Maya Chacaby

Maya Chacaby is Anishinaabe, Beaver Clan from Kaministiquia (Thunder Bay). She is a trainer, researcher and consultant through her business, Amikobiin (beaver pond), and teaches linguistics and sociology at York University. Maya has been delivering training sessions across the province for the last five years. She has trained over 5000 participants from district school boards, health service providers, hospitals, law enforcement, Children’s Aid Societies, municipal leadership, provincial ministries and tribal councils. Maya is committed to fulfilling the vision put forward by the Elders to remember where we come from and to use our teachings and world view to improve our quality of life for generations to come.