Name
Andrea Proulx
Location
Edmonton (amiskwaciy-wâskahikan – Beaver Hill House)
Description
Birth/Current Territory: Edmonton (amiskwaciy-wâskahikan – Beaver Hill House), Alberta, Treaty Six Territory, Métis Homeland Region Four, a traditional gathering place, travelling route and home for many Indigenous Peoples including the Nehiyawak/Cree, Tsuut’ina, Niitsitapi/Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Haudenosaunee/Iroquois, Dene Suliné, Anishinaabe/Ojibway/Saulteaux, and the Inuk/Inuit. (Edmonton and Area Land Trust, 2023).
Andrea’s skills are leadership, communication, adaptability, and diligence. She has been studying, training, and educating herself in her work’s health, safety, and environmental areas. Andrea is passionate about her community and helping people to have a better future. She works closely with the Métis Nation of Alberta’s Environment and Climate Change teams towards their collective climate change goals. She has been researching, joining team and community discussions, and listening to people’s concerns regarding housing, health, and wellness. Andrea hopes to help people struggling with climate change’s effects and make sure vulnerable people in her communities are having their voices heard by the right people for assistance. Housing people in homes that create a sacred space that is safe, robust, and as close to net zero as possible is her long-term goal with this training.