WINNIPEG – Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has named Vera Houle as its director of community relations.
Based out of the network’s Winnipeg head office, Houle will work to promote new and local initiatives to enhance relationships with stakeholders and support strategies and initiatives that will benefit Aboriginal communities while establishing closer links between these and the network.
A First Nations citizen of Manitoba’s Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation, Houle worked for CTV/CKY for almost ten years prior to first joining APTN in April 2001. In October 2002, she joined the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs as its communications advisor, but returned to the APTN National News team in January 2005 in the role of executive producer. She was appointed to the position of director of news and current affairs in June 2005.
“We are very pleased that Ms. Houle has accepted the challenges of taking on a new leadership position within the network,” said CEO Jean LaRose, in the announcement. “Vera is a dynamic executive who brings much energy and knowledge of our diverse stakeholders to the table. She will help us to build and enhance our relationships with our audiences and communities.”
