Blair is originally from the Peavine Metis Settlement in Northern Alberta and now lives in Calgary, Alberta in the Traditional Territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy, which today encompasses the Indigenous people of the Treaty 7 region in southern, Alberta: the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuu T’ina, the Stoney Nakoda First Nations, and the Northwest Metis Homeland to Region 3.
Blair is employed with the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology as a Career Advisor with Career Advancement Services. He has worked in Calgary’s post-secondary education sector since 2013.
He sits on the Orange Shirt Society Board of Directors and enjoys being able to work with the board as well as Phyllis Webstad, Ambassador/Founder of Orange Shirt Day.
The purpose of the Orange Shirt Society is as follows:
· To support Indian Residential School Reconciliation
· To create awareness of the individual, family and community inter-generational impacts of Indian Residential Schools through Orange Shirt Society activities
· To create awareness of the concept of “Every Child Matters”