Lyana Patrick

Lyana Patrick is a member of the Stellat’en First Nation (Carrier Nation) on her father’s side and Acadian/Scottish on her mother’s side. She has worked in communications and education for 17 years as a journalist, communications officer and documentary filmmaker. She holds a Ph.D. from the University of British Columbia and is an assistant professor in the Faculty of Health Sciences at Simon Fraser University. She is the director of The Train Station (Mountainfilm 2022), a beautifully-animated short that narrates her family's powerful story of love and survival at Lejac Indian Residential School.