Charla Huber is an Indigenous relations and communications consultant. She has a master’s degree in professional communication and a chartered housing designation from the Charted Institute of Housing Canada.
As a columnist, Charla writes a weekly column in the Times Colonist newspaper that often highlights Indigenous issues.
Her family is from Fort Chipewyan, Alta. and she has First Nations and Inuit heritage.
Experience
Charla worked as a newspaper reporter for many years before becoming a columnist. She now runs her own business that has been developed in a niche market, and is an associate faculty member at Royal Roads University.
Charla completed a fully-funded research project on Indigenous ways of communicating so employers can better support Indigenous employees.
She is the Human Resources Committee chair of the Victoria-Esquimalt Police Board and president of the BC Association of Police Boards.
Memberships and Committees
- Member of the Chartered Institute of Housing Canada
- President of the BC Association of Police Boards
- Human Resources Committee Chair, Victoria-Esquimalt Police Board
- Board Member, Our Place Society
- Board Member, Victoria YMCA/YWCA
Education
2022
Chartered Designation
Chartered Institute of Housing
2021
Non-Profit Management Certificate
Simon Fraser University
2020
Master of Arts in Professional Communication
Royal Roads University
