Wednesday, July 28, 2010

NAHO Welcomes Wayne Clark to its Senior Management Team

The National Aboriginal Health Organization (NAHO) is pleased to announce Wayne Clark as Director, Communications.

Mr. Clark brings over 15 years experience in communications and program management in new media and television working with provincial and federal agencies and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network. He produced award winning exhibitions for Virtual Museum of Canada in partnership with BC First Nations including The Respect to Bill Reid Pole, Dane Wajich Dane-Zaa Stories & Songs: Dreamers and the Land and Drawing on Identity: The Inkameep Day School & Art Collection. Mr. Clark has extensive experience managing communications having worked with Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, New Media BC, Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia and Government of Manitoba. Mr. Clark has consulted on digital media policy for Canadian Centres of Excellence and Canadian Culture Online National Advisory Board.

“NAHO is delighted to have Wayne join its senior management team” says Dr. Paulette C. Tremblay, CEO of NAHO. “His background in government, interactive digital media and television provides NAHO with a unique opportunity to expand its reach to First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities in new and exciting ways.”

Mr. Clark studied business administration at the University of Winnipeg and holds a Certificate in Internet Marketing Strategy and a Certificate in Project Management in Business Systems Analysis from the University of British Columbia. He is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Professional Communication at Royal Roads University.

An Inuk Beneficiary of the Nunavut Land Claim Agreement, Wayne Clark was raised in Churchill and Winnipeg, Manitoba.