Presentation Date: March 12, 2026

A Tewa Indian from Santa Clara Pueblo, New Mexico who is the Director of Native American Studies at the University of New Mexico.

Presentation Date: January 15, 2026

Leona Prince is a Dakelh woman from the Lake Babine Nation and Nak’azdli. She is a passionate and award-winning educator and author.

Presentation Date: February 12, 2026

Mark Thomas is a Kinbasket descendant and member of the Shuswap Band, and is the Salmon Chief for his community.

Presentation Date: December 11, 2025

Dr. Lyla June Johnston is of Diné (Navajo), Tsétsêhéstâhese (Cheyenne) and European lineages. Her doctoral research focused on the ways pre-colonial Indigenous Nations shaped Turtle Island to produce abundant food systems.

Presentation Date: May 14, 2026

David A. Robertson is a member of Norway House Cree Nation. He is a two-time Governor General's Literary Award winner and has won the Writer's Union of Canada Freedom to Read award. 

Presentation Date: April 9, 2026

Debra Fisher is Métis, and is the Minister of Children and Families and the Minister of Education for the Métis Nation British Columbia (MNBC).

Presentation Date: November 13, 2025

Born and raised in Toronto, his family comes from Chicago and Genaabaajing Anishinaabek and he is an off-reserve member of the Serpent River First Nation.

Presentation Facilitator

Director of Indigenous Learning who lives on the unceded territories of her ancestors, the Secwépemc and Ktunaxa people.