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Charlene Bearhead is a mother, grandmother, experienced educator and education innovator with 30 years of regional, national and international experience.  Charlene currently serves as the Education Coordinator for the National Inquiry into Murdered and Missing Indigenous Women, the Coordinator - First Nations, Metis and Inuit Relations for the Alberta Schools Board Association and Director of Professional Learning with the College of Alberta School Superintendents for the Alberta Joint Commitment to Action: Education for Reconciliation.  Charlene also serves on the Canadian Museum for Human Rights Indigenous Education Working Group, the Downie-Wenjack Fund Board of Directors, the Pathways to Education Canada Indigenous Education Advisory Circle, the Safe and Caring Schools Board of Directors and the National Film Board Education Advisory.

Charlene served as the first Education Lead for the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation at the University of Manitoba.  Prior to that she was the National Coordinator for Project of Heart, and for the National Day of Healing and Reconciliation.  Ms. Bearhead also coordinated the Education Days within the TRC National Events for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.  Charlene has served as a teacher, principal, education director and superintendent, both on and off reserve, over the years and holds permanent teaching certificates from both Alberta and Manitoba.