Recipient: Kellie Leitch

Kellie Leitch: A Winnipeg woman has been named a 2013 recipient of the Governor Generals Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case. , according to Winnipeg Free Press. She is one of five recipients from across the country, named this week by Dr. Kellie Leitch, the federal minister responsible for the status of women. Nahanni Fontaine has been named a 2013 recipient of the Governor Generals Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case. Nahanni Fontaine, a special advisor on aboriginal womens issues for the province, was named to the honour for her work to advance recognition of, and action on, the issue of missing and murdered aboriginal girls and women. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.