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My name is Sasha Maracle and I am a member of the Bay of Quinte Mohawks of Six Nations of the Grand River Territory and belong to the Bear clan.
Most of my life has been spent living in an urban setting namely Southwestern Ontario specifically the Kitchener, Cambridge and Guelph region and chiefly my involvement with my First Nation has been of late. Although a variety of my paid positions in these Urban settings have been for Aboriginal organizations that assist with employment and training, education and general resourcing for First Nations people living in these communities.
A variety of my duties included planning, organizing, delivering and reporting on major special events such as the Anishnabeg Outreach Employment and Training Aboriginal Solidarity Day Gathering and the Ontario Young Peoples Council Youth Symposium 2006 theme Education.
I graduated from E. Pauline Johnson Secondary School having achieved high honors and being recognized as an Ontario Scholar. Currently I live in Brantford Ontario and attend school at Wilfrid Laurier University in a B.A honors program for Organizational Leadership.
I was also elected as a representative for the Independent First Nations (IFN) youth.
I am responsible for providing recommendations of the IFN youth working group to the IFN Chiefs. As primary Representative for the Independent First Nations I was also appointed to the Ontario First Nations Young Peoples Council (OFNYPC). Here I joined an ambitious group of other elected, nominated and appointed youth that represented their own respective Political Territorial Organizations at this table.
Together, we have tasked with duty of being a political voice for the First Nations youth across Ontario. Our mandate has been to lobby and voice the concerns of First Nations youth in various areas such as housing, health, education, tradition and culture, social and economic development, justice etc. At this table I have been involved with the portfolios on economic development, fundraising, and First Nations housing initiatives.
I was then nominated by OFNYPC to be their female representation to the Assembly of First Nations National Youth Council (AFNNYC). This body consists of 20 First Nations youth representatives, a female and male from each province across Canada.
Our mandate has been to bring a collective voice of First Nations youth from our respective Provinces and Territories were we are to develop strategies and to effectively communicate the concerns and needs of First Nations youth to a National delegation of their Leadership. Most recently during the AFN AGA in Vancouver I was also elected the Female Co-Chair for AFNNYC for a one year term. At this table I have been involved with the portfolios on economic development, special initiative housing, child welfare and international affairs.
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