Stacey Leaving The Lands Unit

Martin Stacey, the Director of the Lands Unit, is leaving his position to move into the private sector. An MCK release this afternoon highlights Stacey’s career that launched at the MCK Lands Unit in 1995 as a Landfill Inspector eventually joining the newly developed Lands Unit in 2002 as a Land Management Officer. In that role, he helped develop the Unit into what the Community is familiar with today. In 2013 Stacey became General Manager of Land Management and in 2019, he became Director of the Lands Unit. During his tenure, he played a key role in building capacity and developing procedures, processes and policies that were instrumental in taking away many of the land services away from Indian Affairs/Federal Office, and providing them directly to own community via the MCK Lands Unit.

Martin Stacey was a skilled negotiator who had no issue taking his federal counterparts to task when Kahnawà:ke’s interests were not favored. His knowledge and special skill sets have been recognized well beyond Kahnawà:ke, as he sits on several national boards across Canada with the goal of helping other Indigenous nations develop their own land management capacities.

His final day as an MCK employee will be this Friday, January 27th.