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YVR Art Foundation announces Aaron Wilson as new Board Chair

June 23, 2021

By struk3

YVR Art Foundation is thrilled to announce that Aaron Wilson has been elected Chair of the YVRAF Board of Directors for 2021-2022. Aaron is an Associate at Mandell Pinder LLP and a member of the Musqueam Indian Band.

His legal practice includes research, litigation, and strategic advice related to a wide variety of Aboriginal rights, title, and governance issues.

Aaron will lead the 12 member volunteer Board of Directors working alongside Vice Chair Alana Lawrence, Treasurer Ian Burgess, Secretary Janice Hicks, and YVRAF Executive Director Susan Jackson.

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YVR Art Foundation acknowledges that its offices are located on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The Foundation’s work and outreach spans the territories of many Nations throughout what is now known as British Columbia and the Yukon, and our programs exist for the purpose of supporting BC and Yukon First Nations artists with grants, awards, exhibitions and research opportunities. We honour with gratitude the Nations who have cared for the lands on which we work, reside and visit, and who have stewarded them since time immemorial.