Best song that describes you?: Imagine by John Lennon

Superpower: Perception

Desneige is a Métis person who has always been passionate about her community and working with youth. During her time as an undergrad and before, she coached gymnastics, taught preschool and more. Desneige completed her undergraduate degree in Criminal Justice and Public Policy at the University of Guelph, where in her fourth year she assisted on the research project #TruthTelling in conjunction with fourth-year political science Professor L. Levac and the Haisla Nation in Kitimat, British Columbia. This project focused on relationship building between Indigenous nations and nearby municipalities.

After completing her undergraduate degree, Desneige began work at Waypoint Centre for Mental Health Care as a Research Analyst. At Waypoint she worked on several projects geared towards accessibility to mental health care for vulnerable populations. Her main project was VOICE: Vision for Outcomes by Implementing Cultural Education; this project’s goal was to create culturally safe mental health care for Indigenous peoples.

In 2020 when she started her law school journey at the Lincoln Alexander School of Law in Toronto, she also began working as an Indigenous Youth Outreach Program Facilitator for Level, running programs in Midland, Quatsino First Nation and other locations as part of Level's partnership with Connected North. During law school, Desneige also worked as a Research Assistant to Professor Scott Franks on a project aimed at Indigenizing Legal Education. Through this, she worked with Lincoln Alexander School of Law professors to integrate more Indigenous legal orders, issues and perspectives into their course offerings.

Now after law school, Desneige has come into her role as Program Manager at Level Justice for the Indigenous Youth Outreach Program, Environmental Justice Program and Cultural Humility and Empathy Training. She also continues to be active in her home community by volunteering with the Miikanaake Court Diversion Program run by Enaahtig Healing Lodge.

Outside of work and school, Desneige enjoys spending time with her fiancé and their dog Oliver. She is also interested in travelling and experiencing different foods and cultures from around the world.

Desneige holds a BA Hons in Criminal Justice and Public Policy from the University of Guelph and will graduate from the Lincoln Alexander School of Law at Toronto Metropolitan University with a Juris Doctor (JD) degree in April 2023. 

Email Desneige: desneige@leveljustice.org