Rebecca Jamieson, Tuscarora, serves as President and CEO with Six Nations Polytechnic, located in the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory (the largest by population First Nation in Canada). Rebecca contributes locally, regionally, nationally and internationally to Indigenous controlled and quality assured education and training. Rebecca serves as Chair of the Indigenous Institutes Consortium (Ontario), the National Association of Indigenous Institutes and the Six Nations Language Commission. She is a board member of National Indigenous Accreditation Board, the World Indigenous Nations Higher Education Consortium Board of Accreditation and CICan (Colleges and Institutes Canada).
Acknowledgements of Rebecca’s contributions include honorary doctorates from Western University and Laurier University, Honorary Applied Degree from Niagara College, Six Nations Community Treasure, Dreamcatcher Foundation Education Award, David Baxter Memorial for Outstanding Individual Achievement, Order of Ontario and the Order of Canada. Given the tenacity of SNP staff and the open mindedness of the ORION officials, SNP was the first Indigenous owned and governed institution to join the ORION network.