Accepting Applications Nipissing Community Trustee Youth Seat

DATE OF TERM – JAN 1, 2024 TO DEC 31, 2026

Accepting Applications Nipissing Community Trustee 2013 Boundary Claim Trust

Nipissing Members who meet the following conditions are eligible to apply for the youth seat on the Board of Trustee for the Nipissing First Nation 2013 Boundary Claim Trust:

  • Be a member who has attained at least the age of eighteen years as of the date of his or her appointment as a Nipissing Trustee;
  • Completed high school or the equivalency of a GED;
  • Is not a member of Council as of the date of his or her appointment, as a Nipissing Trustee;
  • Up to the time of applying for the position of Nipissing Trustee not have been declared to be mentally incompetent by a court of competent jurisdiction in Canada or elsewhere;
  • Not have been convicted of an offence under the Criminal Code of Canada that is an indictable offence or a dual offence which the Crown elected to proceed by way of indictment in the five-year period immediately prior to applying for the position of Nipissing Trustee;
  • Not have been declared a bankrupt pursuant to provisions of the Bankruptcy Act in the five year period immediately prior to applying for the position of Nipissing Trustee;
  • Not have been convicted of an offence under such laws relating to possession, possession for the purpose of trafficking, or trafficking of a prohibited drug in the five-year period immediately prior to applying for the position of a Nipissing Trustee; and
  • The individual must agree in writing to become a party to, and be bound by, the terms of the Trust Agreement and to faithfully and to be the best of his or her abilities to carry out the duties of Nipissing Trustee by signing a Nipissing Undertaking of a Trustee’s Certificate.

Interested Nipissing members shall provide the following information:

  • A current detailed resume.
  • A statement declaring that you are not un-discharged bankrupt or insolvent.
  • A current Certified Criminal Records Check.

As required under the Nipissing Trust Agreement the selection of the Nipissing Trustee for this vacant seat shall be a Nipissing Member who resides on or off Reserve. The appointment will be for a three (3) year term effective January 1, 2024 to December 31, 2026.

Applications should be submitted in a sealed envelope marked confidential no later than 4:30 p.m. on Friday, December 15, 2023 to:

Freda Martel

Director of Administration

36 Semo Road

Garden Village, Ontario P2B 3K2

or by email [email protected]