PUBLIC SERVICE
Ovid Mercredi
- Chief of Misipawistik Cree Nation from 2005 to 2011
- Chancellor of University College of the North from 2007 to 2011
- President of the Manitoba New Democratic Party from 2015 to 2017
- Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada 2021
Bernadette Smith
- Minister of Housing, Addictions and Homelessness for the Government of Manitoba since 2023
- 1st elected to the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba (Point Douglas) in 2017
- Co-Founder of the Manitoba Coalition of Families of Missing and Murdered Women in Manitoba
- Recipient of the Order of Manitoba 2016
Andrea Dysktras
- Director of Fiscal Policy and Investment Readiness, Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada since 2023
- Sr. Policy Analyst for the Office of Indigenous Affairs and Engagement, Health Canada from 2019 to 2020
- Director of Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Office, Health Canada from 2020 to 2022
- Director-at-Large of Humane Canada from 2021 to 2024
Mark Hancock
- National President of CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) since 2015
- Foreman of the City of Port Coquitlam from 1984 to 2005
- Secretary-Treasurer of CUPE BC from 2005 to 2013
- National Union’s Liaison to the Global Justice Committee
