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Education

Elder Darlene McIntosh reappointed to second term as UNBC Chancellor

Jul 2, 2024 | 9:39 AM

PRINCE GEORGE — Lheidli T’enneh Elder Darlene McIntosh has been reappointed as UNBC Chancellor for a second term.

The reappointment was made by the University of Northern British Columbia’s Board of Governors.

McIntosh began her role in July 2022 and her second term begins on May 1, 2025 and runs until April 30, 2028.

In the role, McIntosh’s duties include serving on UNBC’s Senate and Board of Governors, conferring degrees and representing UNBC at the Convocation at the Wilp Wilxo’oskwhl Nisga’a Institute in Gitwinksihlkw, B.C.

“It has been my honour and pleasure to serve as Chancellor of UNBC. I have seen the positive impacts of the University’s achievements and I am grateful for the opportunity to carry on in the role for another term,” McIntosh says. “Engaging with students, faculty, staff and community at campus events, at the First Nations Centre and Convocation and graduation ceremonies across northern British Columbia has been so rewarding. We see truth and reconciliation taking place like never before and I look forward to continuing to enhance connections across the region and advancing UNBC’s shared goals around education, research and community impact. The future looks so bright.”

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McIntosh has longstanding ties to UNBC. Prior to taking on the role of Chancellor, she was a key member of the UNBC Lheidli T’enneh Translation Initiative team that led to the creation of the entrance sign in the Lheidli T’enneh dialect of the Dakelh language that reads Nizdeh Nekeyoh Hohudil’eh Baiyoh or House of Learning.

McIntosh works as a Cultural Advisor at the College of New Caledonia where she provides holistic support, encouragement and guidance to Indigenous students, staff and faculty and promotes understanding of Indigenous culture, values and protocols.

McIntosh is UNBC’s eighth Chancellor, following the Hon. Iona V. Campagnolo, Dr. K. George Pedersen, Peter J.G. Bentley, Dr. Alex C. Michalos, Dr. John MacDonald, the Hon. James Moore and Dr. Joseph Arthur Gosnell Sr.