Andrew John, BA(Hons), JD, is a Mi’kmaq lawyer from Miawpukek First Nation in Newfoundland. Andrew was born and spent much of his formative years in Miawpukek raised by a single parent. Since May 2023 Andrew has held the position of General Manager for the community overseeing 10 different departments and several Arm’s Length business entities. Andrew is originally from the community of Miawpukek and spent several years as the Nation’s in-house legal counsel as Director of Justice and Legal Affairs advancing indigenous rights and restorative justice in the Province. Prior to working with his home community Andrew spent time in Nova Scotia working for the Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq tribal organization and attended law school and articled in the Province through the Nova Scotia Barristers’ Society Ku’tawtinu: Shared Articling Initiative. Andrew continues to advocate on behalf of his community and to advance the position of his band on both a provincial and federal level; and seeks to better the community in which he was raised and continues to raise his children in. Andrew’s work with First Nations Major Projects Coalition has been to advocate on behalf of his Nation to participate in a liquid natural gas project, and later as a part of renewable hydrogen projects, as an equity partner while also advocating for the recently passed Indigenous loan guarantee program along with other First Nations across the country. Andrew would welcome the opportunity to work as a part of a fantastic national team to better position all First Nations across Canada to take ownership of their own natural resources and to work collaboratively with industry to create better futures for us all.