Biography

About Leo Sawicki
Leo began her career in Communication as an Office Manager for Native Communications Inc./NCI in Thompson, Manitoba in the 70’s. This led to incorporating a communication design studio in the 80’s and teaching Business Administration at Red River College. In the 90's Leo established a partnership in a seasonal luxury yacht charter service and was designated a federally certified educational institution that provided courses, other than courses designed for university credit and that furnish a person with skills for, or improve a persons skills in, a recognized occupation. By 2000 Leo’s interest in sustainable community development, along with experience in creating new systems, structures and programs, lead to her work as a Management Consultant and a Contemporary Communicator.
CREDENTIALS AND COLLECTIVE WORK
Leo F. Sawicki, Canadian Author, is co-recipient of two Paul, Phalen and Perry Communication Awards of Excellence, a contributing Author to the Manitoba Multicultural Anthology Series, and developer of Balanced Lifestyle based on the Medicine Wheel Concept. Other works include Anytime Stories, Anywhere Stories and Seekers of Dream Time with Penumbra Press. She has a Communications Degree from Red River College and is a graduate of Banff School of Management. To add to the mix, Leo is an accomplished Artist and has created a bold new line of motivational products including: Inner Travel Guide Medicine card deck based on the Medicine Wheel Concept, A Day at the Beach Inspires the Soul Greeting Cards, Everyone Walks Their Own Feather Greeting Cards, a series of Wisdom Greeting Cards and Happiness and the Fibonacci Principle Book, three sets of Message Cards and Greeting Cards. As a Contemporary Communicator Leo reaches a wide range of audiences through: workshops, seminars, one on one personal coaching and online support. In addition, Leo designs programs, licenses materials and trains facilitators for on-going community delivery.
As a Management Consultant, Leo's work with First Nation Communities, Tribal Councils, Boards and Managers began in 1978 and includes internal reviews, strategic planning, economic development, program development, policy and procedures, management and staff development.
PHILOSOPY AND MISSION
Leos’ interest in Consciousness is fueled by being a student of Tradition and Culture and the Medicine Wheel Concept. Her work includes the study of Energy and Language which explores the realms of Thought, Spirituality and Creation. Her purpose is to facilitate knowledge that adds to the quality of life and the environment.
Leo operates from Winnipeg Beach in Manitoba, Canada, in the summer and winters in warmer climates where she works on new product development.
Her purpose is to facilitate knowledge that adds to the quality of life and raises the level of consciousness for all people.
Clients of Leo Sawicki
Dakota Ojibway Tribal Council Enhanced Service Delivery
Roseau River Anishinabe First Nation Training and Employment
Peguis First Nation and the University of Winnipeg, Connecting Aboriginals to Manufacturing
Swan Lake First Nation and the University of Winnipeg, Connecting Aboriginals to Manufacturing
Pauingassi First Nation, MB
Sandy Bay First Nation
Sucker Creek First Nation
Peguis First Nation
Nelson House First Nation
Ikwe-Widdijittin Inc.
Fisher River First Nation
Dakota Plains First Nation
Shoal Lake First Nation
Cross Lake First Nation
Pinaymootang First Nation
White Bear First Nation
Health Canada
Red Dog Inn
Child Find
Secretary of State
Elbow Lake Correctional Facility
Regina Correctional Center
Manitoba Association of Registered Nurses
Grand Council Treaty No. 3
Interlake Reserves Tribal Council
Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement
Aboriginal Healing Foundation
Red River College: Aboriginal Student Support and Community Relations Program
OI Employment (Ontario Six Nations Job Readiness Program)
Athabasca Drug and Alcohol Project: Prince Albert Tribal Council, Saskatoon Tribal Council
Black Lake First Nation: Education, Health and Community Development
Federal Corrections Pacific Region
Ontario Native Education Counseling Association
Summer Institute
Kenora Chief's Asdvisory Social Services ON
Swan Lake First Nation Health Centre, MB
Metis 2002, Buffalo Lake Metis Settlement, AB