Bio

Sheila North, (Winnipeg, Bunibonibee) Experienced Head with a demonstrated history of working in the political organization industry. Skilled in Journalism, Corporate Communications, Healthcare, Social Media, and Editing. Strong professional with a Joint Degree in Communications focused in Rhetoric and Communication from The University of Winnipeg. Sheila is the former Grand Chief of the Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), and former Chief Communications Officer for the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs. She ran for the position of National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations in 2018 on a platform of reforms. Sheila is a former CTV journalist and documentarist, and was nominated for a Gemini Award as a CBC journalist. As a film maker, Sheila released a documentary, 1200+, about missing and murdered Indigenous women girls (MMIWG) featured on CTV in 2019. And, as a Cree host, she has been voicing episodes of Taken, a series about MMIW, for APTN and CBC.