Arvella Blacksmith

Arvella Blacksmith is an Indigenous woman from Cross Lake, Manitoba, also known as Pimicikamak Cree Nation. She is currently in the 3-yr Bachelor of Arts at the University College of the North, Thompson campus. She plans to pursue in the After-Degree Bachelor of Education in the 2018-2019 academic year. She is studying Aboriginal & Northern Studies as her major and is very fond of what the study has to offer. The studies has given her value to enhance her cultural knowledge and ethical practices, not only for educational purposes, but also for personal reasons: healing and wellness. These aspects are very important to her as she wants to be an educator and working with Elders back home. She is a dedicated person in her studies and a loving mother in her family, whose two beautiful daughters are her inspiration.