Leo Atlookan

Committee Member

Biography

Leo Atlookan is a father, grandfather, brother, son and husband from Eabametoong First Nation in northern Ontario (Fort Hope). His given First Nation name is Stand Alone Strong. Leo works at John C. Yesno Education Centre in Fort Hope as the social counsellor. He enjoys being out at his camp where he can go hunting and fishing to help provide for his family. He also enjoys playing sports, coaching boys and girls hockey clubs, and dances as a traditional dancer at powwows. Leo went to school in Fort Hope from grades 1 to 8, attended high school in thunder bay and pursued a counselling degree at Laurentian University in Sudbury. Leo spends much of his time in Fort Hope but travels to Toronto to visit his wife’s family and is a proud Dog-Dad of Banjo.