Suzanne Life-Yeomans

Suzanne Life-Yeomans is a member of the Liidlii Kue First Nation but was raised in Cowichan Tribes Territory on Vancouver Island (BC).  She holds a master’s degree in business, bachelor’s degree in law, Indigenous Corporate Relations Diploma, and she also has a vast array of certification from other institutions in British Columbia. Suzanne has over 25 year’s experience working with First Nation communities focusing on Aboriginal Consultation, Lands, Policies, Governance, Economic Development and Communication. She has worked for: BC Government, AB Government, Six Nations, Cowichan Tribes, Khowutzun Development Corporation, Enoch Cree Nation, Montana First Nation and many others over the years.

Suzanne currently is the Chair of the First Nation Women on Economic Security Council (Government of Alberta), and she sat as a member of the Alberta Joint Working Group for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, and Girls (MMIWG).  She served as the chair for LEDAC, and she was a member of the Town of Ponoka – Economic Development Board and Ponoka Youth Centre Board (Big Brothers and Big Sisters).  She strives to help Indigenous people and communities to ensure their Treaty and Aboriginal Rights are not infringed upon.  She is a lifelong learner that values the Indigenous ways of knowing and being.