Tim is 2 Spirit and comes from the Atikameksheng Anishnawbek First Nation, ON. Tim considers himself a true WorkForce Warrior moving to Toronto at age 18 he has 10 years’ experience in hospitality and restaurant management, 8 years with the Bank of Montreal, 10 years implementing outsourced call centre solutions on behalf of national corporations, 2 years as Senior Operations Manager for a non-profit, and 2 years in warehouse/logistics.
Tim is excited to be using his experience to work with Indigenous communities and individuals to be confident in their successes and to share their successes as mentors with others.
Indigenous Profile (Genealogy)
My Great-Grandparents
My mom told me that when the Indian agent came to the Whitefish Lake Indian Reserve, documenting & assigning its residents, my great-grandparents Dada and JoJo were passing through.
They were nomadic, and it was berry-picking season in the Sudbury area.
The name Petahtegoose was given as there is an Ojibway word biidaadgaa, meaning “from across the water,” which my great-grandparents responded when asked their names, and the Indian agent interpreted it as Petahtegoose.
My Grandparents
My grandmother Mary (we called Grand-Mary) was born to Dorothy Kenoshimeg on Manitoulin Island. She was educated by the nuns in Pembroke to become one of the lst certified Indigenous teachers.
My grandfather (the most handsome eligible bachelor), Paul, was the son of JoJo and DaDa and worked in lumber and mining.
Married in 1937, they settled in a one-room log cabin on Whitefish Lake, later moving to “Old Depot,” now known as Naughton to be closer to the lumber mill.
My Mom
My mom was born in 1938 and was the eldest of a family of 7. She left a broken home at 13, meeting my father, who had just lost his family (wife and 5 daughters) in a house fire.
Both needing a family, they married and created one together, my mom being a mom of 8 children at the age of 25.
