Audrey Rochette is Anishinaabe from Waabadowgang-Whitesand First Nation. As part of Sheridan’s leadership team, Audreys focus is to strengthen the works of centring Indigenous needs, voices, practices and protocols.
In her previous role as Director, Indigenous Initiatives, she led George Brown College’s efforts to implement the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action and oversaw Indigenization measures as part of the college’s Vision 2030/Strategy 2022 initiative. In 2019 and 2020, she worked with the college to develop recommendations and a reconciliation framework in response to the TRC Calls to Action, as well as frameworks for anti-racism initiatives.
Prior to her role at George Brown, Rochette worked with the City of Toronto as a Business Analyst where she provided critical evaluations to inform programming and measure success and secured Indigenous partnerships to advance the city’s commitment to reconciliation.
Rochette's passion for Indigenous relations was cultivated through her roles in the Indigenous community as the Senior Development Officer with Indspire, an Indigenous-led registered charity that invests in the education of Indigenous people, and with imagineNATIVE, the largest Indigenous film festival in the world.
She currently sits on several committees in different sectors committed to reconciliation work. She is the daughter of a residential school survivor.
Rochette holds of Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in Political Science, Aboriginal Studies and Religion, and a Master of Arts with research focused on decolonizing museums, as well as Indigenous voices, language and ceremonies in museums, both from the University of Toronto.