This morning as I prepare to head out to work with not one but two First Nation communities, I cannot help but think … For the non-indigenous on my list, who do you see when you see us? Do you see a human? Do you see our ancestors and children? Do you see a […]
It is rare that I have to defend my father or the traits I picked up from him. Sure there’s hockey fans who don’t understand my dedication to my father’s team (Go Habs!). There’s even those who hate anyone from Quebec but I don’t run into them as often as I used to. But […]
To say that it is a challenge to go from marginalized poverty to the world of business professionals is an understatement. There are so many unknowns, from processes to facts. And yesterday, I discovered yet another. You see, yesterday, I bought a clothes steamer and my world changed. Now that may sound ludicrous because […]
I used to do a lot of leadership training, especially for indigenous folks who believed that our communities needed stronger, healthier leaders. And often, as part of that work, I was asked what I believed would determine if someone became a great leader or not. For decades now, I have answered that with the […]
