Marcia Trudeau and her daughter Olive-Marie at the 2016 Ontario Aboriginal Summer Games in Six Nations. The games are a qualifying event for the 2017 North American Indigenous Games.
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The CEO pitching indigenous empowerment through sport (the Toronto Star)
Marcia Trudeau’s seventh-floor office near Hwy. 427 and Eglinton Ave. W. overlooks industrial roads, asphalt parking lots and a short distance to the north, the looping flight traffic at Pearson airport.
The 40-year-old Trudeau is a long way from the sandy beaches and fragrant leafy woods of Manitoulin Island, or Mnidoo Mnising in her traditional Anishinaabemowin language. Her home.
Marcia Trudeau-Bomberry, second from right, was honoured as the 2017 Brock Alumni Association Distinguished Graduate in the Faculty of Social Sciences during Homecoming weekend in September. She was presented the award by Alumni Association President Chris Phillips, Brock President Gervan Fearon and Interim Dean of Social Sciences Ingrid Makus.
Brock alumna lauded for commitment to Indigenous youth (Brock News)
The largest continental sporting and cultural gathering of Indigenous peoples had Brock alumna Marcia Trudeau-Bomberry (BA ’00) at its helm this past summer.
The 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG) saw 5,000 teen athletes compete in 14 sports and 2,000 volunteers, including more than 50 Brock students, come together to celebrate the diverse regions and cultures represented by the participants.
Marcia Trudeau, CEO of the 2017 North American Indigenous Games with her family. Photo by Linda Roy.
Island woman heading North American Indigenous Games (manitoulin expositor)
Marcia Trudeau will lead major Toronto event
WIKWEMIKONG—Marcia Trudeau of Wikwemikong has been selected as the CEO of the 2017 North American Indigenous Games (NAIG), to be held in Toronto, a position she is honoured to take on.
For the Love of Sport, Culture, and Her People (connected magazine Athabasca University & first nation drum)
For Athabasca University MBA graduate Marcia Trudeau-Bomberry, her education will help her give back to the Indigenous community in which she was raised – a place she still calls home, with her daughters, husband, and extended family.