DAILY NEWS Dec 18, 2006 5:17 PM - 0 comments

APTN Board Elects New Members

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Aboriginal Peoples Television Network is pleased
to announce the election of a new Chairperson for the Board, five Directors and the 21st term rotation seat during its Annual General Meeting.

Former APTN Vice-Chairperson and Member-appointed NNBY Director, Shirley Adamson, will serve as incoming APTN Chairperson. Adamson replaces outgoing Chairperson Judy Gingell, who has served on the APTN Board of Directors
since 2001.

A member of the Ta¹an Kwach¹an Council, Adamson has spent most of her career working in Aboriginal politics, getting her start in 1975 on the Executive of the Yukon Association of Non-status Indians. She eventually moved to the communications sector, working nine years as an
announcer-operator with the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and Northern Native Broadcasting. Adamson returned to politics first as a Communications Advisor for the Council of Yukon Indians, then as its Self-Government Coordinator. She accepted an appointment as the Chairperson of the Ta¹an Kwach¹an Council where she acted in the capacity of Chief, and
also as Self-Government negotiator. In 1995, Adamson was appointed by the Yukon Chiefs to the position of Yukon Vice-Chief with the Assembly of First Nations. The next year she was elected to the Office of Grand Chief of the
Council of Yukon First Nations for a three year term. She is currently affiliated with J.W. Hays Consulting and is on contract as the Chief
Executive Officer of Northern Native Broadcasting. She is a Governor with the University of the Arctic, a Director for the 2007 Whitehorse Canada Winter Games Host Society, a trustee with the Yukon First Nations Aboriginal Languages Trust, and acting President of the Arctic Circle of Indigenous Communicators.

Five Directors were also elected or re-elected to serve three-year terms from year 2006 to year 2009. The recruitment of a sixth position for the PEI Region has been extended to allow the recruitment committee to approach the
aboriginal communities in that province a second time. APTN welcomes the following new members, and acknowledges the returning members for their
continued contributions to the network:



Newly Elected Members:
* Donna Wuttunee - Southern Alberta
* Allan Adam - Southern Saskatchewan
* Kerry Assiniwe - Southern Ontario (re-elected)
* Donna Noonan - Southern Quebec
* Michelle Baikie - Southern Newfoundland/Labrador (re-elected)
* Vacant - Southern PEI

Returning Members:
* Brian Smith ­ Nova Scotia Region ­ APTN Treasurer
* Linda J. Simon ­ New Brunswick Region ­ APTN Secretary
* Madeleine Adams ­ Nunavut Region ­ Member appointed IBC
* Joachim Bonnetrouge ­ Northwest Territories Region ­ Member appointed NCS
* Deborah Ann Charles ­ Saskatchewan Region ­ Member appointed MBC
* Christine Chisel ­ Ontario Region ­ Member appointed Wawatay
* Topsy Cockney ­ Northwest Territories Region ­ Member appointed ICS
* Shirley Adamson, Yukon Region, Member appointed NNBY, APTN Chairperson
* Sammy Duncan ­ Quebec Region ­ Member appointed TNI
* David McLeod ­ Manitoba Region ­ Member appointed NCI
* Karen Prentice ­ Labrador Region ­ Member appointed OKS
* Chris Robertson ­ British Columbia Region ­ Director at large
* Daniel Vandal ­ Manitoba Region ­ Director at large
* Sarah Beaulne ­ Quebec Region - Member appointed KSB

The network also welcomes Mr. Bert Crowfoot of the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta (AMMSA) who will serve in the 21st Board Rotation seat (one-year term).

APTN extends its appreciation to outgoing members Judy Gingell, Luke MacLeod
(JBCCS) and S. Jack Williams for their dedicated service to the network.

APTN is governed by a 21-member Board of Directors representing all regions
of Canada and is comprised of Aboriginal Peoples. The Board sets policy and
direction for the network and guides its mission to open a window on the reality of the lives, cultures, languages and history of our Aboriginal
Peoples.
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