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Sennen Charleson
Hesquiaht IR#6, via PO Box 352 Tofino, BC V0R 2Z0
Competencies: Common, Essential, Shared, Universal
1962 to 2003: Personal Capacity Building - ABORIGINAL/ WESTERN KNOWLEDGE:
advanced, basic, working
Five Stages to Iteration:
(1a) Family Focal Points - private (2a) 1962 -March 1984 (3a) April1984
-June 1988 (4a) September 1988 to March 1994 (5a) April 1994 to November
2002 (1b) Start of Second Iteration - Family Focal Points -private
Grade 1-8: Christie Indian Residential School (won Essay Award published
in Victoria Newspaper); Grade 9: Mission City (Mathematics and French
Language Awards); Grade 10: Nanaimo (grade average high enough to get
a full scholarship to a Private School); Grade 11-12: Shawnigan Lake School
(graduated top of class);
Language & Literature; Social Studies; Economics; Algebra & Geometry;
French; Geology; PhysEd;
1979 - 1983 Camosun College (part-time): 1st and 2nd Year Combined Science/
Arts Program (while working)
Chemistry 1& 2; English Composition; Trigonometry; Physics 1 &
2; Programming; Composition & Literature North America; Principles
of Geography; Calculus 1 & 2; Linear Algebra 1 & 2; Works in British
Literature; Advanced Composition; Introductory Analysis;
1983 - 1984 McGill University Faculty of Science
Double Honors Major - Computer Science and Mathematics
1984 - 1988 University of Quebec at Chicoutimi Teacher Training (part-time)
Theories Of Human Development; Curriculum Programming; Pedagogical Animation;
School Administration (while under contract with Amo Ososwan School)
1986 University of Regina General Band Administration - Management within
Aboriginal Organizations
(while under contract with Amo Ososwan School)
1987 Prince Albert Technical Institute: Life Skills Coach Trainer (while
under contract with Amo Ososwan School)
1988 - 1990: Trent University BA (while working on small contracts)
Native Economic Development; Community Based Research; Social Survey Research;
Program Planning and Evaluation Research; The Potlatch; Native Community
Development; Cultural Interaction (organized a field trip to Hot Springs
Cove for a Cross Cultural Interaction Class; volunteered for two Elders
Conferences; President of Native Student Society)
1990 Sir Sanford Fleming College Audio-Video Graphics Communication Technician
Program
Text Publishing; Presentation Graphics (while under apprenticeship contract
with AEC computers)
1990 -1991: AEC Computers - Information Technology Apprentice (decision
support systems)
1990 - 1991: Computer Assisted and Multi Media Assisted Education Skills
(computer, audio, video, drumming
music) (while under contract with AEC Computers)
January 1991 - Carleton University - Canadian Studies Masters Program
April 1992 Social Movements in Canada; Industrial Sociology; Gap Analysis
in Negotiating Strength in Treaty Negotiations; Modern Concepts of Canada;
Selected Problems in Political Economy; Northern and Native Issues; (while
doing small contracts)
1993 - 1994: Nuu Chah Nulth Tribal Council Fisheries Technician Certification
1994 - November 2002 Professional Development/ Research Activities linked
to formal western and aboriginal family studies and economic activities
December 2002 to Present
ADVANCED KNOWLEDGE to work under contract for both Aboriginal and Western
ministries, agencies, third parties in order to protect the interests
of the contractor
1962 to 2003: Personal Capacity Building - SKILLS -
ECOLOGICAL: OUR PURPOSE, THE UNIVERSE, OUR GALAXY, OUR PLANETARY SYSTEM,
OUR PLANET, WATERSHEDS, OCEANS, STREAMS, ESTUARIES, HYDROLOGIC CYCLE,
ENERGY INPUTS ARE SOCIAL CONSTRUCTS - SO ECOLOGICAL MODELS ARE ESSENTIAL
ORGANIZING PRINCIPLES FOR MANAGING HUMAN ACTIVITIES the paradox is that
we manage the pursuit of knowledge so the future is predictable for general
trends - there is a benefit to acquiring advanced, basic and working knowledge
from two or more societies - mine is NorthWest Coast and Western.
HUMAN: SOCIETAL & CORPORATE GOVERNANCE KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS: every
$ and activity must follow the primary directive of the vision, mission,
ethics, goals and objectives of the institution - sometimes an institution
has protocols with other parties.
