Treaty Education: The First Decade+ - Connie Wyatt-Anderson, The Pas, MB.

Connie is a long-time educator from The Pas, Manitoba. She taught high school history and geography in the adjacent Opaskwayak Cree Nation for 22 years, leaving in 2014 to focus her time on pedagogical writing.
She has been involved in creating student learning materials and curricula at the provincial, national, and international levels. She has contributed to several textbooks, teacher support guides, and school publications.
Recent projects include the creation of pedagogical assets for the Hudson Bay Company, the National Film Board of Canada, and the University of Winnipeg’s ‘Six Seasons of the Asiniskaw Īthiniwak.’ Connie co-authored the grade 11 Canadian history textbook used in Manitoba schools and sat on National Geographic’s education board for a decade, representing Canada. She co-wrote and designed Manitoba’s Treaty Education Initiative and continues to train the province’s teachers and school leaders.
Further to teaching, teacher-training, and writing, Connie is vice president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, chair of the Geographical Names Board of Canada, and is a member of the University College of the North’s governing council.
Connie has written for the Globe and Mail, Canada’s History, Canadian Geographic, and the Canadian Encyclopedia.
She has received numerous awards, including the 2014 Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History and the 2017 Manitoba Metis Federation’s Distinguished Leader in Education. Connie holds a B.Ed. and M.Ed. and lives in the Carrot Valley, west of The Pas, with her husband and two daughters. She is a proud Red River Metis.