Women Leaders Speaker Series with Christy Morgan

Join us in the WRC on Tuesday, January 19 from 12:20-1:30 for the first Women Leaders Speaker Series of the Winter 2016 semester. Christy Morgan, a First Nations woman from the Bonaparte band and leader in Aboriginal community building will speak to us about her experiences as Executive Director of the Calgary Urban Aboriginal Initiative and her history of community building in the Calgary area. Christy is a leader in Aboriginal Community Development.

Location:

MacEwan Student Centre 482 – Women’s Resource Centre

Speaker:

Christy Morgan is a proud First Nations woman from the Bonaparte Band, which is a part of the Shuswap Nation, in British Columbia. She holds a Degree in Social Work from the University of Calgary and is the current Executive Director for the Calgary Urban Aboriginal Initiative (CUAI). She has been employed with CUAI since 2002 and enjoys working within the urban Aboriginal community in Calgary. She was named one of the Top 40 Under 40 by Avenue Magazine in 2011 and was awarded the Dr Douglas Cardinal award for Community Leadership in 2015 by the University of Calgary Student Association and Native Centre.Christy sits on a variety of Committees including: Aboriginal Awareness Week Opening Ceremonies Planning Committee, Correction Service Canada: Citizens Advisory Committee and is the current Chair of the Calgary Workers Resource Centre Board.

More information at http://www.ucalgary.ca/events/calendar/women-leaders-speaker-series-christy-morgan