Shani Gwin
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Shani Gwin

Founder and Chief Executive Officer, pipikwan pêhtâkwan and wâsikan kisewâtisiwin

Shani is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of pipikwan pêhtâkwan and wâsikan kisewâtisiwin. And now host of the Settle Down podcast. Shani is a sixth generation Métis and a member of the Cunningham Clan on her mother’s side and a descendant of the Michel Band and Ferguson Clan on her father’s side. Shani is a proud Métis woman with a passion for elevating Indigenous voices, projects, and successes.

Today, she has built one of Turtle Island’s leading Indigenous-owned, -led, and majority-staffed communications and engagement agencies and has created an AI company led and informed by Indigenous Peoples. She is committed to uplifting underrepresented peoples, including Indigenous women, youth, and the LGBTQ2S+ community, so that they hold equal spots in society.

In 2021, Shani was recognized as one of Edmonton’s Top 40 Under 40 and IABC Edmonton’s Communicator of the Year. In 2023, she was also awarded Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal, on behalf of her team, for their work on the Papal Visit to Treaty Six Territory.