John Joe Sark
Keptin makes the world a better place
By Heather Andrews Miller
Windspeaker Writer
John Joe Sark realized very quickly after he dropped out of
Grade 8 in 1960 that he wasn't going to accomplish his goals
without further education.
"After living with relatives
in Boston and finding employment as a machine operator and tool
maker for a few years, I returned to Lennox Island and completed
high school," said the 61-year-old from his home near Charlottetown
where he lives today.
Graduating from the University of Prince Edward Island with a
bachelor's degree in political science, he began an enviable
and inspirational 30-year career that recently earned him the
National Aboriginal Achievement Foundation's award in heritage
and spirituality.
One of his most treasured memories occurred in 1993 when he was
appointed by the Mi'Kmaq Grand Council to be ambassador to the
Vatican in Rome and hand-deliver a letter to Pope John Paul II
asking for ...
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