Notable First Nation surgeon to be honoured in Sagamok-Anishnawbek FN – My Algoma Manitoulin Now
Dr. Nadine Caron, a well-known Canadian surgeon, who is also notable for being the first Canadian female general surgeon of First Nations descent, will be honoured in her home First Nation.
Ojibwe on her mother’s side, Dr. Caron will be honoured by her family’s home community of Sagamok-Anishnawbek First Nation, south of Massey.
She says she gained a great deal of strength from her mother who went to residential school.
She says her mom became a teacher, the first student to graduate from that residential school and then go on to post-secondary education.
She also learned a lot from her Italian immigrant father and her brothers.
