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Chevrier, Jean. “Native Leaders of Canada.” New Federation House, Canadian Heritage, Donna Cona, 2008, www.newfederation.org/Native_Leaders/Bios/Bertha_Allen.htm

This source is an article titled, “Native Leaders of Canada”, published by the New Federation House, a non-profit organization. It features a brief biography of Bertha Allen, including a list of roles she fulfilled in a number of committees, such as the Northwest Territory Constitutional Committee and the Multicultural Advisory Committee to the RCMP. The publisher of this article and president of New Federation House, Jean Chevrier, is currently working as an attorney, writer, and editor, having written articles featured on magazines such as, The Globe and The Montreal Gazette. He is a former member of the Federal Justice Department in Ottawa's legal counsel.

Worme, Donald E. “Bertha Allen.” Indspire, 10 Dec. 2019, indspire.ca/laureate/bertha-allen-2/.

This article is written by Indspire, an indigenous charity in Canada that focuses on providing support for the education of First Nations, Metis, and Inuit people. As written in this article, Bertha Allen attended Grant MacEwan Community College in Edmonton, Alberta to take several courses such as life-skill coaching and leadership. She was the co-founder and life skills facilitator of the Northwest Territories Training Centre in both the Yellowknife and Inuvik locations, serving the aboriginal community for over 20 years. She played a vital role in the field of healthcare by serving for several years in institutions such as the Territorial Hospital Insurance Services Board and the Inuvik Medical Transient Centre. The chair of this charity, Donald E. Worme is a Cree lawyer that specializes in indigenous rights and litigation as well as criminal law. He attended the University of Saskatchewan and was named one of the 100 “Alumni of Influence” in 2008.

Kurszewski, Denise M. “Bertha Allen.” Arctic, vol. 63, no. 4, Dec. 2010, p. 487.

This source comes from volume 63, No. 4 of the publications by The Arctic, a peer-reviewed journal published by the Arctic Institute of North America of the University of Calgary. It writes about the many leadership roles Allen played, such as having been the former president of the Advisory Council on the Status of Women in the Northwest territories. It also covers her many contributions in the field of health and social services of Northern Canada, such as having served for the Inuvik Medical Transient Centre. The author of this journal, Denise M. Kurszewski, is the Director of Research Development at the Institute for Circumpolar Health Research. She is also a part-time professor at the school of public health at the university of Alberta.

Meili, Dianne. “Bertha Allen Fought for Equality and Empowerment.” Windspeaker, Aboriginal Multi-Media Society, 3 Oct. 2017, https://www.newfederation.org/Native_Leaders/Bios/Bertha_Allen.htm

This article is from a website called Windspeaker. It is managed by the Aboriginal Multi-Media Society of Alberta, an Aboriginal communications organization. The article highlights Bertha Allen’s commitment to helping Gwich’in women adapt to their rapidly changing environment after the federal government began attempting to shape the aboriginal communities into those that followed European customs. Allen taught women how to use vacuum cleaners and washing machines, as well as how to sew. The author of this article, Diane Meili, was the editor of Windspeaker Alberta’s Native newspaper. She studied journalism at the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology and is the great granddaughter of Victoria Callihoo, a notable Cree Elder.

Suaangan. Directed by Stephanie Weimar, Aboriginal Peoples Television Network, 1999. Youtube, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZL40XX9vd98&ab_channel=InuvialuitCommunicationsSociety

This source is a video interview of Bertha Allen featured in a documentary series called, “Suaangan”, that was originally broadcasted on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network in November of 1999. In the interview, she talks about her life experiences in Northern Canada to commemorate her acceptance of the Governor General's Award. Despite not having access to higher education in her early years, her interest in communications and life-skill coaching drove her to continue her education throughout her life. Through her leadership roles on a local and national level, she and her team of women were able to significantly contribute to addressing the social issues in Northern Canada. The director and editor of this documentary series, Stephanie Weimar, is highly regarded for having written, directed, and edited a number television series, some of which have been nominated for awards at the Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival and the Canadian Screen Awards.