Elections

At this online Annual General Meeting, the BCAFN will be holding elections for:

Regional Chief of British Columbia – 3 year term
Female Youth Representative – 3 year term

An All Candidates Forum will be held on Tuesday November 17^th, 2020 from 3:30PM-5:45PM.

Voting will be held online from 6:00 PM on November 17, 2020 and close at 11:30 AM November 18, 2020.

Regional Chief Candidates

Cheryl Casimer

Cheryl Casimer (ʔaq‡smaknik pi¢ak pa‡kiy) is a citizen of the Ktunaxa Nation and is from the community of ʔaq̓am, which is located near Cranbrook, BC. Cheryl is a former Chief of the ʔaq̓am First Nation…

Terry Teegee, B.Sc.

Terry Teegee, is the incumbent Regional Chief of the British Columbia Assembly of First Nations and has served for one term in this position. Terry’s ancestry is of Dakelh (Carrier), Gitxsan and Sekani descent and…

Taylor Behn-Tsakoza

Taylor Behn-Tsakoza is the daughter of Sally Behn and Kevin Tsakoza, and the granddaughter of George Behn and the late Mary Behn and Rose Tsakoza. She is Eh Cho Dene and Dunne Zaa, and is…

Jayde Duranleau

Jayde is currently the Female Youth Representative for the BC Assembly of First Nations and is running for re-election. She has been the youth councillor for the McLeod Lake Indian Band since 2017. Prior to…

Alicia George-Bailey

My name is Alicia George-Bailey. I’m from Aitchelitz First Nation, which is a part of the Ts’elweyeqw Tribe, and a Swinomish Tribal member from La Conner Washington. My parents are Hereditary Chief Angie Bailey and…

Brianna Wilson

Her name is Brianna Wilson, but she also goes by Breezy. She is a 25-year-old syilx women and a member of Westbank First Nation (WFN). One of seven communities that make up the Okanagan Nation.…