About Boarding Homes Claims Advisors

  Helen is Anishinaabekwe from the Thessalon First Nation. She currently resides in N’Swakamok (Sudbury) in Northern Ontario. She is a proud mom to a 20-year-old son and four bonus daughters. Helen is an independent accountant with over 30 years of experience working with First Nations and Indigenous organizations across Ontario.  She shares her financial knowledge on per capita distributions, sudden wealth syndrome and general financial planning.

Helen also has experience supporting individuals with accessing compensation under class action settlements including delivering information sessions on the Sixties Scoop Settlement, where she facilitated discussions around planning for the use of a large sum of money. 

She takes her bear clan responsibility to heart, supporting the health and well-being of Indigenous communities. She is dedicated to using money with intention. Weweni baanaajtoon gaazhooniyam.

  Tracy began her career in 1990 at the Ontario Power Generation Pickering Nuclear Generating Station and became the first Indigenous woman  to become a CNSC licensed operator at Bruce Power [LB1] and the only female Shift Manager to work her way up from the shop floor. 

Ms. Primeau is a mentor and role model to many men and women in the Indigenous community, as well as, the energy sector, often sharing insights from her nuclear career at conferences, professional development events and other initiatives. She offers insights on diversity, women in STEM and Indigenous relationship building through her company Agile Bear. 

Tracy is a proud member of the Nipissing First Nation and was a founding member of the Ontario Hydro Native Circle in 1992 and was the first Chair of the Bruce Power Native Circle, a position she held for many years. She strives to use the Seven Grandfather Teachings in her leadership every day.

Within her community, she actively strives to establish creative and lasting solutions for the systemic hurdles faced by Indigenous populations. With family members who had to leave their communities she is particularly interested in ensuring those affected by the Boarding Homes legacy are aware of and able to access compensation. 

[LB1]Not sure many going on our site would know or appreciate the difference re Bruce Power vs Bruce A. If I am wrong, I am happy to reinstate.

 Cristine is a proud member of Lac Seul First Nation.  She is a Registered Social Worker and has worked in most organizations that have touched her people.  The list includes child welfare, federal corrections, provincial corrections, crisis social work, Center for Addiction and Mental Health, intimate partner violence sector, colleges and universities.  She is committed to making positive change for Indigenous peoples and is a sought after speaker who speaks both nationally and internationally.  Much of her work focus' on Trauma Informed Care with an Indigenous lens, Intergenerational Trauma, Suicide Awareness, Understanding cultural safe practices and Cultural Humility among other topics.  She has been a hand drummer with Wabiski Makwa singers for 20 years and is a proud mother, auntie, grandmother and sister. 

 Lori-Ann is the CEO of Boarding Homes Claims Advisors  (BHCA) and brings her process and program design knowledge from her 36 year career at PricewaterhouseCoopers to the boarding homes claims process. She has leveraged her business experience knowing that the design of the program  requires a multi faceted team and has recruited a dedicated team made up of Indigenous members from affected communities, along with experienced health and wellness workers, financial advisors, lawyers and advocates.

Lori is a retired PricewaterhouseCoopers partner and is the CEO and Co-Founder of the Board Diversity Network , an organization with a mission to prepare Indigenous, race and gender diverse executives to become sought-after board candidates through a networking and board-readiness educational program. 

 
Lori brings her passion, leadership, business acumen and empathy to the BHCA program and hopes to use her experience to support as many claimants as possible.