For more than 20 years, Connie Walker has illuminated Indigenous experiences that are frequently disregarded. As an investigative journalist who has won both the Pulitzer Prize and the Peabody Award, she has brought attention to the terrible effects of intergenerational trauma caused by Indian Residential Schools as well as the violence issue in Indigenous communities. Walker is a gifted storyteller whose speeches give audiences insightful advice on how to be truly included in the workplace and help them better understand their role in reconciliation.
Walker is the host of the well-known podcast Stolen from Gimlet Media and Spotify Studios. He is a member of the Okanese First Nation in Saskatchewan. Stolen: Surviving St. Michael's, the second season, is regarded as one of the most thorough examinations of a single residential school.
Walker worked for the CBC for almost 20 years as a reporter and host before joining Gimlet Media. She founded and oversaw the Indigenous Unit of the national broadcaster and was a member of the group of reporters that brought attention to the issue of murdered or missing Indigenous women. They received the Adrienne Clarkson Award from the RTDNA and were named a finalist for the Michener Award. Walker started the acclaimed podcast Missing & Murdered, which introduced listeners to the structural problems that underlie the violence that Indigenous women and girls experience.
Walker is a highly sought-after keynote speaker on the value of meaningful representation, trauma-informed practices, and the ability of narrative to foster empathy and understanding..

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