Teara Fraser

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Born1971
NationalityCanadian
CitizenshipCanada
OccupationAirline Pilot

Teara Fraser is a Canadian airline pilot and the founder and CEO of Iskwew Air.

Biography

Teara Fraser (b. 1971) identifies as a Metis woman of Cree ancestry[1].

In 2020, Fraser was named one of 18 "Wonderful Women of History" in a DC Comics graphic novel of the same name[2] to be published in September 2021. Fraser will join such notable names as the late Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, tennis star Serena Williams, and activist Marsha P. Johnson in this collection[3].

Career

Fraser became a certified commercial pilot in 2002[4] after experiencing her first small aircraft flight in October of 2001[4].

Fraser founded an aerial survey company in 2010, and sold the company six years later[4]. She returned to entrepreneurship in 2019[4] with the founding of Iskwew Air, a small airline that offers charter service to remote Indigenous peoples in Canada in British Columbia, Canada. She chose the name Iskwew - which means "woman" in her ancestral Cree language - in celebration of her Indigenous heritage and of the work of women to fight for gender equality[4][5].

In addition to her experience as an aviator and entrepreneur, Fraser founded the Aviation Leadership Foundation, sits on the board of directors of the British Columbia Aviation Council, is a faculty member at Royal Roads University, and was a founder of the Raven Institute and the Lift Collective.

During the COVID-19 pandemic, Fraser and Iskwew Air began supplying essential goods to remote Indigenous communities, such as Alert Bay, that were impacted by the pandemic[6].

References

  1. "Small Business BC | Meet Teara Fraser, Iskwew Air". Small Business BC. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  2. "Metis pilot Teara Fraser profiled in new DC Comics graphic novel of women heroes". Victoria News. 2020-09-30. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  3. November 2020, Chris Arrant 11. "DC postpones (and renames) Wonder Women of History anthology to 2021". Newsarama. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 4.4 Wolfsteller2020-11-19T16:02:00+00:00, Pilar. "Pilot, leader, proud Metis woman, Teara Fraser". Flight Global. Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  5. Moore, Marie. "Teara Fraser – Women of Influence". Retrieved 2021-02-24.
  6. Wilson, Lee (2020-06-02). "Iskwew Air making the supply rounds to remote B.C. communities". APTN News. Retrieved 2021-02-24.

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