Marie Wilson is a Canadian journalist and public administrator who served as one of three commissioners of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC).
Prior to her appointment to the TRC, she was employed by the Workers' Safety and Compensation Commission of the Northwest Territories as vice president for operations.
The sole non-Indigenous TRC commissioner,[3] she worked for over six years documenting the history and lasting impacts of the Canadian Indian residential school system.
[5][6] In addition, she is the recipient of the Meritorious Service Cross, a Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, the CBC North Award for Lifetime Achievement, a Northerner of the Year Award, the Calgary Peace Prize,[7] and honorary doctorates from St. Thomas University, the Atlantic School of Theology, and the University of Manitoba.
[8] Wilson has three children with her husband Stephen Kakfwi, former Dene Nation Chief and Premier of the Northwest Territories.