Laurie Spinks is a proud Red River Métis woman and an accomplished healthcare leader with more than two decades of nursing, operations management, and community health experience across Manitoba and the Northwest Territories. As the Director of Operations, Indigenous Health with Shared Health, Laurie leads the development, coordination, and delivery of holistic, culturally safe health services that honour the strengths, rights, and priorities of First Nations, Inuit and Métis communities.

In operations and strategic leadership, Laurie has led multi-disciplinary teams, negotiated partnerships, advanced Indigenous-led approaches to care, and supported systems transformation guided by the Calls to Action and distinctions-based health priorities. Her work is defined by a commitment to improving health equity for Indigenous people.

Laurie centres traditional knowledge, land-based healing, and community governance in her leadership approach. She believes that systems must honour culture, language, and lived experience to truly support wellness and sovereignty in health.

Outside of her professional role, Laurie finds balance and connection through time on the land—fishing, being near the water, and sharing outdoor adventures with her daughters. These moments ground her, inspire her work, and keep her connected to the teachings passed down through generations.