Speakers

Jeffrey Schiffer
Executive Director
Jeffrey Schiffer was born and raised in Coast Salish territory and has Métis and German ancestry.
Bryan Winters
Executive Director
Bryan Winters is a Nunatsiavut Beneficiary from Happy Valley - Goose Bay, Labrador. He is the Executive Director of the Toronto Inuit Association and a TASSC Executive.
Suzanne Brunelle
Interim Senator
Serves as Senator and Knowledge Seeker on the Toronto and York Region Métis Council. Raised on the land near the Georgian Bay waters, Suzanne traces her Métis roots to Red River Valley.
Lindsey Lickers
Community Safety Liaison. Medicine Water Woman.
Lindsey's traditional name is ‘Mushkiiki Nibi Kwe’, which translates to ‘Medicine Water Woman’ and she is turtle clan.
Keith McCrady
Executive Director.
Keith McCrady is an Ojibway and Cree from the Bear Clan who has worked with Indigenous families for over twenty years.