Shirley Cheechoo

Shirley Cheechoo
CM
Born1952 (age 71–72)
Eastmain, Quebec, Canada
Occupation(s)Actor, writer, producer, director & visual artist, chancellor
SpouseBlake Debassige

Shirley Cheechoo CM (Cree: ᔒᓕᒋᒍ born 1952) is a Canadian Cree actress, writer, producer, director, and visual artist, best known for her solo-voice or monodrama play Path With No Moccasins, as well as her work with De-Ba-Jeh-Mu-Jig theatre group. Her first break came in 1985 when she was cast on the CBC's first nations TV series Spirit Bay, and later, in 1997, she found a role on the CBC's TV series The Rez.

She was named chancellor of Brock University in July 2015,[1] the institution's first female and first aboriginal chancellor. She held the position to 2020.

  1. ^ "Acclaimed native actor/director named Brock chancellor" Archived 2015-07-22 at the Wayback Machine. St. Catharines Standard, July 16, 2015.