List of Organizations

The Minister of the Department of Indian Affairs and Northern Development is responsible for making Ministerial appointments or recommending Governor in Council appointments to over 50 different Tribunals, Boards, Commissions, Committees and Advisory Bodies.

These bodies perform a variety of functions, including making quasi-judicial decisions in appeal processes, providing advice and recommendations on socio-economic development and environmental issues, administering programs and establishing policy for Aboriginal Canadians and Northern development.

Background information on each Tribunal, Board, Commission, Committee and Advisory Body is listed below:

• National
  • Canadian Polar Commission
  • Environmental Studies Management Board
  • First Nations Financial Management Board
  • First Nations Statistical Institute
  • First Nations Tax Commission
  • Indian Oil and Gas Canada Co-management Board of Directors
  • Indian Specific Claims Commission
  • National Aboriginal Economic Development Board
  • Northern Science Award Selection Committee
    
    
• British Columbia
  • British Columbia Treaty Commission
    
    
• Manitoba
  • Manitoba Treaty Commission
    
    
• Quebec
  • Cree-Naskapi Commission
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  • Nunavik Marine Region Impact Review Board
    
    
• Newfoundland & Labrador
  • Enrolment Appeal Commission
    
    
• Northwest Territories
  • Gwich'in Arbitration Panel
  • Gwich'in Land and Water Board
  • Gwich'in Land Use Planning Board
  • Gwich'in Renewable Resources Board
  • Inuvialuit Arbitration Board
  • Inuvialuit Environmental Impact Review Board
  • Inuvialuit Environmental Impact Screening Committee
  • Mackenzie River Basin Board
  • Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board
  • Mackenzie Valley Land and Water Board
  • Northwest Territories - Commissioner
  • Northwest Territories - Deputy Commissioner
  • Northwest Territories Water Board
  • Sahtu Arbitration Panel
  • Sahtu Land and Water Board
  • Sahtu Land Use Planning Board
  • Sahtu Renewable Resources Board
  • Tlicho Dispute Resolution Administrator
  • Tlicho Deputy Dispute Resolution Administrator
  • Wek'eezhii Land and Water Board
  • Wek'eezhii Renewable Resources Board
    
    
• Nunavut
  • Nunavut Arbitration Board
  • Nunavut Commissioner
  • Nunavut Deputy Commissioner
  • Nunavut Impact Review Board
  • Nunavut Implementation Panel
  • Nunavut Implementation Training Committee
  • Nunavut Planning Commission
  • Nunavut Surface Rights Tribunal
  • Nunavut Water Board
  • Nunavut Wildlife Management Board
  • Strathcona Sound Monitoring Committee
    
    
• Saskatchewan
  • Saskatchewan Treaty Commissioner
    
    
• Yukon
  • Yukon Administrator
  • Yukon Commissioner
  • Yukon Dispute Resolution Board
  • Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Board
  • Yukon Surface Rights Board
  • Yukon Training Policy Committee
  • Porcupine Caribou Management Board