Tsawwassen First Nation Chief Kim Baird will receive an honourary degree from Simon Fraser University this fall.
Baird is among a group of nine distinguished individuals who will be recognized by the university, SFU announced last week.
Noting she was instrumental in negotiating Canada's first modern urban First Nations treaty in 2009, SFU will give Baird an honourary doctor of laws degree.
Last month Baird won the Kwantlen Polytechnic University Distinguished Alumni Award in the public and community category.
Baird was first elected chief in 1999 and is currently in her sixth term. She led her community through the urban treaty process and into her First Nation's new era of self-governance.
She was the first nonMLA woman in B.C.'s history to address the legislature in 2007.
Baird's long list of accolades includes Canada's Top 40 Under 40 Award, the National Aboriginal Women in Leadership Distinction Award, Vancouver Magazine's Power 50 Award and Canada's Most Powerful Women Top 100 Award.
