Acknowledgements
We gratefully acknowledge the support and contributions of the following people and groups to this review:
Technical experts of the working group
- James Sproule – OCC – Deputy Chief Coroner - Executive Lead
- Douglas Browne – OFM – Deputy Fire Marshal - Executive Lead
- Ross Nichols – OFM – Former Fire Marshal - Former Executive Lead
- Michael Wilson – OCC – Regional Supervising Coroner
- Tara Dadgostari – OCC – Project Manager
- Regan Murray – OCC – Data Analysis
- Andrew Stephen – OCC – Information Management Lead
- Kona Williams – OFPS – Forensic Pathologist
- Kathy Gruspier – OFPS – Forensic Anthropologist
- Jeffrey Dick – OFM - Fire Protection Specialist – Issues Management
- Manny Garcia – OFM - Quality Assurance and Risk Management Supervisor
- Matthew Miller – Ontario Native Fire Fighters Society – Fire Chief
- Michael McKay – Nishnawbe Aski Nation – Infrastructure & Housing
- Daniel Nadeau – Ontario Provincial Police – Investigation and Support Bureau
- Kate Forget – Ministry of the Attorney General – Indigenous Justice Division
- Anne Scotton – Department of Indigenous Services Canada - Ontario Region – Federal Partner
Elders and knowledge keepers of the advisory group
- David Meekis – Deer Lake First Nation
- Connie Gray McKay – Mishkeegogamang First Nation
- Adrian Chrisjohn – Oneida Nation of the Thames
- Dean Peters – Pikangikum First Nation
- Norma General-Lickers – Six Nations of the Grand River
- Tommy Sainnawap – Wunnumin Lake First Nation
Elder Helen Cromarty
Aliesha Arndt – Ministry of the Attorney General – Indigenous Justice Division
Culture and mental health support
- Dilico Anishinabek Family Care
- Department of Indigenous Services Canada - First Nations and Inuit Health Branch
- Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program (IRS RHSP)
- Ontario Provincial Police - Indigenous Policing Bureau
- Ontario Provincial Police - Provincial Liaison Team
Data sources
- Environment Canada
- First Nations Communities
- Department of Indigenous Services Canada - Ontario Region
- Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services - Social Assistance Analytics Unit
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation
- Office of the Chief Coroner
- Office of the Fire Marshal
- Sioux Lookout Area Aboriginal Management Board
- Statistics Canada
Updated: January 15, 2024
Published: July 22, 2021