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2019 - Christina GILPIN’95
Since September 2017, Christina has been the Chief of the Cree Nation of Wemindji, in Northern Quebec. As the first-ever female Chief of her community, she has made education and economic development her priorities. Previously, Christina was the Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director of the Tawich Development Corporation. She also served as Councillor for the Cree Nation of Wemindji for one term and spent over a decade as a Career Counsellor and Employment Officer for Cree Human Resources and Development. Christina travelled to Branksome from the Cree Nation of James Bay in Grade 7 and called the school home as a boarder for seven years. Christina attended Algonquin College for Lean Management, Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscamingue for Career Development and Trent University for Native Studies.
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LAND ACKNOWLEDGMENT
We wish to acknowledge this land on which Branksome operates. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work and go to school on this land.
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