Edward John: Difference between revisions

| office3 = Minister of Children and Families of [[Executive Council of British Columbia|British Columbia]]

| premier3 = [[Ujjal Dosanjh]]

| term_start3 = November 1, 2000

| term_end3 = June 5, 2001

| predecessor3 = [[Gretchen Brewin]]

| successor3 = [[Gordon Hogg]]

| party = [[British Columbia New Democratic Party]]

In June 2016 John was elected to his eleventh term on the Task Group (political executive) of the [[First Nations Summit]], of which he has been a member almost continuously since 1993.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fns.bc.ca/about/executive-staff |title = - First Nations Summit}}</ref> His position on the Task Group ended in June 2019 when he chose not to run again. From June through mid-November 2019 he served as an adviser to the First Nations Summit.<ref>https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/b-c-first-nations-chief-ed-john-charged-with-sex-offences B.C. First Nations chief Ed John charged with sex assault</ref>

On November 1, 2000 he was appointed to the provincial cabinet as [[Minister of Children and Family Development (British Columbia)|Minister for Children and Families]], serving until the change of government in June 2001. In the election of May 16, 2001 he ran unsuccessfully as the [[New Democratic Party (Canada)|New Democratic Party]] candidate for [[Member of the Legislative Assembly]] from the [[Prince George-Omineca]] riding. In 2015 he was appointed as a special advisor on Aboriginal Child Welfare by Liberal Premier Christy Clark.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://archive.news.gov.bc.ca/releases/news_releases_2013-2017/2015CFD0032-001461.htm|title=Province appoints senior advisor on Aboriginal Child Welfare|access-date=2020-11-22|date=2015-09-09|publisher=Ministry of Children and Family Development}}</ref>

John also plays a prominent role at the national level in the [[Assembly of First Nations]]. In October 2005 he represented the AFN at the Second Indigenous Peoples' Summit of the Americas in [[Buenos Aires]]. In January 2011 he began a three-year term as the North American Representative to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://nccabcconference2010.ca/speakers/grand-chief-edward-john-akile-choh |title=ArchivedGrand copyChief Edward John (Akile Ch'oh) &#124; Aboriginal People and the Law Programme |accessdateaccess-date=1 April 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurlarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110823014449/http://nccabcconference2010.ca/speakers/grand-chief-edward-john-akile-choh |archivedatearchive-date=August 23, 2011 }}</ref> of which he became Chair in May 2012.<ref>http://indiancountrytodaymedianetwork.com/2012/05/07/grand-chief-edward-john-elected-chair-of-united-nations-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues-by-acclamation-111795 {{Dead link|date=February 2022}}</ref> He was appointed to a second three-year term effective January 2014<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://nationtalk.ca/story/national-chief-atleo-congratulates-grand-chief-edward-john-on-re-appointment-to-the-united-nations-permanent-forum-on-indigenous-issues/|title = National Chief Atleo congratulates Grand Chief Edward John on Re-Appointment to the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues}}</ref> and served until the end of his membership in the Forum in January 2017.

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