Asbestos Civil Investigation Project Team seeks Community Observers

03/31/2021

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) wishes to advise Kahnawa′kehró:non that the Asbestos Civil Investigation (ACI) Project Team is seeking interested community members to have a role in the investigation by acting as observers at update meetings with the investigator and reading status reports.

Observer(s) will be part of the investigator′s draft report presentation. The position(s) have been created as part of the MCK′s approach to ensure transparency and provide more confidence that the investigation is indeed independent of the MCK.

"The process is now underway, and the team is looking forward to the start of the investigation," said Ratsénhaienhs Cody Diabo, who is the lead on the Asbestos file. "I am confident that the investigation will provide the answers the community deserves. I encourage everyone who is interested in being an observer to come forward. The Council of Chiefs is committed to ensuring the process is transparent, and to do so, we need help from the community."

Interested persons should submit a letter of intent by 3pm on Friday, April 9th to ACI Project Liaison, Ratsénhaienhs Cody Diabo by email at cody.diabo@mck.ca. A Terms of Reference outlining the role of observers is available online.

Successful candidates will be selected by the ACI Project Team and announced after April 9th.