Jonathan Dewar, PhD, is the Chief Executive Officer at the First Nations Information Governance Centre, supporting national-level research and information initiatives and the implementation of the national First Nations Data Governance Strategy.
He is also Vice Chair of Queensway Carleton Hospital’s Board of Directors; a member of Trent University’s Board of Governors; a member of the Public Health Data Steering Committee; a National Killam Selection Committee member; a mentor with Action Canada; and a past member of the Board of Directors for the Canadian Association of Research Ethics Boards and Expert Advisory Group on the pan-Canadian Health Data Strategy.
Jonathan is the former Director General and Vice President, Collections, Research, Exhibitions, and Repatriation (Canadian Museum of History); Director, Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre and Special Advisor to the President (Algoma University); and Director of Research (Aboriginal Healing Foundation).
He is a member of the Wendat Nation through his mother and grandmother.
"Many people have opened many doors over the years, and I am extremely grateful. I hope that my experience supporting Indigenous-led research and knowledge exchange will help the National Council for Reconciliation open many more doors for First Nations, Inuit, Métis, and other Canadian families and communities. "
Jonathan Dewar