Tanya Tourangeau
Alberta Mentoring Partnership Indigenous Engagement Lead
Alberta
Tanya is Dene from the Northwest Territories and is currently residing in Edmonton, Alberta. As an adult educator for Keyano College and the University College of the North for a combined 10 years, Tanya developed, delivered (online and in-person), and evaluated business administration programs that assisted young Indigenous entrepreneurs in developing strategic business plans. Tanya’s most recent role was as the Program Coordinator for the Community Economic Development Initiative (CEDI) program, where she was able to apply her broad knowledge in building collaborative environments towards fostering economic development partnerships between First Nations and municipalities across Canada.
As the Indigenous Engagement Lead, Tanya looks forward to increasing the partner engagement network and activities with Indigenous organizations, Elders and Knowledge Keepers and building awareness with organizations, agencies, schools and stakeholders to promote and support mentoring for Indigenous children and youth.