Courtney Skye

Ganyáhdę: niyagˀesyaóˀdę:, Ganyęˀge̲ho:nǫˀ niyagǫ̲hwę́jˀodę: neˀ Courtney. Gayogo̲ho:noˀ ǫdéwayę́:staˀ. Ohswe:gęˀ hǫ: gyagohdo:gęh. Grihoˀgwa:s niyagoihoˀdęhsroˀdę:.

Courtney has led policy development for the public sector at local, provincial, and national levels, with a specific focus on youth development and ending violence against Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people. Her work focuses on the promotion of the political mobilization of Indigenous women, Trans, non-Binary and Two-Spirit people to create transformational change in communities.

Her work focuses on re-imagining traditional approaches to policy development in order to meet the diverse needs of Indigenous communities. Her past projects include creating a framework for youth development, a strategy co-developed with Indigenous partners to transform the governance, design, and delivery of child and family services, and a strategy to end violence against Indigenous women.

Courtney is passionate about making sure communities are heard in policy development, and strives to end all forms of colonial violence experienced by Indigenous peoples by entrenching deep commitment to rights and jurisdiction.