In 2022, the Region of Waterloo hired Paula Whitlow as the first Director, Truth and Reconciliation.

From the wolf clan of the Mohawk nation and a resident of the Six Nations of the Grand River Territory, Paula has lived her entire life within the Haldimand Tract. She has traced her ancestry back to the original Haudenosaunee homelands of Upper New York State prior to the American Revolution.

Paula joins the Region of Waterloo from the Native Women’s Centre in Hamilton, where she served as executive director. She previously served as director of the Woodland Cultural Centre.