Connie is a long-time educator from The Pas, Manitoba. She taught high school history and geography on the adjacent Opaskwayak Cree Nation for 22 years, leaving in 2014 to focus her time on pedagogical writing. She has been involved in the creation of student learning materials and curricula at the provincial, national, and international level, and has contributed to a number of textbooks, teacher support guides, and school publications. She co-authored the grade 11 Canadian history textbook used in Manitoba schools. She co-wrote and designed Manitoba’s Treaty Education Initiative and continues to train the province’s teachers and school leaders. Further to teaching, teacher-training, and writing, Connie is vice-president of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, is chair of the Geographical Names Board of Canada, and is a member of University College of the North’s governing council.

Connie has written for the Globe and Mail, Canada’s History, Canadian Geographic, and the Canadian Encyclopedia. She has received numerous awards including the 2014 Governor General’s Award for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History and the 2017 Manitoba Metis Federation’s Distinguished Leader in Education. She lives in the Carrot Valley, west of The Pas, with her husband and two daughters.