Biography

Niki Ashton

Member of Parliament, Churchill
Youth
Rural and Community Development
Post-Secondary Education and Literacy

• Based in Thompson, an instructor at University College of the North
• Lectures in sociology and has lectured in politics and ethics with the Aboriginal Self-Government Administration Program at the University College of the North
• Lectured in Business Administration for the University College of the North for Fox Lake Cree Nation in Gillam
• Born and raised in Thompson
• Master of Arts degree at the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs, Carleton University
• Ph.D candidate in Peace and Conflict Studies at the Arthur V. Mauro Centre in Peace and Justice at the University of Manitoba
• Chair of the Thompson Crisis Board
• Chair of the Status of Women Committee of the New Democratic Party of Manitoba
• NDP Federal Councillor for Manitoba
• Active in the Greek Community in Manitoba
• Volunteered at the 2007 Manitoba Indigenous Summer Games in Thompson
• Member of the Manitoba Government Employee’s Union