A 1976 graduate of the Mohawk College Television and Communication Arts Program, Amos has continued his education by studying Photographic Arts at Toronto Metropolitan (formally Ryerson) Polytechnical Institute, and has pursued studies in Sociology at the University of Western Ontario.

Amos is currently serving as Director of the First Nations Languages Program, at the Woodland Cultural Centre in Brantford, Ontario.

Over the years, Amos Key has demonstrated his strong commitment to the indigenous people of Canada through his current position, as well as his participation on numerous committees in the community. He is Chair of the Six Nations/New Credit Languages Committee; Ontario Member of the National Aboriginal Languages Steering Committee; Speaker and Founder of the Southern Onkwehon:we Nishnawbe Indigenous Communications Society (SONICS) Community Radio Station; Six Nations of the Grand River School Board Member; Member and National Jury Advisor to the 1994 "Music of Aboriginal Canada" Juno Awards; Advisor to the Task Force of Museums and First Peoples (Canadian Museums Association & Assembly of First Nations); and participates on several other community committees too numerous to list.

Amos has assisted with several educational initiatives including serving as a Committee Member on the University Consortium Advisory Committee; Advisor to the Brock University Faculty of Education; Advisor to the Ontario Ministry of Education Literacy Branch; Advisor to the Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Culture and Communications; Program Advisor to the Ministry of Economic Development and Trade, and has recently completed his term as Advisory Committee Member to the Mohawk College Language Studies Program.

In 1994, Amos was honoured as the recipient of the Premier's Award winner for Applied Arts. A $5000 bursary now exists in his name which directs an annual award to a student in his/her final year of a media studies program.

It is evident by his extensive involvement that Amos Key is a man who is truly dedicated to his community, his college, and the educational system in Ontario.

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