June 3, 2025
NIAGARA FALLS – Skylar Manitowabi already has an impressive resume.
The Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory citizen is a professor at Ottawa’s Algonquin College, teaching courses in construction excellence.
Having already obtained a civil engineering degree from Hamilton’s McMaster University, he is now a candidate for a Master’s of Engineering degree from Carleton University in Ottawa.
He’s considered an Indigenous role model in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM). Manitowabi was a speaker at a keynote youth panel, Bridges to the future – Igniting careers for Indigenous youth through STEM mentorship, at the Ontario First Nations Technical Services Corporation (OFNTSC) conference, which concluded on May 13 in Niagara Falls.