government Project. - Consultant/Writer.
March 1994 - the Royal Commissionon Aboriginal Peoples, draft discussion paper for
All My Relations - The Other Métis, for The MétisCircle, Writer/consultant.
September-November, 1993 -the Native Council of Canada, The First Peoples Urban
Circle, A Report to the Royal Commission on AboriginalPeople, 10 Vols. - Associate
Editor/Designer.
May-August, 1993 - ElectionsCanada, Brochures and poster for the Aboriginal Project
Contract/Graphic Designer.
March 1992 - Department ofIndian and Northern Affairs, draft chapter on Aboriginal
Peoples, for department Employee Orientation Manual, Contract/Writer.
January 1992 - National Associationof Cultural Educational Centres, draft proposal to
transfer of $8.2 Million Annually from Department of Indian Affairs.- Contract/Writer
March-December 1992 - NativeCouncil of Canada, Multilateral Constitutional
Negotiations, - Analyst/Writer/Métis Negotiator.
July 1991 to March 1992 -Native Council of Canada , Chairman, Metis Co-Chair of
the Constitutional Review Commission. Contract
January 1991 to May 1991 -Native Council of Canada, Special Projects Advisor,
Ottawa, - Contract
December 1990 to March 31, 1990.- Federal Department of Communication,
Archaeology Policy Consultation, , Archaeology and Heritage Policy,Primary National
Aboriginal Consultant - Contract
June 1983 to December 1990 -Native Council of Canada, National Constitutional
Co-ordinator. Contract
May to July 1986 - NativeCouncil of Canada, Research/Writer for booklet on
Aboriginal Self-Government for off-reserve Aboriginal peoplespublished by QueenÌs
University. Contract
July 1982 to May 1983 - NativeCouncil of Canada , Consultant/Analyst. Contract.
July 1981 to May 1982 - ,Ontario Metis and Non-Status Indian Association
- Policy Analyst/Executive Advisor
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July 1980 to June. 1981- Ontario Metis and Non-Status Indian Association, Editor,
Special Editions Magazine, Special Projects Officer.
August 1978 to June 1980 -Ontario Metis and Non-Status Indian Association, Assistant
Director of Land Claims Research. Staf
1972 -TrinitySquare Video, Community TV Facility, Toronto Founder/Co-ordinator
August to November 1971 -Manitou Arts Foundation, Schrieber Island Project,
- Videographer
September 1960, to September 1963 -The Toronto Telegram, Photojournalist, Staff
May -September 1960 - TheWindsor Star, Photojournalist - Staff