Peerless Trout First Nation
Official Name: Peerless Trout First Nation
Number: 478
Membership Authority: Section 10 Band
*Election System: Custom Electoral System
*Council Quorum: Please contact the First Nation for the quorum information.
GILBERT Okemow
Chief
Gilbert Okemow was born and raised in Peerless Lake. Chief Okemow is a family man enjoys spending time with his wife and two daughters, his son, and his Grandson. He enjoys camping and hunting and being on the land. Chief Okemow has served and an elected official in the past in his previous role as a council member. He has also worked at Kee Tas Kee Now Tribal Council in an Elders advisory role. He wants to be there for his community and support the membership through various programs.
“I am now Chief and I just want to say that am proud because of the chance that the membership have given me, my goal is to watch PTFN grow in the areas of Economic Development and to utilise the resources within our traditional lands” .
Corrine Alook
Councillor
Corrine Alook is a PTFN Council member who was elected in the last election. She has lived in the community all her life where she was employed with the Peerless Lake School for 22 years. Corrine has been a very active member of the PTFN Volunteer Fire Department is also a volunteer for our fire department where she provides countless hours of her own time outside her work as a Council member. Corinne decided to run for Council so that she could give back to the community and help the community members. She is enjoying her time as a Council member and learning about governance and accountability to membership.
Corrine as a vision for her First Nation which is to see the community continue to develop so that it will it will prosper and grow.
Paul Houle
Councillor
Judy Sinclair
Councillor
Judy Sinclair is serving her second term as a council member and is a councillor for the community of Trout Lake. She has been elected until October of 2024. Judy’s main goal in her term was to ensure that the Trust Program was properly set-up with processes that were transparent for the members. These processes ensure accountability to the membership and allow them to be involved in decision making as it relates to Trust funds. As Judy is in her second term, she has noticed the increase in the employment rate in the community as well as increased partnerships with industry. One of these partnerships resulted in new skateparks for the communities of Peerless and Trout. Since the increase in the employment rates Judy sees the need for a daycare in the community so employed members have safe and reliable childcare. Judy is very pleased with the progress of the First Nation’s Council and their team building and is proud to be part of a team that negotiated bill C-92, the paving of highway 686, industry partnerships, financial accountability with clear audits and the consistency of the administration at PTFN. Judy is hoping that the First Nation will eventually have a recreation centre so there will be more activities for the youth and young adults. There is also a need to maintain the elder involvement that has been established and to encourage elders to be part activities and events that take place in the community. In her spare time Judy likes to do crafts and baking and spend her time on their trapline enjoying the outdoors.
Julianne Noskiye
Councillor
Julianne Noskiye was born and raised in the community of Trout Lake. She was elected as a Council member in 2022 and will serve a four term. This is Julianne’s first term as a council member. After working for the nation for a few years in various departments I wanted to work for the nation as a whole and not only for a specific group of people”
Julianne is very passionate about education and training and has previous experience in this area. Her main goal as a member of Council is to continue to improve programs and services for the membership. She realises that due to the remote location of the community it is often hard to attract training opportunities for the First Nation members. Julianne will work with Chief and Council to have strategies in place that will ensure more First Nation members graduate from post-secondary institutions. Her goal is to improve partnership opportunities for the First Nation that will in turn create employment and training for the community members. Julianne is proud of the First Nation’s accomplishments since being elected which include negotiating the Bill C-92 agreement, the planned paving of Highway 686 and the grand opening of the Loonskin Bay Cultural Camp. Her goals for the remainder of her term include working with Elders to have their input on programs and ensuring they have the services they need, emergency preparedness, as well as working on the finalization of the PTFN Land Code. In her personal life Julianne likes to send time with her family. She has five children and four grandchildren. The family spends a lot of time in the great outdoors camping and attending community events. She also enjoys sports, and I want to be a part of the on going and future sports programs that are or will be available to the members”