Ottawa – The Canada Council for the Arts is very happy to announce the appointment of Danika Billie Littlechild as Vice-President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO (CCU). Ms. Littlechild takes up her duties immediately.

The announcement was made today jointly by Simon Brault, Director and CEO of the Canada Council, and Christina Cameron, President of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. The Commission operates within the Canada Council for the Arts.

Danika Billie Littlechild

  • A lawyer from the Ermineskin Cree Nation in Alberta, Ms Littlechild practices law with Indigenous peoples in several areas of expertise: governance, indigenous legal systems, environment and international law.
  • A member of the CCU for more than a decade, she was Chair and Vice‑Chair of the Sectoral Commission, Culture, Communication and Information between 2003 and 2012.
  • Danika Billie Littlechild was consulting legal counsel for the International Indian Treaty Council (2011) and has been a member of the North South Institute since 2008.

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‘’The Canada Council for the Arts is delighted to welcome Ms. Littlechild to her new role within the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. Ms. Littlechild’s remarkable expertise, combined with her unique perspective on the conditions of Aboriginal peoples, will help us advance on major UNESCO objectives,’’ declared Simon Brault, Director and CEO of the Canada Council ...

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