Quazance Boissoneau
An Anishinaabekwe and proud member of Garden River First Nation, Quazance is a former varsity athlete and current recreation league athlete. She played in the OCAA from 2007-2012 for her hometown at Algoma University. She is the only female sibling and middle child. Quazance is an advocate for Indigenous mental health and physical wellness. Her emphasis is on advancing indigenous youth through sport and education. In her work she strives to promote balanced life styles for Indigenous people living in two-worlds.
Grace Francisci
Grace is an Ojibwe kwe who grew up in Thunder Bay, Ontario. Her family is from Gull Bay and Whitesand First Nation. She is the youngest of two sisters and one brother. Being raised by a single mother, Grace and her mother Mary quickly found community in the sport curling, where Grace excelled through high school and into post-secondary. She is an advocate for body positivity and promotes living a healthy lifestyle through her lived experience with gestational diabetes. These days Grace can be found enjoying her time with her son Nico and husband Benny, while also being a positive role model for other Indigenous youth.
Who We Are
Grace and Qua met in 2013 in Toronto, Ontario and bonded over being from Northern Ontario and playing in the OCAA. Over the years their friendship developed into family as they overcame various life stages together. They have supported each other in the big city, away from typical family supports, through dating, grief and being career driven women. They launched the podcast with the hopes of connecting, through story telling, with other Indigenous females who made similar transition from Northern life to city life!
