JACQUELYN CARDINAL
Naheyawin
Community, EDIA, Indigenous & Reconciliation, Organizational, Governance & Public Policy, Social Innovation & Systems Change
Jacquelyn Cardinal is a sakāwithiniwak (or Woodland Cree) entrepreneur and Indigenous technologist from the Sucker Creek Cree First Nation in northern Alberta. In her role as Managing Director at Naheyawin, an education technology company based in amiskwacîwâskahikan (or Edmonton, Alberta), Jacquelyn works to integrate and mobilize diverse knowledge systems to realize the promise of our Treaties. She has received an Esquao Award for Achievement in Business and a SHEInnovates Award from the UN Women’s Global Innovation Coalition for Change for her ongoing entrepreneurial pursuits.
Naheyawin offers practical, Indigenous-based solutions for improving diversity and inclusion in businesses, organizations and institutions through live and self-paced education.