Chief Emily Whetung
Director of Indigenous Partnerships, Business Development

Chief Emerita Emily Whetung grew up in Curve Lake First Nation and left long enough to pursue a higher education at Trent University and Osgoode Hall Law School. She married a Mohawk from Wahta and convinced him to build a life on the Chemong side of Curve Lake. She practiced Real Estate Law in Peterborough for a decade while she started to work on the next generation of Whetungs, raising two lovely little boys. 

Serving as Chief of Curve Lake from 2019-2022, Chief Emily is passionate about the rights of First Nations people, ensuring her community has every opportunity to thrive, protecting the environment for all future generations, protection of Treaty Rights, finding ways to ensure economic advancements occur in sustainable manners, and building healthy relationships between First Nations and Canadians.  

Chief Emily is the Director of Indigenous Partnerships, Business Development at Ontario Power Generation, sits on the Anishinabek Nation Leadership Council and is a member of the Canadian Electricity Advisory Council. She has served as a part of the Electrification and Energy Transition Panel in Ontario, as the vice-chair to the Indigenous Advisory Council for Small Modular (Nuclear) Reactor Action Plan, and was the representative plaintiff in a class action lawsuit fighting for clean drinking water for First Nations in Canada which reached an $8billion settlement in 2022. She continues to use her expertise and knowledge to ensure that that voices of Indigenous people are heard and respected.