Pam Piche-Lashmore

Pam Piche-Lashmore was raised in a strong Metis family in Airdrie. She is very fortunate to have had her Metis culture and traditions instilled in her spirit. Renowned for her jigging, she loves the Red River Jig and celebrates the joyous and traditional dance of the Metis people whenever she can.

Pam studied yoga and became involved in Freeing the Human Spirit with Correctional Services of Canada, teaching yoga and meditation to prison inmates. Through a chance meeting, she was invited to help with the Horse Program at the Okimaw Ohci Healing Lodge for Women, a multi-level security institution in southern Saskatchewan, and it was there that her career in Corrections began.

She worked in Bowden on the Pathways Range which is the Old Man Bear Healing Range.

During her time working at the Bowden Penitentiary, she facilitated the White Bison programs.

She also brought the White Bison program into communities. Pam facilitates a Medicine Wheel and 12 Step recovery program for all who are struggling with alcohol and or substance abuse, and Mending Broken Hearts which is a grief support program that focuses on Intergenerational Trauma using Indigenous ways of knowing.

Pam is passionate about giving to others and is most proud of her work supporting those who are incarcerated, homeless, and in treatment. In 2019, Pam was the recipient of the StarFish Award for her work with the FASD (Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder) community.

Pam, alongside the Indigenous Services team, works as the Indigenous Advisor at Olds College sharing Indigenous culture with students, staff and faculty.