Francine Lemay
Sister of the police officer who died during the Oka Crisis
A wonderful act of humanity and a remarkable testament to her resilience: Francine Lemay (third from left) is the sister of Corporal Marcel Lemay, the Sûreté du Québec police officer who tragically lost his life in Oka on July 11, 1990. A professional translator, Lemay set off on a journey of reconciliation with the Kanehsatake Mohawks by translating the book At The Woods’ edge: An Anthology of the History of the People of Kanehsata:ke into French. Her goal was to give the general public access to a Mohawk version of the history of Kanehsatake and, thereby, an understanding of the root causes of the Oka Crisis.
