Tracey currently work for Next Up Leadership coordinating training programs in Saskatchewan for young social and environmental justice leaders. Her other job involves coordinating and mentoring mental health & addictions peer support workers. She is also involved in the community, as a member of Bus Riders of Saskatoon and Climate Justice Saskatoon, an active volunteer in the arts community, and a member of the national board of the Council of Canadians.
She states: I have never been able to just pick one thing and run with it, so pursuing a double major in History & Sociology worked well for me. Studying history made me a better writer. In seminars, I became more confident discussing my ideas, and learned not to take it personally when others disagreed. The History department at the U of S offers a lot of really interesting classes about stories that used to get lost in history books including Indigenous, LGBTQ, women’s, Latin American and environmental histories. I loved the excuse to “nerd out” in the microfilm room in the library, reading old newspaper stories about key events and moments in the history of movements of which I am now a part. We can’t make a better future without knowing our histories. I am ever grateful to the professors and staff in the U of S Department of History for the opportunity to learn and grow personally and professionally in my time there.