Victoria LaBillois

Victoria LaBillois knows that mentorship and entrepreneurship must go hand in hand to be truly effective – and she’s been putting that paradigm into practice throughout her career. A graduate of the University of New Brunswick, she received her B.A. in 1991 and then returned for her M.B.A. in 2004, winning the E.D. Maher Graduate Student Prize for having the top average in her graduating class.

She is the co-owner and president of Wejuseg Construction Inc. and the owner and president of Wejipeg Excavation Inc., two companies which were instrumental in the construction of wind park development in the Gaspésie region and which have been key to creating employment opportunities for Mi’gmaq community members and fuelling economic development in the region.

Victoria’s voice resonates both nationally and internationally, speaking across Canada and around the world; notable venues include the Māori Women Entrepreneurs in New Zealand, the Canadian Council of Forest Ministers, and the inaugural national Indigenous Women Leadership Summit. She also served as a moderator for the 2018 Peace and Friendship Leadership Dialogue between the New Brunswick Mi’gmaq and Wolastoqiyik Chiefs and federal and provincial ministers.

She mentors Indigenous women from across Canada through St. Francis Xavier University’s Coady Institute’s Indigenous Women and Community Leadership program and also through the JEDI Aboriginal Business Accelerator Program. She has twice been recognized as one of Canada’s Top 100 Most Powerful Women by the Women’s Executive Network (WXN). In November 2023, Victoria moderated an economic reconciliation panel with national Indigenous leaders and federal-provincial-territorial ministers on Indigenous affairs.

Victoria actively volunteers in her community and is named to several boards by the Listuguj Mi’gmaq Government. She is a proud member of Pugwales’g, a women’s hand‐drum group, and is also a sought-after MC and speaker. She teaches financial literacy to Listuguj youth.

Victoria’s career is a testament to the fact that sustainable business and entrepreneurship are key to Indigenous economic prosperity.