Ruby Littlechild

Ruby Littlechild is Plains Cree from Maskwacis, Alberta.  Ruby is a strong believer in traditional ceremony. She was raised in a highly transitory upbringing between the city of Edmonton and her First Nation’s community of Maskwacis, Alberta, the First Nation where her parents, siblings and extended family still reside.  Ruby is a proud mom to two daughters and 3 grand daughters.  She is a life-long learner and has completed a Bachelors of Arts and a Masters of Education Degree and a Masters of Business Administration.

Ruby has experience working with the First Nation’s tribal governments, the Government of Alberta, the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Alberta, NorQuest College and is now the National Director of Indigenous Relations for SNC-Lavalin. She brings a grassroots, First Nations lived worldview perspective and experience into all she engages in her career.

She has also served on the many government and national boards, including Alberta Child and Family Services Board, Alberta Historical Resources Foundation and a former National Student Board Member for CANDO, a national organization involved in community economic development. She is currently a Citizens Appeal Panel Member for Community and Social Services, sits on the Red Deer Polytechnic Board of Governors and was recently appointed to the Alberta Indigenous Opportunities Corporation.

Ruby’s passions are promoting healing, higher education, First Nations awareness, inclusion and equality for First Nation’s people in Canada’s infrastructure industry and our economy.  She believes shifts in social consciousness and ethical practice are vital to sustainable socio-economic development in First Nation’s communities.

National Director - Indigenous Relations
SNC Lavalin