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At the age of 13, Shannen's grade 8 class cancelled their graduation trip to send three students to Ottawa on the National Day of Action for Indigenous People. On this day Shannen spoke for her community on the Parliament Hill and confronted the Indian Affairs Minister. The first thing she said to the crowd on that day was “Today I am sad because Mr. Chuck Strahl said he didn’t have the money to build our school.....but I didn’t believe him.” Shannen was driven even after being denied of her request of a new school, she did not give up. From that day Shannen continued public speaking to spread her message.

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She spoke out to inform thousands of people in Canada of her dream to achieve “safe and comfy schools” for the Attawapiskat community. Shannen made many inspiring speeches at many different locations like at the education of rights conference. Despite the many time she was put down or rejected Shannen did not give up. After hard work she had become known to the public and her community. She was nominated as an ambassador for every children in Attawapiskat and she was given the International Noble Peace Prize by the noble laureate. Finally in 2009 Strahl the minster of Indian Affairs promised to build a new elementary for Attawapiskat.

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   Shannen's speech at the           Parliament Hill

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   Shannen's speech at the           Parliament Hill

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Sadly in 2010 Shannen had passed away due to a car crash. In memory of Shannen the Attawapiskat community renamed their Indigenous education campaign to Shannen’s Dream. In 2014 a new elementary was built and opened up in Attawapiskat, unfortunately Shannen was not able to live to see her dream come true. A documentary and a book were created to share Shannen’s dream and her journey to achieve it.

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The new elementary school called Kattawapiskat was built in 2014 ended the fourteen years time when 400 children were forced to attend school in portables. Soon after the school was opened a flood occurred due to a malfunctions in the sprinkler system. It was stated that the issue had originated for the initial building of the school. the flood caused the school to close down temporarily for about six weeks. This occurrence frustrated the citizens of the community since they worked hard to have the government build their community a new school and in the end it closed down shortly after the opening.

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Shannen was a 13 year old girl who was apart of the Attawapiskat community. In her community there was no elementary school for kids to attend since the last one closed down in 2000 due a diesel fuel leak which caused the contamination of the school. Canada's federal government promised to build a new school for the community, but later cancelled these plans. This forced students of the Attawapiskat community to attend school in poor conditioned portables. The portables had poor heating and some were even contaminated with mold. These children were forced to attend school in portables until the government would build a new elementary for the community.

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New School built for Attawapiskat in 2014

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New School built for Attawapiskat in 2014

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Shannen chose to educate as her form of Activism. She was able to teach others and ask for help to support her community. She would speak at many different public functions on behalf of her community. In the end she was successful in informing other and became a public figure.