Nominees must be over the age of 18 and can be from any Indigenous (status or non-status First Nations, Métis, Inuit) or non-Indigenous community in Calgary. Organizations or businesses that promote cross-cultural awareness between Indigenous and non-Indigenous communities are welcome. Nominees must be living or working full-time within Calgary’s city limits.

Please fill out the attached nomination form, ensuring that you have filled out all the sections and included all the attachments. Incomplete nominations will not be considered.

Nominations will be accepted until 4:30 p.m. on May 16, 2025. Winners will be notified in early June and are asked to be available for the award presentation on June 25, 2025.

Forward nominations by email or mail to:

CAUAC Chief David Crowchild Awards Committee
Email: CAUAC1@calgary.ca
By mail: Calgary Aboriginal Urban Affairs Committee (#8210)
City of Calgary P.O. Box 2100, Station M.
Calgary, AB T2P 2M5

Doreen Healy was born and raised on the Blood Reserve, Blackfoot Confederacy, Southern Alberta.  Doreen is a member of the Kainai Nation, Blood Tribe.  She and her family, her late son Emery, daughters Deanne and Heather, and her beautiful Granddaughters Isa, Kennedy, Lara and Madyson have made Calgary their home since the mid 1960’s.  She also lost her daughter Heather who was murdered October 6, 2023. She shared with the Calgary Police Service (CPS) protocols how to deal with an Indigenous body and how to work with the grieving family.  CPS accepted the protocols and implemented them into their system.

Doreen’s career has provided her the opportunity to work with and see all perspectives from Federal and Provincial Governments, private industry, and Indigenous communities. She was a consultant for Treaty #7 First Nations and worked in the oil and gas industry for Amoco Canada and MEG Energy as an Indigenous Relations consultant. All jobs are geared towards helping her people get fair treatment in the oil and gas Industry.

She had the opportunity to sit on the Public Safety and EUB Sour Gas Advisory Committee, which developed 85 recommendations to the Board.  After the Recommendations were approved, she stayed with EUB to implement the five recommendations specific to Indigenous communities.  She has been instrumental in organizing the Aboriginal Relations group and initiated the hiring of Indigenous staff.  She has met with the Chiefs and Councils in Alberta to initiate working relationships with EUB.  As an Indigenous Relations Specialist with Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) she assisted in special projects with the Indigenous communities in Alberta. As the Resident Elder, she advices, guides, and works with AER staff.

In Doreen’s vast experience, she has played many roles that have been instrumental in creating successful working relationships between Indigenous peoples and all sectors through awareness training, consultation, education, and blanket exercises.  She is a member of the Traditional Knowledge Keepers founded by Dr. Reg Crowshoe. They are a group of elders from across Canada who provide support, guidance, and training to companies, schools, government, Health Services, United Way, and anyone requesting their advice and guidance. 

Doreen's work with the Center of the Sky brings a deeper understanding of our History, Treaties, and Residential School life, and life today. As a survivor of the Residential School system, Doreen openly shares her story and early memories, the scars left by the experience, and how the effects have affected her life today.  Participants have commented on the “reality” this brings to the plight of Indigenous peoples today and the compassion it instilled in them.