Tracey Kim Bonneau

President and CEO – Of The Land Productions
Syilx Nation

Working as a journalist in print, radio and television, Tracey Kim Bonneau’s career has spanned over the last 25 years. An award-winning documentary writer and producer, Bonneau is from the Syilx Nation/ Okanagan and was born and raised on the Penticton Indian Reserve, in British Columbia. She is the President and CEO of Of The Lands Productions Inc. an independent production company featuring Indigenous stories produced in a high quality television projects. As early as 14, Tracey was already creating as she produced and wrote her first documentary, Cause for Alarm.  Recently, Tracey hosted the television series Quest Out West: Wild Food, a B.C cooking show, demonstrating how to create healthy meals by hunting, gathering, and fishing for the foods of her ancestors. It is shown on the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) and is co-produced by Of The Lands Productions and Brightlight Pictures. One of her reasons for creating the television series was to try and undo the damage done by Aboriginal People’s adoption of an unhealthy diet of modern processed foods. She wishes for people to reconnect to the land and healthy foods in an interesting and informative way.

‍Some of her previous freelance work as a writer involves CBC Radio, Aboriginal Voices and Windspeaker, and Ravens Eye. She is also the Director General of the National Indigenous Media Arts Coalition (NIMAC), a non- profit organization created to support, advocate, and promote Indigenous Media Artists within Canadian media arts practices. Created in 2001, it operates underneath the structure of the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA).