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Cree writer from Canada
Frank Christopher Busch
BornJune 5, 1978
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
OccupationNovelist, Executive
Period2010s-present
Notable worksGrey Eyes

Frank Christopher Busch is a Cree writer from Canada, who was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for his debut novel Grey Eyes.

A member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Manitoba, he wrote the novel after interviewing Indian residential school survivors while working for a law firm in Winnipeg. He currently lives on the Westbank First Nation in British Columbia, where he is Director of Economic Development at Strategies North Advisory Inc., and interim CEO of Kelso Technologies Inc.

Frank Busch holds a bachelor’s degree in Indigenous Studies from the University of Manitoba, 5 certificates from the Canadian Securities Institute and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Finance from Harvard University. Working with the First Nations Finance Authority, he was involved in deploying over $725 million to First Nations across the country, and has visited over 275 First Nations communities.

References

  1. "CODE names winners of Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature". Quill & Quire, October 14, 2015.
  2. "Grey Eyes, new First Nations novel, breaks with tradition". Kelowna Daily Courier, September 23, 2014.
  3. ^ "Novel a piece of lost aboriginal culture". Thompson Citizen, October 16, 2014.
  4. "Strategies North Teams". Strategies North Advisory, July 10, 2024.
  5. "Kelso Technologies Inc. Announces Retirement of Director and CEO and Appointment of Interim CEO". GlobeNewswire, July 9, 2024.
  6. "Strategies North offers new economic development services to Indigenous communities". Strategies North Advisory, October 31, 2022.



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