Alberta Arts Liaison Consultant, Canada Council for the Arts
Francine Cunningham is an award-winning writer, artist, and educator who spends her summer days writing on the Prairies and her winter months teaching in the North. Cunningham is a member of the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta but grew up in Calgary, Edmonton, and 100 Mile House, BC. Cunningham is also Metis, and has settler family roots stretching from as far away as Ireland and Belgium. She currently resides in Alberta.