Native Counselling Services of Alberta

Native Counselling Services of Alberta
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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.[2]

Personnel

Name Position Notes
Allen Benson Chief Executive Officer[3] -
Marlene Orr President[4] -
Robyn Scott Director of Operations[5] -
Cynthia Arcand Edmonton Regional Manager[1:1] -

  1. Cockrall-King, J. (2020, July 6). Critical Support During COVID-19. Edmonton Community Foundation. https://ecf.ca/community-stories/critical-support-during-covid-19/ ↩︎ ↩︎

  2. 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 ↩︎

  3. 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 ↩︎

  4. 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 ↩︎

  5. McDonald, L. (2023, June 21). National Indigenous History Month. Alberta Law Foundation. https://albertalawfoundation.org/national-indigenous-history-month/ ↩︎

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Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess

Liam Sturgess is a Canadian writer, researcher and investigative reporter focused on issues of human rights and civil liberties, with a particular interest in the COVID-19 pandemic. He is the founder of White Rose Intelligence.

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