Ms. Kyrstin Dumont

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Kyrstin Dumont is a passionate, caring young woman and a proud band member of the
Algonquins of Kitigan Zibi. She has been awarded 3 times for her work within and outside of the
Indigenous communities. Kyrstin has won the CBC Trailblazer award, the June Girvan award as
well as the Youth Ottawa RBC Spirit of the Capital Take A Stand award. She has taken part in
sacred walks to protect the water and has spoken on Parliament Hill about climate justice and
human rights. In addition, she has spoken in the House of Commons about the missing and
murdered Indigenous women and girls genocide within Canada. Kyrstin has worked with
organizations, churches and schools such as the Ottawa Catholic and Carleton School Boards,
Project of Hearts, the Child Welfare League, UNICEF Canada, the Kitchissippi church and the
Woodroffe church while pursuing her post-secondary education. Kyrstin works as a strong role
model for other students who have fallen through the cracks of mainstream colonial education
systems. She is an advocate, an educator, and a mentor to her family and community alike.