Calgary, Alberta, Canada
As an Indigenous Inclusion and Diversity Recruitment Specialist at Accenture for over four years, I focus on fostering meaningful connections with communities and stakeholders to promote inclusive recruitment practices. My expertise lies in Indigenous relations, career development, and Indigenous education, supported by years of lived experience navigating both Indigenous and non-Indigenous perspectives. I collaborate with diverse communities to enhance equity while embedding culturally sensitive approaches into recruitment strategies. My commitment to advancing truth and reconciliation initiatives reflects my dedication to creating inclusive work environments and empowering underrepresented voices. Throughout my lived and work experience I have over 20 years strong program development, management and evaluation. I have over 20 years in strong stakeholder, rights holder and community development. I have strong facilitation skills ensuring delicate balance between relationships and outcomes.
Indigenous Inclusion and Diversity Recruitment Specialist with expertise in community engagement, Rights Holders and stakeholder development. Many years of lived experience in both the indigenous and non-indigenous ways of knowing.
Being a basketball official requires many skills such as game management, people management, quick thinking, strong understanding of the game of Basketball, conflict management and finally physical stamina. It also requires the ability to apply the knowledge of the rules to a variety of situations that occur during the game. It requires the skill to deal with numerous personality types in high pressure situations.
2019- Role- Guest Lecturer for a spring education class for the University of Lethbridge. This lecture was delivered through Zoom. The content was education in relation to teaching Indigenous History and culture for K- 6. The province was re-developing curricula. My lecture spoke mostly to Indigenous issues in todays world and how these U of L students could utilize the information in learning and teaching in the classroom. 2020- Role-Indigenous Strategy Engagement Leader. During this 3 month part time position I conducted research, developed and facilitated ‘a blanket exercise’ regarding the history of Indigenous culture in Canada and more specifically Treaty 7 in Southern Alberta. I also researched and presented options for this company to get involved with The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. Once the company fulfilled their obligations as it relates to Indigenous Engagement Opportunities my role with this company was completed. September 2021- I was asked to be a guest speaker for a law firm regarding Truth and Reconciliation and the 94 Calls to Action. This session was delivered in person. The objective was to present and discuss Indigenous Issues, Indigenous History, Residential Schools, and more specifically the 60s scoop(I was a survivor of the 60s Scoop). The 60s scoop took place from 1951-1985. We still have issues with First Nation, Métis and Inuit children in Child Welfare today.
Developed, researched and facilitated various educational seminars, to the Catholic School District, University of Calgary, and University of Lethbridge(guest lecturer-June 2020). A noteworthy seminar was with the University of Calgary Indigenous Centre. This was a collaboration between U of C and Atco. The week long certificate program was on Aboriginal Relations. My role was to write two of the eight chapters on Aboriginal Economic Development and Building Relations with Aboriginal communities.