Kirsty Muller

Kirsty Muller is an Ojibwe Registered Nurse whose family hails from Hollow Water First Nation and who was raised in Winnipeg. She also has settler roots from England and Ireland. Her Spirit Name, gifted to her in ceremony, is Weegusk Iskwew (“Sweetgrass Medicine Woman”).

Kirsty holds a Bachelor of Nursing Degree from the University of Manitoba and has dedicated her career to the fields of Mental Health and Wellness, Psychiatry, Addictions, Substance Use Disorders, and Harm Reduction. She spent many years at the Health Sciences Centre in Winnipeg, working in acute mental health units and later as a Psychiatric Liaison Nurse in the Emergency Department, supporting individuals in acute crisis. She has also worked at the Crisis Response Centre and Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) Clinics. During the COVID-19 pandemic, she helped design and implement a Managed Alcohol Program (MAP) in an Indigenous community in Northern Manitoba.

Currently, Kirsty serves as the Addiction Services Program Manager for Four Arrows Regional Health Authority, leading the Manitoba Aninisinew Mobile Addictions Network (MAMAN). In this role, she supports the development and delivery of innovative, community-driven addictions and harm reduction services across Island Lake communities and urban Winnipeg. She also brings frontline experience as a Nurse Case Manager for the Opioid Agonist Therapy (OAT) Program in Red Sucker Lake Aninisinew Nation.

A strong advocate for equitable healthcare access, Kirsty works to amplify Indigenous voices in health policy and education. She is committed to ensuring Indigenous communities have access to culturally safe, evidence-based addiction medicine and harm reduction services.

Kirsty serves as the Chair of the Advocacy Committee as well as Co-Chair of the Grants and Awards Committee for CSAM-SMCA.