Obituary ? Bill Haineault

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Community mourns the passing of Bill Haineault

Edmonton

Bill Haineault, a respected member of the Metis community, died suddenly of a heart attack on Dec. 23, 1995. He was 46.

Born in Athabasca, Haineault had been a leader in the Metis community for a number of years. He worked with the Metis Nations of Alberta as a constitution process coordinator, and more recently held the position of census area manager with Statistics Canada.

Haineault was instrumental in the development of the Pathways to Success strategy in Alberta. This strategy was designed to enhance opportunities for Aboriginal people in the labor market. Haineault was involved in the strategy at the local, provincial and national board levels.

He was particularly proud of his involvement with a police training program with the Edmonton Police Service and a project which provided training for Aboriginal people for middle management positions with Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce.

He was an advocate of Metis self-government, and worked toward developing a detailed vision of how that self-government could work. Haineault passionately believed that Metis people are strong, that they should be proud of their distinctiveness and that they should value their culture.

Haineault is sadly mourned by his wife Paulette Gosselin, three step-children Garry, Joel, and Pamela and her husband Don and their son Dakota.