Lisa Charleyboy

Lisa Charleyboy is a First Nations (Tsilhqot’in) writer and social entrepreneur. She is the editor-in-chief of Urban Native Magazine, which focuses on pop culture with an Indigenous twist. She writes, and also does appearances on radio shows and T.V. interviews to promote her magazine and give her opinion on current Aboriginal issues in Canada.[1] Charleyboy has said in interviews that she considers herself a feminist[2] and portrays a positive representation of Aboriginal people in her magazine.

Charleyboy has written about cultural appropriation, pop culture, and politics, and has been named one of Toronto’s Top Bloggers and one of Canada’s Top Ten Fashion Bloggers. Recently, she has been named by Huffington Post as one of three Aboriginal millennials to watch, and recommended for a Toronto DiverseCity Fellowship for 2013-2014.[3]

Early life and Education

Charleyboy moved from Abbotsford, British Columbia to Toronto to attend Ryerson University for Fashion Communication. Her love of magazines, united with her desire to become a fashion editor led her to transfer to York University for Professional Writing.[4]

Career

In 2007 Charleyboy created a blog, Urban Native Girl, (UNG) which is all about pop-culture with an Indigenous twist[5]

In 2013 Urban Native Magazine was created as a spin-off of Charleyboy's blog, which is a Native lifestyle magazine geared toward inspiring Indigenous youth with positive success stories.[5] Urban Native Magazine is aimed towards Aboriginal Canadians aged from 15-35. Many different types of social media are used to create positive change about Aboriginals and breaking the stereotypes and generalizations down.[6]

In 2014 Charleyboy released a book with author Mary Beth Leatherdadale called "Dreaming in Indian: Contemporary Native American Voices".[7]

Charleyboy has also served as a board member for Association for the Native Development of Visual and Performing Arts (ANDVPA), the Young Indigenous Professionals, and is now the Director of Communications for the Aboriginal Professionals of Canada (APAC). She has also been invited to give talks at Harvard University and to Aboriginal Women Entrepreneurs, and has become a regular writer/contributor and guest in the media.[8]

In 2015, she hosted the summer documentary and interview series New Fire for CBC Radio One.

Publications

Indigenous

Fashion

Lifestyle

Education and Employment

References

  1. ↑ "Lisa Charleyboy". Media Indegina. December 12, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Exclusive Interview Preview with Lisa Charleyboy". Room. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Lisa Charleyboy". Annick Press. n.d. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Lisa Charleyboy". December 14, 2014.
  5. 1 2 Cullingham, Haley (November 6, 2013). "Lisa Charleyboy, Founder of Urban Native Magazine". She Does the City. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  6. ↑ Bitti, Mary (November 3, 2013). "An Aboriginal Storyteller for the digital generation:Entrepreneur aims to get native culture in front of today's youth". Financial Post. Retrieved December 15, 2014.
  7. ↑ "Dreaming in Indian Contemporary Native American Voices". Dreaming in Indian. Annick Press. 2014. Retrieved December 2014.
  8. ↑ Skinner, Shannon (September 29, 2014). "Lisa Charleyboy's Mission to Empower Aboriginal Canadians". Huffington Post. Retrieved December 13, 2014.
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