Mar 05 2025 45 mins
Teara fraser • Founder of Iskwew Air
Teara’s story about an unstoppable will to succeed at every level and push the limits of even her own expectations.
Becoming a pilot was transformational, truly giving this Métis woman wings. Teara is the Founder of Iskwew Air and elibird aero. She believes that together in this innovative space we will reimagine, rematriate, and rebuild our air transportation system - centring equity and sustainability. Teara also founded the not-for-profit Indigenous LIFT Collective and has recently co-founded Liberty Wilderness Lodge. Teara has been named WXN Canada’s Most Powerful Women: Top 100, Top 25 Women of Influence, YWCA Woman of Distinction, and one of 24 ‘real world heroes’ in the DC Comics Wonder Woman anthology. In 2023 she received the Indigenous Business Award of Distinction for Lifetime Achievement by the BC Achievement Foundation.