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Frank Christopher Busch

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Frank Christopher Busch
BornJune 5, 1978
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
OccupationNovelist, Executive
Period2010s-present
Notable worksGrey Eyes

Frank Christopher Busch is a Cree writer from Canada, who was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for his debut novel Grey Eyes.[1] [2]

A member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Manitoba,[3] he wrote the novel after interviewing Indian residential school survivors while working for a law firm in Winnipeg.[3] He currently lives on the Westbank First Nation in British Columbia, where he is Director of Economic Development at Strategies North Advisory Inc.,[4] and interim CEO of Kelso Technologies Inc.[5]

Frank Busch holds a bachelor’s degree in Indigenous Studies from the University of Manitoba, 5 certificates from the Canadian Securities Institute and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Finance from Harvard University. Working with the First Nations Finance Authority, he was involved in deploying over $725 million to First Nations across the country, and has visited over 275 First Nations communities.[6]

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