Erika
August 7, 2018
In 2006, Erika Infante Pizarro and her husband decided to emigrate to Vancouver, BC from Mexico where the security situation was deteriorating. Although Erika had some education and job skills from Mexico, she...
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Jenny
August 7, 2018
Genevieve (Jenny) Duquette is from the Mistawasis Nation, a member nation of the Saskatoon Tribal Council. She is a mother of four grown children and grandmother of five. Sadly, Jenny’s daughter passed...
Julie Payette
August 7, 2018
An electrical engineer by trade, Julie Payette had flown two missions in space for the construction of the International Space Station (ISS). During her astronaut training, she completed training as a...