Chief Kelly LaRocca

Chief Kelly LaRocca was elected as the Chief of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation in 2013, and has served on the elected Council for her community since 2008. Chief Kelly is also an elected Director for the National Lands Advisory Board for First Nations Lands Management in Canada and serves as Vice-Chair for the Ogemawahj Tribal Council. She previously served on the Aboriginal Justice Committee for the former Attorney General for Ontario and was a Director of the Baagwating Community Association.

Kelly’s other past professional experience includes practising as a civil litigation lawyer, which she commenced upon graduation from the University of Windsor, Faculty of Law in 2000, and her call to the Bar for Ontario in 2001. Before entering her career in Indigenous politics, Kelly also completed graduate coursework at the University of Victoria Faculty of Law, with a focus on Aboriginal legal issues.