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Mrs. Vanessa Rowena Gloria Génier

Timmins, Ontario, Canada

Meritorious Service Decorations - Civil Division

  • Meritorious Service Medal

    Awarded on: 2024-01-15
    Invested on: 2024-05-08
    Vanessa Rowena Gloria Génier, M.S.M. Timmins, Ontario Vanessa Génier, of the Missanabie Cree First Nation, founded Quilts for Survivors in 2021, in response to the discovery of unmarked graves at Kamloops Indian Residential School. With donations of fabric and money, she and her volunteers have made thousands of quilts, each one smudged before being sent to survivors.