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    Early life and education

    Wabanakwut "Wab" Kinew was born on December 31, 1981, in Kenora, Ontario. From the Onigaming First Nation in Northwestern Ontario, he is the son of Tobasonakwut Kinew, a former local and regional chi… See more

    Career

    Kinew began working in broadcasting after the Winnipeg Free Press published a letter to the editor which he had written about Team Canada hockey, and a local CBC Radio producer contacted him to express interest in c… See more

    Political career

    Kinew considered running for the leadership of the Assembly of First Nations in its 2014 leadership election, but decided not to mount a campaign as he was newly married in August and felt that it was not the right ti… See more

    Personal life

    Kinew recounts that he "experienced racially motivated assaults by adults" during his time growing up in suburban Winnipeg.
    Some time after moving out of his parents' home at the age of 19, Kinew began experiencin… See more