He is a teacher, lawyer and former public servant with the BC Ministry of Health. Currently Clint works at the University of Victoria as Community Engagement Manager with the team at the First Peoples House supporting Indigenous students on their educational journey. He also teaches in the Indigenous Studies Department and focuses his lectures on helping students unlearn the false narratives taught in the Canadian school system about Indigenous Peoples and Canada.  In his free time, Clint spends as much time as possible with his wife Ilka Thiessen, who he’s been with since 1991, planning the revolution or out walking with their dog, Finn.

Clint will facilitate Indigenous anti-racism: Where to begin and Reconciliation and community building at the 2021 Spring Education Conference on April 24.