Frank Christopher Busch

{{Short description|Cree writer from Canada}}

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| name = Frank Christopher Busch

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| birth_date = June 5, 1978

| birth_place = Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada

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| occupation = Novelist, Executive

| period = 2010s-present

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| notableworks = Grey Eyes

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Frank Christopher Busch is a Cree writer from Canada, who was a winner of the Burt Award for First Nations, Métis and Inuit Literature in 2015 for his debut novel Grey Eyes.[http://www.quillandquire.com/awards/2015/10/14/code-names-winners-of-burt-award-for-first-nations-metis-and-inuit-literature/ "CODE names winners of Burt Award for First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Literature"]. Quill & Quire, October 14, 2015.[http://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/entertainment/local_entertainment/article_6022c39c-435d-11e4-9706-0017a43b2370.html "Grey Eyes, new First Nations novel, breaks with tradition"]. Kelowna Daily Courier, September 23, 2014.

A member of the Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation in Manitoba,[http://www.thompsoncitizen.net/news/thompson/novel-a-piece-of-lost-aboriginal-culture-1.1428941 "Novel a piece of lost aboriginal culture"]. Thompson Citizen, October 16, 2014. he wrote the novel after interviewing Indian residential school survivors while working for a law firm in Winnipeg. He currently lives on the Westbank First Nation in British Columbia, where he is Vice President of Business Development at Strategies North Advisory Inc.,[https://www.strategiesnorth.ca/teams/ "Strategies North Teams"]. Strategies North Advisory, July 10, 2024. and CEO of Kelso Technologies Inc.[https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2024/07/09/2910805/0/en/Kelso-Technologies-Inc-Announces-Retirement-of-Director-and-CEO-and-Appointment-of-Interim-CEO.html "Kelso Technologies Inc. Announces Retirement of Director and CEO and Appointment of Interim CEO"]. GlobeNewswire, July 9, 2024.

Frank Busch holds a bachelor’s degree in Indigenous Studies from the University of Manitoba, 5 certificates from the Canadian Securities Institute and a Post-Graduate Certificate in Finance from Harvard University. Working with the First Nations Finance Authority, he was involved in deploying over $725 million to First Nations across the country, and has visited over 275 First Nations communities.[https://www.strategiesnorth.ca/economic-development-services-announcement/ "Strategies North offers new economic development services to Indigenous communities"]. Strategies North Advisory, October 31, 2022.