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  Team Coordinator

Esk'etemc Specific Claims

SpecificClaims@esketemc.ca

Joy William, nee Johnson, is an Esk'etemc band member whose family connections are the Johnson and Chelsea families. She has one son, Jason Walch and lives in Likely with her husband, Lonni William of the Bonaparte Indian Band. 

Joy has been working as the Specific Claims Team Coordinator since early 2024. She also works as the Office Administrator for Cariboo Aboriginal Forestry Enterprises, a joint venture company owned by Alkali Resource Management and Chilcotin Plateau Enterprises. 

  Legal Counsel 

Esk'etemc Specific Claims

SpecificClaims@esketemc.ca

Stan’s hometown is Prince Rupert. He went to the University of Victoria for seven years, graduating from law school in 1982. While articling in 1982 he took in his first First Nation as his client – the Westbank First Nation, who remains his client. 

Currently, Stan acts for approximately 27 First Nations and First Nation’s organizations. He is honoured to have acted for Esk’etemc for almost 30 years, primarily in relation to Specific Claim but also on other matters.

 Communication and Media Liaison

Esk'etemc Specific Claims

SpecificClaims@esketemc.ca

Aleece has lived in Kamloops for many years and considers the community her hometown. She attended Thompson Rivers University where she obtained a Bachelor of Business Administration and owns her own communications company.

She started working with Esk'etemc in the spring of 2024 and was captured by the story of Tsqewt and the elders who worked so hard to right the wrongs of the past. She is honoured to assist the Specific Claims team in communications.