Donna May Kimmaliardjuk was about to perform heart surgery when she received a phone call informing her she was among 14 Indspire Award winners. Kimmaliardjuk will receive a 2018 Indspire Award for being the first Inuk to become a heart surgeon. 'Those kids are making us ready'Michael DeGagne, the founding executive director of the Aboriginal Healing Foundation which was created to deal with the legacy of Indian residential schools, is an Indspire Award recipient. Nicole Bourque-Bouchier, CEO and owner of the oilsands construction firm Bouchier Group, is an Indspire Award recipient. Chief Darcy Bear, 49, Whitecap Dakota First Nation, honoured for triggering economic development in his community worth more than $100 million.

Source: CBC News November 07, 2017 19:18 UTC