Alphonsine Lafond and Q+P Award for Indigenous Women in Sustainable Business (#103152)

Awards have been made available annually through gifts from the Alphonsine Lafond Fund for Innovation and Quinn+Partners Inc., in memory of Chief Alphonsine Lafond (1926–2000), for First Nations, Inuit or Métis students of Canada who are women in the Bachelor of Commerce program. Recipients must demonstrate an interest in environmentally and/or socially responsible business practices. Consistently demonstrating strong values of perseverance and tenacity, Chief Lafond of Muskeg Lake First Nation was the first woman chief in Saskatchewan, the first Nations woman appointed as a Justice of the Peace, the first Indigenous person elected as a provincial school board trustee representing a First Nation community and the first woman appointed as a Senator in the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. Her contributions were recognized with the Saskatchewan Order of Merit in 1988 and the Canada 125 Medal in 1992. Quinn+Partners is a management consultancy specializing in corporate sustainability, climate change and sustainable finance advisory services. Founded in 2013, Quinn+Partners is a female-founded and employee-owned B-Corp, with offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal. Quinn+Partners is committed to developing the next generation of industry leaders, and wants female and indigenous voices to be well-represented in the process.