b'NATIONAL GATHERING KEYNOTELIVING HERBy Matthew BradfordUNAPOLOGETIC SELFTwo-Spirit Cree-Mtis educator Lori Campbell is paving the way for Indigenous students to succeed in all spaces and places F rom the basketball court to the upper halls of Indigenous academia, Lori Campbell has spent a lifetime honing her mind, body and spirit. This fall, she joins Indspires 2023 National Gathering for Indigenous Education as the keynote speaker. She will share wisdom gleaned from her journey as a member of the Sixties Scoop generation and as a Two-Spirit Cree-Mtis who recently became the first Associate Vice-President of Indigenous Engagement at the University of Regina. Campbell is an Indigenous teacher and lifelong learner; however, that wasnt her initial vision growing up. It took a push from her adoptive family to take the first steps in this direction and to value learning. In the family I grew up with, university was not optionalit was going to happen, Campbell tells Indspiration magazine. But even though I knew I was going,I didnt really want to because I didnt think Indigenous people wentto university.Her love and talent for sports would eventually serve as Campbells gateway to post-secondary education. She made the Cougar basketball team at the University of Regina, and, in her first semester, discovered 14indspiration2023'