RCGS Ambassador – Charlene Bearhead

Introducing Charlene

Charlene is a mother, grandmother, educator, Indigenous education advocate and author with more than 30 years of regional, national and international experience. She is the Vice President – Learning and Reconciliation at Canadian Geographic and a fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. Previously, Charlene served as education days co-ordinator for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, education co-ordinator for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, education advisor for the Canadian Geographic Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada, a member of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Indigenous Education working group, and the first education lead for both the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba and the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC. Charlene is the co-author of the children’s book series Siha Tooskin Knows.