Grand Council Chief John Beaucage - Key Note speaker

Key Note speaker for lunch October 9th

In October 2004, Grand Council Chief John Beaucage was elected to serve the 43 member First Nations of the Anishinabek Nation. He had served as the elected Chief of Wasauksing First Nation for eight years, and as the Lake Huron regional member of the Union of Ontario Indians’ board of directors.

Grand Council Chief Beaucage spent over 25 years with Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation and worked out of Ottawa, Toronto, Regina and Saint John, New Brunswick.

He currently sits on the Chief’s Committee that provides advice and direction to the Anishinabek Nation self-government negotiations with Canada. He also shares the national portfolio for housing with National Chief Phil Fontaine and has served as national co-chair of the First Minister’s Steering Committee on Housing and Relationships. Grand Council Chief Beaucage currently holds the Ontario region portfolio in Housing and Infrastructure and serves as Chair of the Ontario First Nation Steering Committee on Housing.

Beaucage is a graduate of the University of Western Ontario with degrees in English and economics, and he has completed post-graduate work in First Nation planning from the University of British Columbia.

In addition to his role as Grand Council Chief, Beaucage is also the President of the Anishinabek Nation Management Group Inc., and the Anishinabek Nation Seventh Generation Charities.

John and wife Bonnie are the proud parents of three children, and grandparents to seven grandchildren.