SACHA GENDRON is young Métis woman from Etobicoke, Ontario Sacha first learned about Miziwe Biik a couple of years ago from a friend who successfully found employment through one of the programs offered at the Centre. Of her own experience,…
LYNN PAULA MAHMOOD was born and raised in Southampton Ontario by her Grandparents. She is a intergenerational Indian Residential School and Sixities Scoop Survivor from the ages of one to six years old. Lynn is from Saugeen First Nation and…
RICHARD PETERS is from two different areas, Tadoule Lake, Manitoba and Chimnissing, Ontario (Beausoleil First Nation). He grew up mostly in Ontario so, he self-identifies as belonging to the latter land base. Or rather, he prefers to say, “I identify…
PATRICIA MARTIN is from M’Chigeeng First Nation onManitoulin Island. She grew up in Toronto, Ontario and completed high school at William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute. Following graduation, a family member recommended she go to Miziwe Biik to help her with…
JOEL MORALES is a member of the Cowichan Tribes, located on Vancouver Island. He grew up in an urban environment with the Trans Canada Highway cutting a swath through the Reserve. When it was time to complete his university studies,…
CODY ISERHOFF CASTONGUAY is originally from Timmins Ontario. He self-identifies as non-status Cree. Cody learned about Miziwe Biik from a family member who had used its services in the past. She saw a Facebook posting that Miziwe Biik had placed…
Toronto Police Service JORDAN CHEVERIE was born in Souris, Prince Edward Island, but Jordan’s Indigenous heritage is derived from the Saulteaux and Peepeekisis First Nations in Saskatchewan. As a result of his father’s career though, most of his youth was…
Aboriginal Legal Services DOUGLAS VARETTE moved from Ottawa to Toronto in 2002 to study Film and Television production at Humber College. He graduated in 2006 and worked at a number of film/television jobs. During that time he experienced some personal…
Toronto Zoo, Turtle Island Conservation Kassie McKeown and Chevaun Toulouse, work for Turtle Island Conservation (TIC) at the Toronto Zoo. The TIC program has a goal to partner with First Nation communities to preserve community knowledge and significant natural and…
JASON STAATS is from Six Nations. He grew up in Brantford, Ontario, then later moved to Barrie to attend Georgian College. There he studied in a number of programs in the areas of health, culture and well-being (Pre-Health Science certificate,…