{"id":10802,"date":"2023-03-31T11:19:52","date_gmt":"2023-03-31T16:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manitobalg.ca\/oom-recipients\/leslie-spillett\/"},"modified":"2023-03-31T11:19:52","modified_gmt":"2023-03-31T16:19:52","slug":"leslie-spillett","status":"publish","type":"oom-recipients","link":"https:\/\/manitobalg.ca\/fr-ca\/oom-recipients\/leslie-spillett\/","title":{"rendered":"Leslie Spillett"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Leslie Spillett has been an advocate on behalf of Winnipeg\u2019s inner-city and the Aboriginal community for more than three decades. Her efforts have encompassed a wide range of issues including education, environment, social justice and human rights. She is the principal founder and executive director of Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. (meaning <i>those who lead<\/i>). This culturally based Aboriginal human resource organization has, since its establishment in 2001, assisted some 18,000 people. As a former executive director of Anishnaabe Oway-Ishi, a non-profit, community-based employment and training preparation program for Aboriginal youth, she was instrumental in starting Manitoba\u2019s Aboriginal Youth Achievement Awards. It was also while serving as a member of the executive of the Native Women Association of Canada that the <i>Sisters in Spirit<\/i> campaign was started to raise awareness of the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, a topic she has addressed at the United Nations World Conference Against Racism. Presently, she is a member of the University of Winnipeg\u2019s inaugural Indigenous Advisory Circle for the Master\u2019s in Development Practice program and is the Dialogue Associate of the University\u2019s Global College.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"class_list":["post-10802","oom-recipients","type-oom-recipients","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobalg.ca\/fr-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oom-recipients\/10802","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobalg.ca\/fr-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oom-recipients"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobalg.ca\/fr-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oom-recipients"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/manitobalg.ca\/fr-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10802"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}