2017
The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould
The 2017 CCAB Inaugural Indigenous Women in Leadership (IWIL) Recipient is The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould, P.C., Q.C., M.P. Minister of Justice, Attorney General of Canada and Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville. She is a lawyer, advocate, and former Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations.
Called to the BC Bar in 2000, Jody Wilson-Raybould began her legal career as a provincial crown prosecutor in Vancouver and later served as an advisor at the BC Treaty Commission. In 2004, she was elected as Commissioner by the Chiefs of the First Nations Summit. Minister Wilson-Raybould was elected Regional Chief of the BC Assembly of First Nations in 2009 and re-elected in 2012. After being elected as the Member of Parliament for Vancouver Granville in 2015, Minister Wilson-Raybould was appointed Minister of Justice and Attorney General on November 4, 2015.
Minister Wilson-Raybould is a descendant of the Musgamagw Tsawataineuk and Laich-Kwil-Tach peoples, who are part of the Kwakwaka’wakw and also known as the Kwak’wala speaking peoples. She is a member of the We Wai Kai Nation and is married to Dr. Tim Raybould.
