Angeline Gillis

Angeline Gillis, B.A., LL.B., was born in Sydney, Nova Scotia and was raised in East Bay, N.S. and is a member of the Eskasoni First Nation. She is the daughter of Fred Gillis and Donna Stevens, granddaughter of the late Andrew J. Stevens, former Keptin of the Sante’ Mawi’omi.

Angie earned her undergraduate degree from Dalhousie University in 2005 and her LL.B from the Schulich School of Law (formerly Dalhousie Law School) in 2009. After completing her articling with Boyne Clarke Barristers and Solicitors, she was called to the Bar in June 2010, having performed her affirmation in both English and Mi’kmaq.

Angie is the Executive Directors at The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq. In addition to her work with the CMM. Within this role, she provides oversight and guidance to all CMM’s departments, over a hundred staff, numerous files, projects, and services offered to eight (8) Mi’kmaw communities in Mainland Nova Scotia.  She is also a member of the Canadian Bar Association, Halifax’s Estate Planning Counsel, and is commissioned as a Notary Public. Angeline Gillis is a member of the Board of Directors for the Mi’kmawey Debert Cultural Centre.