Bio
Amei-lee Laboucan,
she/her
Associate Director of Strategic Communications
Amei-lee Laboucan is a Black non-status nêhiyaw-âpihtawikosisân iskwew. Her family is from Treaty 8 territory in northern Alberta. Her Nana is from Driftpile Cree Nation and her Papa grew up on Métis squatter lands at Winagami Lake before moving to McLennan, Alberta. Amei-lee grew up on the unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Kwilwetlem, Semiahmoo, and Tsawwassen Peoples.
Amei-lee Laboucan is the Associate Director of Strategic Communications. Her work includes developing, leading and implementing effective communications strategies. Amei-lee is an award-winning journalist who values joyful, resilient Indigenous storytelling by decentering deficit-focused narratives and contextualizing Canada’s colonial past and present. She has a MA in Indigenous Studies from the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta, a Bachelor of Journalism from Kwantlen Polytechnic University and an Associate of Arts Degree from Douglas College.
Amei-lee enjoys watching her soapy, mysterious, brooding programs.
