Minister of Elders
Associate Minister of Culture, Language, and Heritage
Representing North Central Region 5
Raynie Gervais is now officially into his 3rd term as Region 5 Director officially decided in the MNBC General Election of 2024. Gervais was first elected as Region 5 Director in 2016, and since then, he managed to carry on a successful record of proven leadership in his director role.
Raynie comes from a large grassroots Métis family from Meadow Lake, Saskatchewan, and was raised by Métis parents along with 10 other siblings. The family would later move to Prince George, BC in 1964 for more opportunities and a better way of life. It was here that Gervais would later raise his own family with his wife, Beverley and 3 children and make Prince George his permanent home to the present day.
As the years went by, Raynie would get involved as a President of a Métis society in Prince George for a 4-year stint. It was the experience he got in community governance in this role that would convince him in later years to set his sights on a bigger leadership role as Region 5 Director for MNBC. Gervais would successfully win his first MNBC Election in 2016. In his first term, Gervais held the Ministry of Culture, Language, and Heritage and also sat on the National level Michif Language working group on behalf of MNBC. From the second term of 2020-2024, Gervais would hold the Associate M of Culture, Language, and Heritage as well as his new portfolio, the Minister of Elders.
Raynie Gervais brings to MNBC, tons of knowledge to his 2 portfolios of Minister and Elders and as Associate Minister of Culture, Language, and Heritage to the current term. From his rich cultural attributes, he inherited from his family’s history to the training and skills from his last 2 terms, have proved very beneficial to his work as Director. Gervais also has a great amount of knowledge in the areas of economic development from a Diploma in Entrepreneurial Business, and from his previous work in Métis housing development in past years.