Harper, Vern
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Birth Date
- 1936-06-17
Death Date
- 2018-05-12
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
Has Affiliation
- Organization: Ontario Metis & Non-Status Indian Association
- Organization: Native Council of Canada
Birth Place
- Toronto (Ont.)
Occupation
(cash) Elders (Native peoples)
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Sources
- found: Following the red path, 1979:t.p. (Vern Harper)
- found: The globe and mail, 30 May 2018, online, viewed 25 September 2018(Vern Harper, an activist who advocated for Indigenous rights, died on May 12 in Toronto; born in Toronto on June 17, 1936, to a Cree mother and Irish father; grew up in foster care after his mother died when he was four years old and ran away as a teenager, discovering his native roots; joined the United States army and served in the Korean War, then became a professional boxer; worked for many years as an Indigenous chaplain and social worker in prisons and Toronto hospitals, working as a full-time elder for aboriginal services at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health from 2000 to 2013; co-organized the Native People's Caravan that travelled from Vancouver to Ottawa to increase awareness on a range of issues in 1974, started the Wandering Spirit Survival School for Toronto's urban native children, and served as vice-president of the Ontario Métis and Non-Status Indian Association in the 1970s and on the Native Council of Canada; did some acting and was the subject of a National Film Board of Canada documentary)
- found: Amicus database, 25 September 2018(authorized access point (0006C3484): Harper, Vern)
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Change Notes
- 1979-12-19: new
- 2023-09-19: revised
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