Suzanne Marie Jackson
President
Métis Nation of Ontario Women’s Council
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I have been a proud citizen of the Métis Nation of Ontario for 15 years.
16 years ago, while working on family genealogy, I first became aware of my Métis lineage after identifying an ancestor shared with Louis Riel. Born and raised in Alberta, I was unknowingly steeped in a culture which was never identified by name.
Women and children's needs have always been a focus in a career spent primarily as a Labour and Delivery Doula with additional training in alternative healing methods.
A teacher at heart, ongoing outreach activities include school and community workshops to further the knowledge of Métis history and traditions. Immersion in my Métis arts awoke ancestral traditional practices in the areas of beadwork, traditional hide tanning, drum making, moccasin making, leather works, porcupine quill jewelry and mossbags.
Today, on my continuing journey of discovering who I am as a Métis mother, grandmother, sister and Aunt, I pay constant silent remembrance and respect giving thanks to my Mamère who taught without words but by example. My Mamère wasn’t ashamed of her story, she was frightened into silence by her story. I’m not frightened, ashamed or embarrassed by where I came from, what I’ve endured or who I’ve become. I embrace it and share it with the hope that it may inspire others.
16 years ago, while working on family genealogy, I first became aware of my Métis lineage after identifying an ancestor shared with Louis Riel. Born and raised in Alberta, I was unknowingly steeped in a culture which was never identified by name.
Women and children's needs have always been a focus in a career spent primarily as a Labour and Delivery Doula with additional training in alternative healing methods.
A teacher at heart, ongoing outreach activities include school and community workshops to further the knowledge of Métis history and traditions. Immersion in my Métis arts awoke ancestral traditional practices in the areas of beadwork, traditional hide tanning, drum making, moccasin making, leather works, porcupine quill jewelry and mossbags.
Today, on my continuing journey of discovering who I am as a Métis mother, grandmother, sister and Aunt, I pay constant silent remembrance and respect giving thanks to my Mamère who taught without words but by example. My Mamère wasn’t ashamed of her story, she was frightened into silence by her story. I’m not frightened, ashamed or embarrassed by where I came from, what I’ve endured or who I’ve become. I embrace it and share it with the hope that it may inspire others.