November 2017 – Ottawa, ON – National President AMJ Canada, Lal Khan Malik, Traveled to Ottawa and meet with Indigenous Elder Claudette Commande who is also an Executive Director of the First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres.
Claudette Commande is an Indigenous Elder and Executive Director of the First Nations Confederacy of Cultural Education Centres. Commanda, an Algonquin Anishinabe from the Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg First Nation in Quebec, has dedicated the last 30 years of her life to promoting First Nations people, history, culture and rights in various capacities. She was also a Law professor at the University of Ottawa. Her family is deeply rooted in First Nations advocacy. William Commanda, Claudette’s grandfather, is an Algonquin elder and former Chief who was dedicated to protecting the Algonquin people and the environment.
