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Kretschmer, Lindsay

Lindsay is the Current Executive Director of the Toronto Aboriginal Support Services Council (TASSC). Her family comes from Six Nations of the Grand River Territory. She has worked in the non-profit sector for nearly 20 years, most recently as the Executive Director of the Ontario Aboriginal HIV/AIDS Strategy; she started her community service work as a volunteer at Council Fire Native Cultural Centre as a teenager.  Lindsay is passionate about Indigenous community well being and she has a strong commitment to developing sustainable and measurable solutions for social change and lasting impact.  On November 19, 2019 she visited Crestwood and took part in our Towards Reconciliation Symposium, urging students to play their role in this process that is just at its beginning.

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