Gayle Strikes-With-A-Gun (BEd ’88)
Raised on the Piikani Nation in southern Alberta, Gayle Strikes-With-A-Gun has been a leader in education for 25 years. After completing her bachelor of education, she worked as the project co-ordinator for the Four Worlds development project, an initiative aimed at helping Blood and Peigan women develop the skills and training necessary to prepare them for post-secondary education at the University of Lethbridge. Over the course of her career, she worked as a teacher, principal, assistant superintendent and acting superintendent in schools across Alberta and in the Northwest Territories. In 2011, Strikes-With-A-Gun was elected the first female chief of the Piikani Nation where she remains committed to helping her people’s youth.