Media
Léost empowers Indigenous youth to 'get up and rise' through advocacy
How Indigenous scholarship winners are busting myths and stereotypes
U of R blasted as 'shameful,' lacking accountability to Indigenous student body at impromptu round dance
Métis activist Tracie Leost’s Journey of Hope inspires music video
To Remember the Missing and the Murdered (and to Inspire New Music), a Marathon of One
Run Sister Run: Manitoba teen who ran 115km for MMIW focus of music video, Vogue article
Biography
Tracie Léost is a young Métis leader, activist and academic from St. Laurent, Manitoba in Treaty 1 Territory. She is a decorated Indigenous athlete, and a young person who takes pride in her community and people. Léost is a social work student at the University of Regina, where she holds excellent academic standing and was named one of the university's most promising undergraduate students. She is the founder of Waanishka Movement Inc., an Indigenous youth-led non-profit that exists to support and uplift the rise of Indigenous young people. In 2018, she was the recipient of the Indspire Youth Métis Award, the highest honour bestowed upon Indigenous people. In 2020, Léost was inducted in the Order of Gabriel Dumont Bronze Medal, one of the Métis Nations' highest civilian honours. Léost raises awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, makes safe spaces for young people, coaches hockey, baseball and football teams for Indigenous youth in care and patrols regularly with White Pony Lodge.