Treena Wynes
Senior Consultant, Prevention
BSW
Treena Wynes is a registered social worker (BSW) with twenty-four years of extensive experience in diverse social work-related positions including front-line, senior management and executive director positions in the field of child welfare. As a former Executive Director for three delegated Aboriginal agencies, two in Saskatchewan and one in British Colombia, she was responsible for providing essential intervention child welfare services as well as prevention services for families and children. She also managed many responsibilities that were essential to the sustainability of the agencies which included human resources, financial and strategic planning and working in partnership with the government funders and other community-based organizations. As a leader, she was able to drive and motivate staff and her governance boards towards common goals and organizational mandates. To achieve this she had consulted with community leaders, community members and youth while working collaboratively with community-based agencies and resources to best meet those needs in a unified manner.
Treena is a member of the Lac La Ronge Indian Band and is culturally sensitive when working with First Nations communities. Her former position, Associate Director at Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects, a national Indigenous organization in Ottawa, has provided her insight on the environmental issues across Canada, especially in Indigenous territories. She played an integral role in the success of the first in-person ICCE conference in May 2023 where participants came from as far away as New Zealand to attend.
Treena is a published award-winning author and a keynote speaker. She has been invited to numerous radio and TV programs as well as had her own podcast show, Life Happens, Let’s Talk on the Voice America Empowerment Channel. Treena has also been nominated for the YWCA Women of Distinction Award in the Health and Wellness category and co-founded the Ignite the Life Youth Suicide Prevention Rally which gained national media attention. She has also organized other conferences in Saskatoon related to domestic violence and trauma. Treena enjoys organizing charity events and bringing awareness to important topics in order to enrich the communities she is connected to. She is often sought out for her experience in leadership, child and family services, fundraising and working with Indigenous communities.
Treena lives in Warman with her husband, Ken, who is also is a social worker of 33 years (Ministry of Social Services) and has two grown boys. She is currently working with two First Nations communities as a consultant that are working towards attaining jurisdiction over their own child and family services under the new federal legislation Bill C-92.
When Treena is not busy working or promoting community wellness initiatives, she enjoys spending time with her family, writing books and hanging out with her two furry babies, Molly and Mia.