Join us as we sit down with Nicole Baker, nêhiyaw iskwew (Cree woman) from Red Pheasant Cree Nation, and a former Summer Research Program participant, to talk about her story of how she found belonging through STEM as an Indigenous woman.
In this episode, Nicole shares her experience in the WISEST Summer Research Program, and all the things that followed which ultimately led her to pursuing a career in relationship building with Indigenous communities. She shares candidly about some of the challenges she faced, how she overcame them and what she's most proud of. Nicole now works as the Indigenous Business Relations Coordinator with BIRD Construction Ltd. where her role is to create meaningful relationships among Indigenous communities that contribute to successful economic development, employment, and infrastructure projects.
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