CURRENT EMPLOYMENTActing District Resource Liaison Specialist / Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry/ Thunder Bay OntarioPERSONAL STATEMENTA very reliable hardworking team player, mentor and leader with a leadership style which combines the Coaching, the Transformational, the Visionary and the Democratic styles.A skilled liaison and communicator, taught by his parents and his Anishnawbe Elders to walk and thrive in the Anishnawbe and European worlds and cultures, with the ability to create bridges and understanding between both.Has the ability to face challenges and resolve them with a positive solution-based approach. A life time learner who pursues ongoing voluntary, self-motivated opportunities to increase his knowledge for personal and professional reasons.WORK EXPERIENCEFort William Historical Park / MHSTCI / Thunder Bay Ontario CanadaI have been employed at FWHP as an Indigenous Heritage Specialist beginning in September 2021. Prior to that I was on contract as a Historic Interpreter assigned to the Indigenous Heritage Area of FWHP. I portray an Anishnawbe composite character Jackson 'Kaa Kaa Kee (Raven)' Powell based on my Ancestors' experiences in Lac La Croix First Nation. Jackson Kaa Kaa Kee Powell is a liaison between the Northwest Company and the Anishnawbe People in the year 1816 at Fort William, the NWCo's inland headquarters and transshipment point. Fort William is a reconstructed Living History Museum. I also assist with other Areas of FWHP to deliver Educational and Anishnawbe Cultural Programs.Thunder Bay Police ServiceI had served with the Thunder Bay Police Service as a Constable and Acting Sergeant for 28 years (1990 to 2018) and retired in December 2019. I had served in the Uniform Patrol Branch and the Community Services Branch, specifically the Aboriginal Liaison Unit during my assignment there.