Wanda Wuttunee

Interview with Wanda Wuttunee on her career and contributions to the field of Indigenous Economic Development, Professor Emerita, University of Manitoba, Former Editor of JAED.

A Professor Emerita at the University of Manitoba, she is known for her expertise in Canadian Indigenous economic development. She is a member of the Red Pheasant Cree Nation, Saskatchewan.

Dr. Wuttunee holds a Bachelor of Commerce, a Bachelor of Law, and a Master of Business Administration from Calgary, Alberta, and earned her PhD from the University of Manitoba in 2001. She served as a faculty member in the Native Studies department for almost 30 years and was the director of Indigenous Business Education Partners (IBEP) at the Asper School of Business for 20 years.

Her research focuses on Aboriginal issues, including economic development, community economic development, tradition, gender, social responsibility, and the financing of social enterprise. She explores how Indigenous values interact with capitalist values and the role of culture and tradition in business through social enterprises and co-operatives. She is committed to interdisciplinary and collaborative research and publishes widely on Indigenous and associative organizations, Indigenous women’s community economic development, law and culture, and business communication.

Dr. Wuttunee is past editor-in-chief of the Journal of Aboriginal Economic Development. Her publications include books such as Living Rhythms: Lessons in Aboriginal Economic Resilience and Vision and In Business for Ourselves: Northern Entrepreneurs. She is also co-editor of Engraved on Our Nations: Indigenous Economic Tenacity, which highlights the successes of Indigenous economic activity in Canada. Her most recent book is entitled Still Ruffling Feathers: Let us put our minds together and see what we can do for our children.