Chris Moran joined Public Safety in 2021 as the ADM of the Indigenous Affairs Branch. Prior to this, she was the Director General of the Trade Strategy and Portfolio Coordination Bureau in the International Business Development Branch of Global Affairs Canada. Chris has extensive experience in strategic policy development and program policy including trade & trade promotion policy ( SPS, TBT, Responsible Business Conduct) and agricultural policy. She has served as a Canadian negotiator in multilateral and bilateral negotiations and led federal negotiations with provinces and territories to address cost overruns in statutory agricultural programming, as well as establishing  a performance measurement framework for the agricultural policy framework. She has served abroad as a trade commissioner and was the executive director of the Grain Growers of Canada.

With over 3,000 presentations delivered in nine countries—including Canada, 16 U.S. states, Europe, and North Africa—Marc has inspired organizations like Yamaha, Nasdaq, and even the Supreme Court of Canada. Renowned for his humor and practical insights, he delivers content that resonates.

A best-selling author on human development, Marc is frequently featured in national media such as CBC, The Ottawa Citizen, and The Globe and Mail.

Beyond the stage, his commitment to social causes includes promoting high school graduation, supporting addiction recovery, and advocating for the well-being of homeless individuals.

With humor and wisdom drawn from three decades of research on Character and Human Development, Marc will share his best ideas to help us all reach our full potential.

Daniel J. Bellegarde is a citizen of Little Black Bear’s Band of the Assiniboine-Cree in Treaty 4 Territory, southern Saskatchewan. 

He is an advisor and consultant to First Nations and Treaty area organizations on inherent and Treaty rights, community development, governance, and justice issues.

He is Chair of the File Hills Police Service Board of Police Commissioners, previous Chair of the First Nations Police Governance Council and a member of the Board of the Canadian Association on Police Governance. 

Email: [email protected]

Phone: 306-361-9600

Hélène Roberge is honoured to work the First Nations Chiefs of Police Association (FNCPA) since October 2024. She started there following a 30-year career in the Government of Canada, where she spent her last 22 years working at the Canadian Police College (CPC) as part of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police. She is fully bilingual in English and French. 

Her background in the government is in training and adult education, working over the years for the Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions (6 years) and Correctional Service Canada (2 years). At the CPC, she first worked as an Instructional Designer in the Police Sciences School area and in the last 13 years, she managed the Executive Development in Policing Program (EDP) for police executives across Canada and from international agencies. This included the management of the International EDP program in collaboration with the Hong Kong Police Force.  

Over the years, she has developed a variety of skills in leadership development with a focus on the importance of training needs assessments as well as the importance of self-awareness for leaders using a variety of tools (Insights Discovery, EQ-i- 2.0, MBTI and Enneagram) and more recently she has completed the Integral Coaching Canada’s Professional coaching level certification.  

During her time as an Instructional Designer at the CPC, she worked on several major design and development projects, such as the re-design of the Major Case Management course to the Team Commander version still used today and also the brand-new Organized Crime Course which included the Indigenous policing version in 2007, which for all these projects involved extensive training needs assessment studies across Canada working with several subject matter stakeholders.

Hélène and her husband love to travel and spend time with their friends and family. They continue to enjoy hiking in Canada and all around the world. They also enjoy curling in the winter in Ottawa and in the summer have recently started lawn bowling. 

Edward “Lennard” Busch is of Sioux ancestry and is a member of the Kahkewistahaw First Nation. He has been a police officer for 37 years. Len commenced his policing career with the Manitoba Police Commission as a Native Community Constable at South Indian Lake, Manitoba in 1978. He joined the RCMP through its 3B Native Special Constable Program at Lynn Lake, Manitoba in 1980 and was sent to the RCMP Academy for four months basic special constable training. In 1985 in order to be promoted from S/Cst. to Constable he returned to the RCMP Training Academy at Regina for Basic Training. Following basic recruit training he was posted back to Lynn Lake, Manitoba for two additional years. 

