Annette Trimbee

Annette Trimbee is a Canadian civil servant who is the sixth president and vice-chancellor of MacEwan University. Prior to her appointment, she was the seventh president and vice-chancellor of the University of Winnipeg and spent several years as a deputy minister in the Government of Alberta.

Trimbee graduated from the University of Winnipeg in 1977 with a Bachelor of Science. In 1980, she completed her MSc from the University of Manitoba, after which, in 1984 she earned a PhD from McMaster University. On August 1, 2014, Trimbee was named the 6th president of the University of Winnipeg. Trimbee made Indigenization a key policy of her presidency. In 2016, with the support of the student union, she instituted the Indigenous course requirement, which requires students, regardless of their interests or disciplines, to take a certain number of credits focusing on Indigenous content. At the time, this made the University of Winnipeg one of two post-secondary institutions in Canada with any such requirement. Under her direction, the University also began incorporating Indigenous cultural elements in convocation ceremonies, and began performing land acknowledgments. In 2016, while still president of the University, she became a board member of Manitoba Hydro. She resigned from her board position in 2018. On March 3, 2020, Trimbee resigned from her position at the University of Winnipeg, taking up the presidency at MacEwan University.

Trimbee has identified herself as Metis since 2014, and is a member of the Manitoba Metis Federation.