Calahasen new NADC chair

Pearl Calahasen, MLA for Lesser Slave Lake, has been named the new chair of the Northern Alberta Development Council. She is NADC’s first woman chair. Calahasen has previously served as the minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development, associate minister of Aboriginal Affairs, minister without Portfolio Responsible for Children’s Services, and chair of the Standing Policy Committee for Sustainable Resource Development. Calahasen is currently an adjunct professor at the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Extension. The NADC works collaboratively to advance northern development and advises government on opportunities and issues. “I believe that a priority for all of Alberta, but especially the north, is to position ourselves on an international stage. Albertans contribute in a very real, tangible way to the world markets and it will be an exciting time as we go forward putting Alberta on the map,” said Calahasen, in a news release.