Lori Campbell is a Two-Spirit

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- Métis educator and advocate from Treaty 6 territory in Northern

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and a member of Montreal Lake First Nation. She was appointed the inaugural associate vice-president Indigenous Engagement in 2021 at the

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. From 2017 - 2021, she was the Director of Shatitsirótha' Waterloo Indigenous Student Centre at the

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and an adjunct lecturer in Indigenous Studies at United College. Campbell holds undergraduate degrees in Indigenous Studies and Psychology and a master's degree in Adult Education from First Nations University of Canada and the

. Her MA thesis, completed in 2016, was titled ''Nikawiy: A Cree Woman's Experience''. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Social Justice Education at the

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's Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Campbell is one of the estimated 20,000

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to have lived through the Sixties Scoop. Born in

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she was placed into foster care by child welfare officials at 14-months-old and was later adopted by a white family. Although she grew up in rural Saskatchewan knowing she was Métis, she wasn't encouraged by her family to learn about her heritage. She began the search for her family in 1991, after returning to Regina to attend university. It took eight years to locate her mother, Brenda Campbell. Reconnecting with her mother led to a decades long search for 6 younger siblings, who were also taken from her mother and placed in the child welfare system. After locating five of her six siblings, she turned to social media in 2014 for assistance finding a brother that had been adopted in the mid-1970s. A Facebook post requesting help finding him was shared more than 20,000 times and eventually led to locating him in Northern Ontario. Campbell was nominated as the federal NDP candidate for the electoral district of Waterloo in July 2019. At the time of her nomination, she was believed to be the first Two-Spirit person to seek election to the House of Commons. Campbell placed third in the riding, receiving 15.17% of the popular vote.

Personal life

Campbell lives in Regina with her partner. Growing up she developed a strong connection with horses and the land, which she considers a form of therapy. In addition to two dogs, she has a horse named Sunrise that she credits for keeping her mentally and physically healthy.

Electoral record

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