Reconciliation in the workplace

CNA2020 delegates are sure to be inspired and well-informed by the Friday breakfast keynote speaker, Gabrielle Scrimshaw. She will discuss what delivering on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s calls for action can look like in today’s workplace.

A proud Dene from Treaty 10 Territory in northern Saskatchewan and Alberta, Scrimshaw is an education and Indigenous leadership expert and an advocate for all things Indigenous. The skilled storyteller has a passion for creating social impact.

Scrimshaw runs a consultancy, working with First Nations communities across North America, helping address questions of economic development, leadership and governance. Based in San Francisco, she is a sought-after expert on Indigenous issues by North America’s largest national media outlets. She is a regular contributor for North America’s largest national media outlets and has been profiled by The New York Times, Forbes, The Globe and Mail and others.

Growing up in a rural Indigenous town of about 800 people, Scrimshaw was raised in a single-parent home. A first-generation student, she has studied international business and policy across six continents. Scrimshaw has an MBA from Stanford and is a Gleitsman Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University, where she earned an MPA.

She is the co-founder of the Indigenous Professional Association of Canada, a non-profit organization that is a global thought leader on Indigenous leadership.

Scrimshaw will be speaking during the Friday breakfast, which will be held from 07:30 to 09:00 on February 28.

Find the complete schedule at https://cna.ca/cna2020/program/.

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