Superior's Emily Drake and Westgate's Morgann De Franceschi have started two-year terms as student trustees with the Lakehead District School Board.
Emily Drake has spent most of her life trying to find a sense of identity with her Indigenous heritage.
“Now that I’ve grown up a little bit, I’ve discovered more of my heritage through the help of my school board and I felt like I should give back a bit and help other students that were in the same situation that I was in before.” “I want to help give a better voice to the students and I want to help promote more equality in schools. I’m involved with the LGBTQ+ community and I attend some of the GSA meetings and I want to represent their voice more on the board.”
“I had a long conversation with our First Nation graduation coach and she really encouraged me to go for it,” Drake said. “Everything kind of just started to come together from there.” “It will be good practice for me as I get ready for the future as I’ll be sitting down with people that are treating this like this is their job, which is slightly different from student council.”She’s been involved with the Mount Baldy children’s summer camp and the St. Joseph’s Foundation curling tournament, along with helping to develop and lead Indigenous learning sessions for elementary students.
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