Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) is a Canadian nonprofit organization based in Edmonton, Alberta.
History
NCSA received a $15,500 grant from the Edmonton Community Foundation's Rapid Response Fund "to create a three-month outreach coordinator position and to purchase supplies to meet their staff’s and clients’ safety protocol needs" in the wake of the declared COVID-19 pandemic.[1]
Organization
NCSA is represented on the Indigenous Advisory Group of the Action Committee on Modernizing Court Operations, for which it received $62,300 from the Department of Justice Canada.[2][3]
Personnel
| Name | Position | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Allen Benson | Chief Executive Officer[4] | - |
| Marlene Orr | President[5] | - |
| Robyn Scott | Director of Operations[6] | - |
| Cynthia Arcand | Edmonton Regional Manager[1:1] | - |
External links
Cockrall-King, J. (2020, July 6). Critical Support During COVID-19. Edmonton Community Foundation. https://ecf.ca/community-stories/critical-support-during-covid-19/ ↩︎ ↩︎
Terms of Reference - Indigenous Advisory Group. (2023, October 24). Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. https://web.archive.org/web/20231120040325/https://www.fja.gc.ca/COVID-19/Terms-of-Reference-for-the-Indigenous-Advisory-Group-Mandat-du-groupe-consultatif-autochone-eng.html ↩︎
Search Government Contracts over $10,000. Government of Canada. Retrieved March 2, 2026, from https://search.open.canada.ca/contracts/?sort=contract_date+desc&search_text=Action+Committee+on+Court+Operations&page=1 ↩︎
Restoring Court Operations in Northern, Remote and Indigenous Communities. Office of the Commissioner for Federal Judicial Affairs Canada. Retrieved October 20, 2021, from https://web.archive.org/web/20211020011239mp_/https://fja.gc.ca/COVID-19/Northern-Remote-and-Indigenous-Communities-Communautes-nordiques-eloignees-et-autochtones-eng.html ↩︎
Hunter, J. A., & Redman, D. G. (2024, December). Indigenous Justice Strategy (p. 47). Alberta Court of Justice. https://albertacourts.ca/docs/default-source/pc/acoj-indigenous-justice-strategy---august-2023.pdf ↩︎
McDonald, L. (2023, June 21). National Indigenous History Month. Alberta Law Foundation. https://albertalawfoundation.org/national-indigenous-history-month/ ↩︎
