Minister of Environment, Rural Modernisation and Kalinago Upliftment, Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica
Hon. Cozier P. Frederick is presently the Minister for the Environment, Rural Modernization and Kalinago Upliftment in the Government of the Commonwealth of Dominica and Member of Parliament for the Salybia Constituency, which includes the Kalinago Territory. He presently serves on the Dominica Reparations Committee and the Kalinago Events Committee and is a former Development Officer of the then Ministry of Kalinago Affairs (MOKA). He was also a former teacher at the Salybia Primary School in the Kalinago Territory. Honorable Frederick is the holder a Bachelor of Arts degree (Hons.) in History with Political Science from UWI Cave Hill Campus and has presented locally, regionally and internationally on Kalinago Heritage as an MPhil Candidate. He was the Country Coordinator of the International Caribbean Ties Exhibition produced in the Netherlands in 2019. Minister Frederick has published numerous articles on Kalinago in magazines and online. He served as a member of The Board of Directors of the National Broadcasting Corporation (2007/8), and as a co-curator for the Kalinago “Our Lives” exhibit in the Smithsonian Museum of the North American Indian (2003/4) in Washington DC. He can be credited for being the founder of the Salybia Heritage and Restoration Project (SHARP Inc) in 2015. Honorable Cozier Frederick is a researcher, educator, martial artist, musician, and visual artist and works closely with numerous youth organizations, civil groups, the Atkinson Village Council and the Kalinago Council.