By Sam Laskaris Writer Hockey Canada will continue to have some Indigenous representation on its Board of Directors. Marion Jacko, a member of Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory on Manitoulin Island, had been appointed to the interim board of the national organization last December. After serving an 11-month term, Jacko was re-elected to the board this past Saturday. She will now serve a two-year term. Jacko was also serving as the president of the Little Native Hockey League, more commonly known as the Little NHL, when she was named to Hockey Canada’s board last December. Since her Hockey Canada commitments prevented her from having any decision-making capacities with another hockey organization, Jacko had to take a leave of absence from serving with the Little NHL executive last year. After her re-election to…
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