Portrait
Name
Kristen Bear
Flying Dust First Nation, SK
Description
Kristen Bear is a proud Cree and Dene First Nations woman from Flying Dust First Nation in Treaty 6 Territory. She grew up in Saskatoon, SK, and moved back to her home community shortly after receiving her Business Administration Diploma. Kristen has worked in many different government office settings with 4+ years’ experience. She has four beautiful children as her guiding motivation to her hard work and work ethic.
Kristen is currently in her third year of being the Energy Navigator for her home community of Flying Dust First Nation. In this position, she works with a team of eight other Energy Navigators to make up the nine communities of the Meadow Lake Tribal Council. This grew her passion and dedication for clean energy, energy conservation practices, and focusing on a greener lifestyle. Kristen hopes to make an impact on her community with the community energy planning initiatives and ongoing community engagements. Kristen is also working with the SaskPower Energy Assistance Program, bringing more energy-conserving initiatives home by installing energy-saving products in FDFN band homes. The 20/20 Catalysts Program will provide Kristen with the skills and tools to help her community build more capacity, and create more clean energy projects back home.