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Francis First Charger

Francis First Charger is the University of Lethbridge’s Elder in Residence. He has graciously offered to attend our opening ceremonies on May 9th to offer us a blessing. Francis has served on many committees in the past 20 years including the Aboriginal Council of Lethbridge, the National First Nation’s Forestry Program, the Kainai First Nation /Blood Tribe steering committee for an economic impact study, and the Elder Committee and Board of Director for Opokaa’sin. He was also the special advisor to the former Lethbridge College President, Tracy Edwards.

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