In 1988 Len was transferred to Winnipeg to the Drug Intelligence Unit (DIU) doing full-time undercover duties. During the next 10 years, he did undercover work in almost every province and territory in Canada. In 1991 he was transferred to the RCMP Winnipeg Drug Section, where he worked on organized crime. 1994 brought a promotion to the rank of corporal and a transfer to the Applied Police Sciences Unit at the RCMP Training Academy in Regina, Saskatchewan.

Len worked at the Applied Police Sciences Unit as a facilitator and as the coordinator for the scenario-based training program. While there he was a member of Canada’s Northern Justice Committee and spoke on Community and Restorative Justice at conferences in Nunavut and Greenland.  

In 1999 Len received a commission to the rank of Inspector. He was transferred to Ottawa where he was the Officer in Charge of the RCMP National Aboriginal Policing Services for three years. While at NAPS Len led the ACDP, AYTP, and the Restorative Justice programs and accepted the IACP Weber-Seavey Award for the RCMP’s Suicide Prevention Program. He was the chairman of the Commissioner’s Aboriginal Advisory and he travelled extensively nationally and internationally promoting Restorative Justice and Community Policing.

In 2003 Len became the Security Liaison Officer for the Governor General. In this capacity he traveled extensively to 42 counties and two war zones liaising with foreign police and military organizations and providing and supervising close protection for the Governor General Adrian Clarkson and later Madame Michael Jean and their families. 

In May 2006 Len became the Director of the Professional Development Centre for Aboriginal Policing at the Canadian Police College. The new unit was responsible for designing and delivering culturally appropriate and relevant training for Aboriginal and First Nations Policing in Canada.

Len finished his career with the RCMP as the Director of the Police Leadership Centre at the Canadian Police College where he was in charge of the design and delivery of both managerial and leadership training for Canadian and international police managers and executives. In June 2014 Len graduated from the Executive Development in Policing Program at the Canadian Police College.

On September 1^st, 2014 Len became the Chief of Police at the File Hills First Nations Police Service in Saskatchewan, which is currently the only self-administered First Nations Police Service in the Province. He retired from policing in 2021 and is currently the Executive Director for FNCPA.

National Chief Cindy Woodhouse Nepinak was born and raised in Pinaymootang First Nation, Manitoba. Her ancestor, Chief Richard Woodhouse, was an original signatory of Treaty No.2. She began her term as National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations on December 7, 2023, becoming the youngest woman and mother to hold the position.

National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Winnipeg and has completed Harvard Business School’s Tribal Leaders program.

In 2021, she was elected as the Regional Chief for the AFN Manitoba Region. During her tenure, she was the lead negotiator for the First Nations Child and Family Services and Jordan’s Principle class action lawsuit, which resulted in over $40 billion compensation for First Nations children and families.

Throughout her career, National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak has accumulated a wealth of experience lobbying the Senate, House of Commons, Cabinet Ministers, and the Prime Minister’s Office to fulfill mandates from Chiefs. She continues to advocate for First Nations priorities, as directed by the First Nations-in-Assembly collaboratively with First Nations leadership, to protect collective rights—Treaty, inherent rights, title and jurisdiction, the right to self-determination, and all human rights.

Throughout her career, National Chief Woodhouse Nepinak has accumulated a wealth of experience lobbying the Senate, House of Commons, Cabinet Ministers, and the Prime Minister’s Office to fulfill mandates from Chiefs.

A mother to three children, she is passionate about leaving a better future for all First Nations children and the next seven generations, envisioning a future where all First Nations Peoples live in balance as our ancestors envisioned for us since time immemorial.

Dawn is an accomplished police officer with over 26 years of dedicated service, known for her exceptional commitment to building bridges between law enforcement and Indigenous communities. 

Proudly identifying as Cayuga and raised on the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, part of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy in Southern Ontario, Dawn brings a deeply personal understanding of Indigenous cultures, values, and traditions into her work. 

