Honorary senior FelloW

R. Stacey Laforme was the elected Chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation (MCFN) from 2015-2023. 

Born and raised on MCFN, Chief Laforme has served his community for over twenty years being first elected to council in 1999. Chief Laforme is committed to increasing involvement and communication between Elected Council and both on and off-reserve membership. He is very active throughout MCFN’s Treaty Lands and Territory, which encompasses 3.9 million acres of Southern Ontario, not only as a Chief, but as a notable storyteller, poet and published author.

Chief Laforme has recently been appointed as honorary senior fellow for Massey College, joining His Royal Highness The Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh and the Chancellor of Oxford as the third person awarded the highest honour the college can bestow.