RoseAnne Archibald will step aside as Ontario Regional Chief

Archibald will announce her future plans in the coming days.

TAYKWA TAGAMOU TRADITIONAL TERRITORY, Ont. — Ontario Regional Chief RoseAnne Archibald is stepping away from the post.

After one term in office, Archibald announced Tuesday that she will not seek re-election at next month’s All-Ontario Chiefs Conference, when her term expires.

She didn’t indicate if she intends to stay in politics, but said she’ll announce her future plans in the coming days.

In a statement, Archibald said she came into the office three years ago facing a deficit, and with a mandate to restructure the organization with the leadership council and chiefs.

After one year, there was a financial surplus.

The statement said she created a consensus-based agenda and implemented an economic growth and prosperity table, council of elected women chiefs, and a strong Ontario response to the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls national action plan.

Archibald also cited her inclusive leadership style and a collaborative relationship with both the Ontario and federal governments as being important in keeping COVID-19 case numbers low.

“I am leaving the organization in a better place than when I found it,” she said, citing a full staff, new departments, a balanced budget and other accomplishments that were made “through the shared vision and actions of Chiefs and Grand Chiefs across the region.”