VANCOUVER, BC-Rev. Ray Aldred has been appointed the Director of the Indigenous Studies Program at Vancouver School of Theology. Ray is status Cree from Treaty 8 land in Northern Alberta. Born in Northern Alberta and raised in the country outside of Grande Prairie, Alberta, Ray's first pastorate was the First Nations Alliance Church of Regina, Saskatchewan. While pastoring there he served as the Director of the First Nations Alliance Church of Canada from 1996-2004. There he and his wife, Elaine, worked to encourage Indigenous churches and communities from Thunder Bay, Ontario to Cranbrook, Br...