Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 17, 2025

Sky Dancer Louise Bernice Halfe, C.M.
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan

Louise Halfe, also known by her Cree name Sky Dancer, is a poet from the Saddle Lake Cree Nation in Alberta. Acclaimed for her poetry collections, she advocates language learning and preservation, and her thought-provoking work articulates, in both Cree and English, the history and experiences of Indigenous peoples.