Meet the Team

Harmony Redsky

Executive Director

  • Harmony Redsky is Anishnaabekwe/Haudenosaunee/Ukrainian from Wasauksing. A PhD candidate at the Paris School of Business, Harmony holds a Masters degree in Business from Simon Fraser University with a specialization in Aboriginal leadership and governance. Harmony’s education includes Loyalist College (Journalism) and Athabasca University (Communications). She founded SPIRIT Magazine, Roots & Rights compilations, Sweetgrass Film Festival, Bodewadminkwek Arts & Crafts Collective, and cofounded Hope in the Darkness Walk for Youth Mental Health. She hosted SUN TV/APTN’s When the Music Speaks and has reported, directed, and produced for TV, radio, and web platforms.

    Harmony has extensive experience in intergovernmental relations, executive management, organizational development and community engagement.

Silvia Mckay

Survivor, Survivor Advisor

  • Silvia Mckay is a Cree mother and grandmother from Treaty 4 territory. Silvia has six children and 17 grandchildren. Silvia is a survivor of forced sterilization. Silvia graduated from Peepeekisis School in 1992. She attended SIIT and received her continuing care certificate in 1999. Silvia has worked for 20+ years in the health care field, working with Elders, disabled adults, and youth struggling with addictions. She absolutely enjoyed her work. Silvia is an advisor with the Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice at the Saskatoon office. Silvia offers valuable advice and wisdom to the leadership team based on her experience. She is also interested in strategic planning and data collection.

Melika Popp

Survivor, Survivor Advisor

  • Melika is a Ogichidaakwe woman of Anishinaabe descent with Kanaka ancestry. Melika is a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. As an adult, she repatriated her cultural identity by reclaiming her inherent Treaty rights with Fishing Lake First Nation #89. Melika’s human rights advocacy began in 2015. She has fostered open lines of communication toward an external review and policy changes on coercive sterilization of Indigenous women. In 2018, Melika was invited to support the Saskatoon Policy Service, Indigenous Women’s Advisory Circle where she remains a proud active member today. In 2017, Melika participated in Against Their Will with APTN. Melika is an advisor with the Survivors Circle. Melika is a loving mother of two beautiful children, and a grandmother to a grandson. Her children are her biggest inspiration and her greatest achievement.