Her law enforcement career began with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), where she spent 12 years working within First Nations communities in Saskatchewan and Alberta. These experiences deepened her understanding of community-specific needs and challenged her to develop strategies for culturally sensitive policing. 

For the past 14 years, Dawn has called Tsuut’ina Nation her home away from home. Starting as a constable with the Tsuut’ina Nation Police Service, she has risen through the ranks to her current position as Inspector of Operations. Her leadership has been instrumental in fostering trust, promoting youth engagement, and creating strong relationships within the community. Dawn is widely recognized for her networking expertise and her ability to inspire positive changes through innovative policing strategies. 

Through her work, Dawn continues to exemplify the values of inclusivity, community service, and cultural understanding, making her a trailblazer in establishing meaningful relationships between Indigenous populations and law enforcement.

Sīyísgáàs

Dawn-Lyn Blake
Inspector of Operations 
Tsúùt’ínà Nation Police Service
9905 Chiila Boulevard
Tsuut’ina, Alberta  T3T 0E1
Email:  [email protected]
Office: (403) 251-9660
Cell:    (403) 607-3296
www.tsuutinapolice.com

Teddy, a 2-spirit Tsuut’ina First Nation member of Treaty 7, has been the G4 SNTTC’s Director of Justice since 2022. Teddy co-chairs the Tsuut’ina Nation Tosguna Police Commission. Since 2022, Teddy has been on an AFN policing task force. Teddy is a member of the Indigenious advisory council for the Alberta Human Rights Commission. Teddy also holds a Position on the Public Safety Indigenious Advisory Council under the Ministry of Public Safety Alberta. Teddy is the current Chair for the First Nations Canadian Association of Police Governance. Teddy hopes we can develop mechanisms that honour Treaty rights to justice and safety and foster community connection for all people of Turtle Island through conversations that grow our communities. 

Cadmus Delorme, a Cree and Saulteaux (pronounced: sow-toe), is a citizen of the Cowessess (pronounced: Cow-is-ess) First Nation.

• Mr. Delorme was an elected Chief from 2016 to 2023.
• In 2023, Mr. Delorme received an honorary degree from the Saskatchewan Polytechnic Institution.
• In 2021, he achieved an Institute of Corporate Director designation.
• In 2016, he achieved a Masters of Public Administration from the Johnson- Shoyama (pronounced: Shoi-ama) Graduate School of Public Policy.
• And, in 2013, Mr. Delorme achieved a Bachelor of Business Administration along with a Certificate in Hospitality, Tourism and Gaming Entertainment Management from the First Nations University of Canada (FNUniv).

In addition to his educational achievements, he has also been the recipient of numerous awards and sat on various committees, such as:

• In 2012, Mr. Delorme was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal for his student leadership and the hospitality he showed to King Charles III and his Queen Consulate Camilla when they visited First Nation University of Canada in 2012.
• In 2022 Mr. Delorme was awarded the Queen Elizabeth Platinum Jubilee.
• In 2015 Mr. Delorme was named one of CBC Saskatchewan’s Future 40, which celebrates the province’s new generation of leaders, builders, and change makers under the age of 40.

While Chief, Mr. Delorme’s focus was on three pillars: cultural rejuvenation, political sovereignty, and economic self-sustainability. During the seven years in office, Cowessess First Nation advanced governance stability, child welfare reform, renewable energy projects, agriculture, property management, and more.

In April 2023, Mr. Delorme chose to not run for a third term and soon after became a founder and Partner to OneHoop Advisory Services and founder and Partner to Flowing River Capital Group, which focuses on enhancing the private equity market through Truth and Reconciliation Call to Action #92: Business and Reconciliation, and #57: Professional Development.

Mr. Delorme and his wife Kimberly raise his brother-in-law, daughter and two sons in Regina and on the Cowessess First Nation.