Patricia Mainville has been working with Children, Youth, and Families in Education and community service for over two decades. Pat has been a Winnipeg Foundation Board Member since 2017, was also recently asked to be a feature essay in The Winnipeg Foundation’s Next 100 Essay series, where Winnipeggers were asked to envision Winnipeg in the next 100 years. 

I sat down with Pat Mainville, to talk about cultural identity and the importance of community, the education system and adapting for remote learning during COVID-19, and how her family was affected by the profound tragedy of residential schools.