BLACKMORE TECHNOLOGY GROUP LIMITED · CORPORATE GOVERNANCE · SEAT 07

Director — Indigenous Affairs & Data Sovereignty

Bring Indigenous partnership priorities, community authority and respectful data governance into BTG’s corporate decision-making and technology-development process.

APPOINTED ROLE HOLDERDarlene Hlookoff
Respectful partnership and community authority

This director helps BTG approach Indigenous information and community relationships as questions of rights, authority, respect and mutual benefit—not as datasets that technology developers may presume are freely available.

Core responsibilities

  • Advise on building respectful engagement processes with relevant Indigenous governments, organizations and rights holders without presuming to speak for them.
  • Review proposed access to Indigenous-related knowledge, cultural information, geographic records or community datasets and identify where authority and consent must be obtained.
  • Help define governance expectations concerning community-held or collectively governed information, appropriate purpose limits and restricted reuse.
  • Consider whether ENTITY and BTDU records can document agreed provenance, restrictions, approvals, amendments and revocations without overriding customary or legal rights.
  • Coordinate with privacy and legal oversight on data stewardship, beneficial outcomes and potentially sensitive locations or cultural material.
  • Bring concerns about misrepresentation, inappropriate commercialization, unapproved disclosure or exclusion from decisions to the Board.

Areas of oversight

  • Respectful engagement and the right people or governments participating in decisions.
  • Consent and source authority for Indigenous-governed information.
  • Cultural sensitivity, disclosure limitations and community-defined benefits.
  • Appropriate review of technology pilot proposals and agreements.

Reports and practical outcomes

  • Engagement principles and a review route for affected communities.
  • Concerns and recommendations on Indigenous data stewardship.
  • Documented prerequisites for community-governed data proposals.
  • Clear escalation of unresolved consent, authority or benefit issues.

Works with

  • Legal, Privacy & Data Sovereignty on rights and contracts
  • CEO & Chair on strategic partnerships
  • Technical and ENTITY teams on restrictions and revocation
  • The relevant Indigenous rights holders and communities through appropriate channels

Questions this role brings to the Board

  • Who has the right to decide whether this information is used?
  • Have the relevant people or governments consented to this purpose and to further reuse?
  • How is the community’s authority preserved when data travels through BTG systems?
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