Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: September 27, 2016
• Invested on: June 23, 2017

With global warming affecting traditional hunting grounds, Jackie Milne saw a need to increase access to fresh produce in Canada’s northern communities. She established the Northern Farm Training Institute to teach the local population about sustainable, environmentally sound farming practices that would supplement traditional diets. Since 2013, the institute has trained nearly 100 farmers from across the north, with Indigenous students making up more than half of the program’s graduates.