Meet Romeo Saganash this Wednesday at the NCCT
The Deets:
Wednesday January 18, 2012
11:00 a.m. –12:30 p.m.
Native Canadian Centre Toronto (NCCT)
16 Spadina Road
Toronto, ON
The Call Out:
Meet Romeo Saganash, the first Indigenous person to run for federal leadership (NDP).
Romeo Saganash is the first Indigenous person to seek the leadership of a major federal political party — and perhaps our next prime minister.
He was raised in the small northern community of Waswanipi, Quebec, is a residential school survivor, and graduated from the Université du Québec à Montréal law school.
A lifelong environmentalist, Romeo served as vice-chair of the Cree Regional Authority and Chair of the James Bay Advisory Committee on the Environment. His work in the economic sector with Creeco Inc. and the Eeyou Co. showed his understanding of how to balance our duty as stewards of the land with sustainable economic growth.
In politics for nearly 30 years, Romeo founded the Cree Nation Youth Council in 1985, served as Deputy Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Cree, and is now a Member of Parliament, representing a riding that covers the northern half of Quebec.
For more information Contact: [email protected] or Call 416-964-9087 x326
Sponsored by: ON-U- The One Nation in Unity -Youth Program at the NCCT
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