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Joyce Timpson
Dr Joyce Timpson was born in Toronto Canada and now lives in Sioux Lookout Ontario Canada, thecentre for services to 30 remote Indigenous communities , and she worked for 40 years in many
aspects of mental health services for Indigenous people.
She worked to develop one of the first mental health services in Canada delivered by Indigenous
persons with both Sally Bunting and Lydia Sherman.
After receiving her PhD in Social Work, she spent 25 years as a consultant to northern communities indevelopment of self-administered and self-governing mental health and addictions programs.
As 17 years as an elected official to the Sioux Lookout Municipal Council, as a politician, Joyce has
focused on environment issues and relationships between the Municipality and Indigenous people.
She enjoys the northern climate including cross country skiing in the winter and swimming in thesummer

Lydia Sherman
Lydia is an Indigenous, Oji-Cree woman raised in Weagamow Lake First Nation (which means“Round” Lake in the Oji-Cree language). She is fluent in her language and has lived in Sioux Lookout,
which is the service hub for 32 fly-in remote First Nations communities to the North, for almost 4decades.
She worked in the Mental Health /Social Work (inclusive) field for thirty-five years including mental
health and child welfare work.
In the early 1980's, she worked on the inception one of the first First Nation delivered Mental Healthprogram in Canada with Joyce, Sally, 2 Elders and other Indigenous mental health counsellors.
For the last 6 years Lydia has worked as a Mental Health Counsellor with the Mental Wellness Teamof a First Nations Organization.
Lydia likes reading, playing guitar, singing, being with her grandsons, has an interest in othercultures and loves nature.

Sally Bunting
Sally is Indigenous Oji-Cree raised in the North Spirit Lake First Nation. She is fluent in her language
and lives in Dryden Canada, not far from Sioux Lookout.
Since 1983 she has been involved in the mental health and related field beginning her career in thefirst Indigenous mental health program in Canada with Joyce and Lydia working for almost 20 years,
taking time off on 2 separate time periods to be the first woman Chief of her First Nation.
Currently, she is the Elder counsellor for the Dryden High School, a position that assists First Nations
students living in Dryden from Dryden and other communities.
Sally is currently studying back-to-the land practices such as preserving blueberries over the winter.
As a language speaker, she can communicate to in her own language to older Elders to learn theseskills. Despite her many years in mental health, she believes that her most important role is being agrandmother to her own 13 grandchildren as well as the 9 of her late husband, Dean.