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Biographical notes

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Ka’nahsohon Kevin is from the Mohawk territory of Kahnawake. He has been a faith keeper for almost 40 years now at the Mohawk Trail Longhouse in Kahnawake. Kevin has been involved in education for the past 32 years focusing on maintaining and enhancing the Mohawk language and culture starting in Six Nations (Ohswe:ken) in September 1988. The following year he moved back to Kahnawake and was at the Karonhianonhnha Mohawk immersion school for the last 30 years, progressing through roles as a teacher, vice-principal, principal and then returning back to the classroom delivering health curriculum to nursery groups, kindergarten, grade 1 and grade 2 classes. He received his Bachelor’s in Education at McGill University in June 1996. He is passionate about Indigenous spiritual knowledge of Turtle Island (North America) that must be shared and understood by all the newcomers to the New World who are guests in our house. Our guests must understand this Knowledge and begin to live accordingly if we want any hope for future generations. He is the acting vice-president at the First Nation Technical Institute, where he uses his knowledge, experience, and expertise to help guide the institute in becoming a model institution that can influence the entire world from the historic birthplace of “Rononhsionniton” (the Peacemaker).

• Elder,  traditional teachings keeper in carrying out the PFS mission
• Representation activities

Felicia Tremblay, of Cherokee Freedmen descent, grew up in a non-indigenous family in the Laurentians, where arts have always played an important role. Over the years, this consultant in inclusive strategies has taken various trainings that reflect her multiple interests, (leadership, public relations, audio production) but she defines herself mainly as self-taught. Since May 2021, she has been the Senior Advisor for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Outreach at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa and is the first person to hold this position. “In everything I do, I am constantly looking for ways to build bridges of communication between people to better understand each other,” says the artist and consultant.

Nicknamed Maluh, Marlene Hale is from the small town of Smith, British Columbia, and belongs to the Wet'suwet'en community. She learned to cook from childhood and soon considered becoming a chef, which she did after graduating from the culinary program of the Vancouver Community College . In addition to having opened Chief Maluh's Catering In Vancouver, her own caterer service specializing in First Nations cuisine, she has been teaching cooking classes to people of all ages for many years and at many educational institutions, art gallery and First Nations groups across Canada. She believes that people chose her as a senior because of her experience and knowledge, but a very important criterion, according to her, is to also get involved in the various indigenous communities of Canada. "That's what I did. I taught more than 10,000 children to cook and if you call me a First Nation, I went there. I have a salmon on my chef's uniform because we are the salmon people, "she said.

• Elder, guardian of traditional cultural knowledge
• Representation activities

Marisa holds a Bachelor’s degree of Commerce (2016), as well as a Graduate Diploma in public Accountancy (2017) from McGill University.
Marisa joined the Transaction Advisory Services group at EY in 2019. Previously, she worked for 3 years in the audit department with experience auditing both large public companies, as well as smaller privately owned entities in a wide variety of industries, such as retail, financial services, information technology, and manufacturing.
She is a member of the CPA (Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada) as an audit and also is a CFA level II candidate. She is also a member of the Namgis First Nations band located on Vancouver Island, BC.

• Financial Advisor
• Verification