Rebecca Chambers
Biography:
REBECCA CHAMBERS is a Red River Métis educator and columnist from Winnipeg. A Winnipeg School Division trustee (Ward 4) from 2022 to 2026, she is now a Divisional Learning Support Teacher with the Division and writes for the Winnipeg Free Press about how current events shape the identity of Winnipeggers. She is a lead developer of the Winnipeg Free Press Media Literacy and Learning Project.
Chambers has taught human ecology, drama and social studies at Shaftesbury High School in the Pembina Trails School Division, where she also served as Indigenous Teacher Champion, and earlier taught high school in the Winnipeg School Division (2016 to 2018). From September 2024 to July 2026 she was a media literacy consultant with the Government of Manitoba, working with the Winnipeg Free Press on the Media Literacy and Learning Project, a collaboration among the Free Press, the Government of Manitoba and the Winnipeg School Division to build media literacy across all grades and subjects.
She holds a Master of Education in educational leadership and administration (2024), a Bachelor of Education (2016) and a Bachelor of Music (2008), all from the University of Manitoba, and diplomas from Red River College.
Source: her LinkedIn profile.
Activities:
- 2026-10-17 – Youth at Risk in Winnipeg