Biography

Jean Crowder was first elected on June 28th, 2004 as the Member of Parliament for Nanaimo-Cowichan, British Columbia. She is the NDP Critic for Aboriginal Peoples Affairs and the NDP Caucus Chair.

Jean serves as vice-chair of the Aboriginal Affairs committee, she is a member of the Parliamentary Friends of Burma Committee, the International Parliamentary Union, the Committee Against the Commercial Sexual Exploitation of Children, All Party Arts Caucus, the Parliamentary Committee on Palliative and Compassion Care, the All Party Forestry Caucus, the HIV AIDS and Tuberculosis Parliamentary Group, the Outdoors Caucus and she is the co-chair of the recently established Friendship Centres All Party Caucus.

In 2007, Jean was honoured by the community of Norway House Cree Nation for her private member’s motion calling on the federal government to adopt a child first principle based on Jordan’s principle, to resolve jurisdictional disputes involving the care of First Nations children. This motion passed unanimously in the House of Commons on December 12, 2007. Jean has succeeded in having June designated as Aboriginal History Month, when in 2009 her private member’s motion also passed unanimously in the House of Commons.

Jean has a degree in psychology from Wilfrid Laurier University in Waterloo, and possesses extensive experience in community development and organization.

Prior to being elected to the House of Commons, Jean served two years as a municipal councilor for North Cowichan serving on numerous committees. She has worked at Malaspina University College, Human Resources Development Canada the BC Ministry of Skills Training & Labour.

Jean is a strong believer in community. She has served on many local community boards and agencies including Cowichan United Way, Volunteer Cowichan, Pacific Childcare Society and the Duncan Chamber of Commerce.

For more information about Jean, watch her interview on CPAC's Beyond Politics with Catherine Clark, http://cpac.ca/forms/index.asp?dsp=template&act=view3&pagetype=vod&lang=e&clipID=3893

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