The Enbridge Famous 5 Speaker Series profiles extraordinarily successful women.
SENATOR PATTI LABOUCANE-BENSON
Dr. Patti LaBoucane-Benson is a Metis Ukrainian Senator who grew up on Treaty Six Territory. Patti previously worked for Native Counselling Services of Alberta (NCSA) for 23 years leading research projects, video productions, historic trauma-informed service delivery. Dr. LaBoucane-Benson was recently a mentor and lecturer for the Peter Lougheed Leadership College, a lecturer for the University of Alberta Executive Education, and the Conference Director and Lead Facilitator for the Nelson Mandela Dialogues, Canada 2017. She recently sat on the Ministerial Panel on Child Intervention for the province of Alberta. Based on her PhD research, her first novel The Outside Circle is a work of creative non-fiction about healing and reconciliation for an inner-city Aboriginal family. The Outside Circle was on the Globe and Mail’s Top Ten Canadian books and was named a CBC “Best Books of 2015”, an Outstanding International Books 2016 by the United States Board on Books for Young People, and winner of the Burt Award for First Nations and Metis Literature. Patti has been awarded the Alberta Aboriginal Role Model Award for Education, the Legal Aid Access to Justice Award and the Rotary Paul Harris Fellow.
Our speakers talk candidly about their careers, and the passion, vision and determination that drive them. They discuss our place in our society and the ethical responsibilities and consequences of our actions.
In relating their lives, you will hear about challenges as well as triumphs; humorous incidents and stories of loss; humbling moments of reflection and inspiring calls to action.
The Famous 5 Foundation’s Leadership Lunches were launched on Oct. 18, 1996 to bring women together to plan the celebration of the 70th Anniversary of the "Persons" Case on Oct. 18, 1999. In 2004, Enbridge became our title sponsor. The Famous 5 Foundation is proud to continue to partner with Enbridge to present our 15th Annual Speaker Series featuring five dynamic and engaging women.
