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Each new day,
Each new adventure, It brings the chance to help myself, to help somebody else.
Virginia Goulais,
Mother, Grandmother Honoured at Shine-A Light Gala
Virginia is from Wikwemikong First Nation, and currently calls North Bay home. Virginia is a mother of three, grandmother of three, and has been with her husband Frank for 41 years. Virginia’s mother and father raised her traditionally, to which she attributes her deep connection to and love of Mother Nature today. As one of seven children, Virginia learned at an early age the value of volunteerism and collaborating with people. She also grew up without electricity
or hydro in a log cabin, where her mother farmed, her father worked in the pulp wood industry, and her brothers hunted to provide for their family. As a youth, Virginia withstood the transition from
her reservation into urban life, and has been here, thriving in her respective roles as a mother, Grandmother, gardener, and employee.
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