COLUMPA BOBB is an award-winning arts practitioner. For over twenty-five years, she has worked as a playwright, director, producer, photographer, poet and teacher, and has performed her original monologues and one-person shows across Canada. A Jessie Award winner, and two-time Dora Award nominee, Columpa is most recognized for the role of Mary Cook on the CBC Television show North of 60 and guest roles on the series The Rez. A member of the Sto:lo Nation's Seabird Island band, she's the great-granddaughter of Chief Dan George and the daughter of award-winning writer and academic Lee Maracle. Columpa has taught at numerous universities and high schools around the world and is a co-founder of an Indigenous Arts Training and Mentorship Program. She currently lives in Vancouver.
