Joseph Gosnell
Joseph Arthur Gosnell Sr. CC OBC (June 21, 1936 – August 18, 2020) was a Canadian tribal leader who led the Nisga'a people of northern British Columbia.
The son of Eli and Mary Gosnell, he was born at
He received his formal education at St. Michael's
A fluent speaker of the Nisga'a language, he was a member of the Gitlaxt’aamiks Ceremonial Dancers. He held the noble name Sim'oogit Hleek. He was married to the former Audrey Adele Munroe with whom he had seven children: Marilyn Arlene, Joseph Wayne, Sharon Marjorie, Theodore Allen, Frank Curtis, Keith Andrew and Kevin Wesley.
He had received four Honorary Doctorate of Laws degrees — from Royal Roads University in Colwood, near Victoria on October 17, 1997; from the Open Learning Agency in Burnaby on May 7, 1999; from Simon Fraser University in 2000; and from the University of Northern British Columbia on May 26, 2000. He received the Humanitarian Award from the Canadian Labour Congress in Toronto on May 6, 1999.
In 1999 he received the Order of British Columbia. In 2000, Chief Gosnell received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation, now Indspire.[3] In 2001, he was named an Officer of the Order of Canada and was promoted to Companion in 2006.[4] In 2002 he received the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal.
In 2012, he served as the first Visiting Distinguished Indigenous Scholar in Residence at the Vancouver School of Theology.[1]
On May 31, 2019 he was sworn in as the University of Northern British Columbia's seventh Chancellor.
References
- ^ a b "Storytellers. First Nation Storyteller Joseph Arthur Gosnell Sr". Iona Pacific Inter-Religious Centre. Archived from the original on 2014-11-15. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ "Biography – Chief Joseph Gosnell". Nisga'a Chief Joseph Council. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ a b "Biography, Chief Joseph Gosnell, The Governor General's Canadian Leadership Conference". Nisfa'a Chief Joseph Council. Archived from the original on December 9, 2006. Retrieved 2012-11-29.
- ^ Order of Canada citation
- Gosnell speech of 1998-12-02
- Order of British Columbia citation
- Canada Gazette Part I, Vol. 135, No. 13
- Gosnell speech on signing of treaty
- Joseph Gosnell Biography
- Rose, Alex (2001) Spirit Dance at Meziadin: Chief Joseph Gosnell and the Nisga'a Treaty. Madeira Park, British Columbia: Harbour Publishing. ISBN 1-55017-244-1
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