Jennefer Nepinak

Ms. Nepinak is the Senior Advisor to the President, Indigenous Relations at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights. She has over 25 years of political, government and business experience and is skilled at initiating collaborative processes that involve numerous cross-sector partners and stakeholders. Her past roles include Executive Director of the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba, leadership within both federal and provincial government departments, First Nations governments and in-house counsel for the West Region Tribal Council. A citizen of the Anishinaabe Nation in Treaty 4 territory and a member of the Minegozhiibe Anishinaabe Nation (Pine Creek First Nation), Ms. Nepinak is fluent in Ojibwe and is a strong and passionate leader firmly rooted in the Indigenous community. Her work is founded in the belief of a balanced approach and focused on ensuring that Indigenous ways of knowing and being are recognized and incorporated. Ms. Nepinak holds a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Justice (1997), a Bachelor of Laws (2000), a Certificate in the Directors Education Program (2018) and is in the process of completing a Master’s Degree in Indigenous Governance. She also sits on and chairs various boards and committees and is an active member of the Manitoba Law Society.