Official First Nations host of 2015 Pan Am/ParaPan Games is Mississaugas of the New Credit

The official First Nations host of the 2015 Pan Am/ParaPan Games in Toronto is the Mississaugas of the New Credit.
A letter was signed June 2 in a ceremony at the New Credit community centre. “All members of the Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation are pleased to welcome the Toronto 2015 Pan Am/ParaPan games, including the athletes, dignitaries and other international games guests to our traditional territory,” said Chief Bryan Laforme, reported the Brantford Expositor. “To us, the games represent a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to showcase the roots, language, traditions and culture of the Ojibway and to promote respect for and recognition of Indigenous peoples across Canada and the Americas.” Toronto is part of the Mississaugas’ traditional territory. New Credit will work with TO2015 on ceremonies, community sport activations, arts and culture, youth programming, employment, internship opportunities, economic development, branding and volunteerism, reads the article.