Darcy Gray is chief of Listuguj First Nation, north of Point-à-la-Croix in Quebec and an instructor at Cape Breton University’s in-community bachelor of arts Community Studies Program.  Previously, he worked for 15 years supporting students in the Listuguj community’s Alaqsite’w Gitpu School, then as a guidance counsellor for Listuguj students attending Sugarloaf Senior High School. He graduated from the first cohort of the School of Public Policy and Administration (SPPA)’s graduate diploma in Indigenous Policy and Administration in 2016. Darcy is Peace and Friendship Treaties co-lead on the steering committee for the Rebuilding First Nations Governance project. 

Catherine MacQuarrie is a fellow at Carleton University’s School of Public Policy and Administration. Her career comprises a range of experience and expertise — in media, public service and Indigenous governance. Over 23 years as a public servant, she held increasingly senior leadership positions in a number of departments and central agencies in the federal government and the government of the Northwest Territories. Recently retired from public service, she is now pursuing a life-long ambition to help advance First Nations’ self-government, with a leadership role in the Rebuilding First Nations Governance project. 

Alexandra Mallett is an associate professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration. Her experience spans academia and the public sectors, working on the design, implementation and evaluation of energy, climate change and environmental policy. She has worked for the Canadian government (Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada); for the Organization of American States in Washington, D.C.); and for academic institutions including Carleton University, the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom, and the University of Minnesota in the United States. Her research areas include the innovation, cooperation and adoption processes involved in sustainable energy technologies, especially in emerging economies, and in Canada and the United States. 

Kevin Stringer is an adjunct professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration, and director of the Certificate Program in Regulatory Leadership with the Regulatory Governance Initiative, Carleton University. Previously, he occupied various posts in the public service, including chief administrative officer of the RCMP; as well, he held various senior executive positions at Fisheries and Oceans, including associate deputy minister, senior assistant deputy minister of Ecosystems and Fisheries Management, and associate deputy minister of Ecosystems and Oceans Science and of program policy; in addition to director general, Resource Management. He also served as director general of the Petroleum Resources Branch at Natural Resources Canada. 

Robert Shepherd is an associate professor at the School of Public Policy and Administration, Carleton University. His research spans public management and governmental reform, Indigenous public management, ethics, and policy and program evaluation. He is interested in how public accountability and oversight systems intersect to improve overall public management and governance systems. In addition, his research extends to understanding how governmental program–evaluation functions can improve public policy and decision-making. Improving ethics in government also contributes to governmental legitimacy and democracy.