Meet Our Team
Our dedicated team at Indigenous Water Partnership is committed to supporting Indigenous Nations’ sovereignty in Canada by ensuring access to safe drinking water and effective sanitation systems. We are passionate about fostering community ownership of water treatment infrastructure and delivering a water authority owned and operated by Indigenous people. Learn more about our team and the impactful work they do.
Executive Leadership Team
Actively Building Our Board of Directors
The IWP is an Indigenous-led non-profit organization incorporated under the Canada Not-for-Profit Corporations Act on July 18, 2018. An independent, First Nations-led organization with a similar model to that selected by the IWP is the First Nations Capital and Infrastructure Agency of Saskatchewan, whose governance and structure we admire.
The gender-balanced Board of Directors of the IWP will be comprised of leaders/Elders from representative Indigenous communities, water treatment experts, and advocacy leaders. Minimum 8 members. Members from different Indigenous nations will be chosen equitably, and Nation representation ensured. A co-leadership approach is adopted, to allow one Indigenous woman and one settler-descended woman to share the Directorship.
To inquire about available Board positions, please reach out via our contact form.
Gary Pritchard
4 Directions Conservation
Conservation Ecologist & Indigenous Engagement/Placemaking Specialist from Curve Lake First Nation, Ontario.
Laurence Truong
Water Quality Coordinator, Grand Council of the Crees (Eeyou Istchee)/Cree NationGovernment
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Ben Almond
Bisco Solutions
A highly accomplished CEO and Top 40 Under 40 executive, Ben combines inspirational, authentic leadership with razor-sharp business acumen.