Victor Chapais is from Ginoogaming First Nation. He attended St. Joseph's Residential School in Fort William, Ontario, and then Confederation College and Cambrian College for his Post Secondary education.
Victor worked in forestry for 19 years before deciding to go back to school in the early 1980's, as he felt the need to change the scope of this work to help others. He believes he was guided into the social work field. He previously worked as the manager for Child Welfare in the Longlac office for Dilico and is presently working for Ginoogaming in Education. Volunteering has always been a big part of his life. He has acted as a minor league referee, coach, assistant coach and trainer in both longlac and Ginoogaming since 1989.
He has sat on School Boards in his community and the surrounding area of greenstone as well as the Geraldton District hospital for 11 years, Community Centre and Access centre for 3 years, and has done volunteer work with greenstone victim services. After many years of training, Visor has achieved his 2nd degree black belt in shotokan karate.
These activities are all being done with love and pride of the area he lives in.
"Always stay with your goals."