CEO-LEVEL MANAGEMENT AND ADMINISTRATION KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS (political,
cultural, economic, organizational environmental scans and gap analysis)
Societal and Corporate Governance Skills Board Administration Skills
Strategic Management Skills Operational Management Skills
Information Technology & Management Skills Curriculum Development
Professional Development and Career Life Cycle Management Skills
MIDDLE-MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS - department manager - manager
of operational managers
OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS - manager of the front
line workers
ENTREPRENEURIAL: accounting, auditing and business services, management
consulting, forensic management audits and evaluations for regulatory
compliance, tourism, forestry, fisheries economic linkages advise, financial
management, strategic planning, feasibility analysis, decision support
systems, human resource development & training, aboriginal litigation
support services, multi-institutional strategic plans, operational workplans
& auditing, aboriginal knowledge frameworks, aboriginal constitutions,
legislation, policies, regulatory frameworks, land use planning, project
management, research, workflow and document management
INSTITUTION BUILDING: Advanced Aboriginal/ Western Philosophical, Psychological
and Sociological constructs as organizing principles for applying administrative,
management and entrepreneurial skills
FIRST NATIONS - CANADA - PROVINCIAL - THIRD PARTY PROTOCOLS, MEMORANDUMS,
AGREEMENTS, TREATIES
FULL PERFORMANCE COMPETENCIES - COMMON, ESSENTIAL, SHARED, UNIVERSAL SKILLS
to work under contract for both Aboriginal and Western ministries, agencies,
third parties in order to protect the interests of the contractor
1962 - 2003: Personal Capacity Building - ADMINISTRATIVE, MANAGEMENT,
ENTREPRENEURIAL, INSTITUTIONAL, INTER-SOCIETAL PROJECTS AND ACHIEVEMENTS
· 2002 - 2003 Victoria Native Friendship Center Community Board
Member - vice-president; executive director evaluation; community protocol;
finance; personnel; strategic plan; BCGEU Collective Agreement Negotiator
· Winter 2001 Victoria Urban Aboriginal Steering Committee Volunteer
- Urban Child and Family Agency
· July 2000 -Nov 2002 Hesquiaht Negotiator - Treaty
· 1999 - 2002 Hesquiaht First Nation Councilor
· 1994 - 1998 Senior Management Consultant to Hesquiaht Chief and
Council and Management for a Living Hesquiaht Harbour
1. DFO - MLHH Working Group
2. MoF - MLHH Working Group
3. MELP - MLHH Working Group
4. MSBTC - MoF - MELP - MLHH Working Group
5. MSBTC - MLHH Working Group
6. LBMF - MLHH
7. Scientific Panel
8. UNESCO Biosphere
9. Central Region Board
10. Nuu Chah Nulth Tribal Council Central Region Chiefs
11. MLHH
12. Economic Working Group
13. School For Field Studies
14. West Coast Sustainability Association
15. Conferences
· 1994 - 1998 First Nations Representative : Central Region Board
- integration links with IMA, Treaty, ministries, Scientific Panel, Watershed
Restoration, Management for a Living Hesquiaht Harbour, First Nations
Governance and Management Frameworks,
· 1994 - 1998 Economic Working Group Member: review and analysis
of business plans; marketing metrics
· 1994 - 1998 Interim Measures Agreement Coordinator: economic
development strategies; budget and fundraising; overall strategies; negotiations;
integration links with DFO and BC ministries; Management for a Living
Hesquiaht Harbour;
· 1994 - 1998 Treaty Coordinator: budgets and fundraising; strategic
development; security and conduct; integration links with external and
internal components; conduct of treaty team; structure and scope of treaty
team; treaty coordinator evaluation; treaty manager selection
· 1994 - 1998 Policy Analyst for Hesquiaht Chief and Council
· 1995 - 1998 School for Field Studies for Coast Studies- First
Nations Resource Sociologist Adjunct Faculty position
· 1996 - Hesquiaht Negotiator - Clayoquot Sound Interim Measures
Extension Agreement
· 1995 - West Coast Sustainability Association Representative
· 1995 - Nuu Chah Nulth Business Association Strategic Plan
· 1992 - 1993 Nuu Chah Nulth Fisheries Technician Certification
· 1991 - 1992 Carleton University - Canadian Masters Program Required
Courses - Thesis - 'Aboriginal Institution Building'
· 1990 - 1991 Information Technology Apprentice with AEC Computers,
Peterborough
· 1988 - 1990 Trent University: Native Economic Development and
Small Business Management (aboriginal Bcomm equivalent)
· 1989 AFN Economic Policy Analyst
· 1984 - 1988 Long Point Band - Amo Ososwan School
1. Off-Campus Teacher Training Program Manager
2. Off-Campus Management Training Program Manager
3. Adult Basic Education Center Manager
4. First Nations Education Council
5. School Accountant
6. School Annual Budget Negotiator
7. Career Development Advisor
8. AFN Education Committees
9. Life Skills Coach
10. Algonquin Curriculum Development Team
11. Algonquin Olympics
12. Integrated Handicapped Program
13. Field Trips Coordinator and Planner
· 1984 - 2003 Research Program Officer
· 1984 - 2003 Project Management Officer
· 1994 - 2002 Risk and LiabilityManagement Officer
· 1994 - 2002 Workflow Management Officer
· 1994 - 2002 Human Resources Management Officer
· 1994 - 1998 Team Coordinator for 3 to 100 +
· 1984 - 2002 Political Events Management and Public Relations
Officer
· 1984 - 1998 Career Development Cycle Management Officer
· 1994 - 2002 Negotiations Preparation Management Officer
· Directed Research Manager for School For Field Studies
· 1994 - 2002 Decision Support Systems for Business decision-makers
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