JUDITH SAYERS

Adjunct Professor
University of Victoria

Judith Sayers is a member of the Hupacasath First Nation, President of the Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council and a strategic adviser. She also serves on Clean Energy BC’s Board of Directors and is an adjunct professor for the Schools of Environmental Studies and Business at UVIC. As Chief of the Hupacasath First Nation for 14 years and Chief Negotiator for 15 years, Judith focused on restoring and rehabilitating Hupacasath territory. Judith has a business and law degree, an honourary Doctor of Laws from Queen’s University, and a long career practicing law in Alberta and B.C. She is the recipient of human rights and leadership awards, and was inducted into the Aboriginal Business Hall of Fame.