Michelle Laviolette is Vancity’s Director of Indigenous Banking.  She oversees the development and implementation of a strategy that delivers on Vancity’s commitment to Reconciliation and cultivates relationships with Indigenous members, organizations, and communities.    Michelle has had a variety of roles in more than 20 years at the Vancity Group, and one career highlight was opening a remote community branch in Alert Bay, BC, in partnership with the ‘Namgis First Nation and the Village of Alert Bay.     With some Métis-Ojibway ancestry and married to a member of the Northwest Territory Métis Nation, Michelle is passionate about advancing Vancity’s work to uphold Reconciliation as a core value.   Michelle is an active member of a variety of boards supporting the environment and cultural harmony in her home of South Delta, and in her spare time she can be found playing on the Fraser River or watching her kids play sports.