Adrien Sala

Adrien Sala was born in Thompson, Manitoba. His family background is Spanish, French, and English. He graduated from College Jeanne-Sauve in south Winnipeg and went on to study business at the I.H Asper School of Business at the University of Manitoba. He started his career working with youth in care while serving non-profit organizations, and would later go on to leadership roles with community programs serving undershoused and gang involved youth in the West Broadway neighbourhood of Winnipeg. During his time managing a community jobs program supporting underhoused youth, he returned to the University of Manitoba to complete a Masters of Science degree focused on examining the ways in which homeless and underhoused youth were using information communication technologies for the purposes of accessing the resources and supports they needed to survive.

Sala would later begin a role as a provincial Civil Servant within the Department of Housing and Community Development where he worked in support of the delivery of social and affordable housing programming. In 2016, he took on a role within the financial services sector, eventually becoming the Director of Strategy and Operations for Assiniboine Credit Union, one of the largest community owned financial institutions in Manitoba. During this time, he studied project management at the University of Winnipeg and would later become accredited as a Project Management Professional (PMP). In the years prior to running for office, Adrien also served as a Board member with the John Howard Society of Manitoba, as well as with the Centre for Aboriginal Human Resource Development.

Sala is also a songwriter who released two solo albums, High Water Everywhere (2006) and Diamond in the Mind (2009) on the Dollartone Records label. He could often be seen performing at Winnipeg’s well known Times Changed High and Lonesome Club. He later recorded two albums with Winnipeg folk group Jackpine, Brand New Good Old Days (2009) and Cabbage (2010).