{"id":361,"date":"2024-12-04T06:32:34","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T06:32:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/?page_id=361"},"modified":"2026-06-09T16:29:27","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T16:29:27","slug":"our-team","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/en\/our-team\/","title":{"rendered":"Our Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"361\" class=\"elementor elementor-361\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a439367 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5a439367\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-39bc671e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"39bc671e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-471dc2be e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"471dc2be\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-38b59d4b e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"38b59d4b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-62c6d178 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"62c6d178\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tOur team consists of passionate individuals committed to advancing <em><strong>Reconciliation through Research<\/strong><\/em>. 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href=\"mailto:monique@braidingknowledges.ca\">monique@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-45a69f07-1403-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Monique Dub\u00e9<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Executive Director, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:monique@braidingknowledges.ca\">monique@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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Her strength is in finding solutions to complex, high profile, nexus environmental issues utilizing her experience and strong relationships with governments, industry, academia, Indigenous communities and the private sector.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Dr. Dub\u00e9 has published over 250 contributions and is a recognized expert in the field of cumulative effects assessment, environmental monitoring, and ecotoxicology. She has worked with municipalities, the energy sector, pulp and paper, base metal and uranium mining, agriculture and forestry. Her work has influenced policy and regulation, developed landmark agreements between industries, governments and Indigenous communities, ensured emergency preparedness and community protection, and resulted in development and commercialization of innovative technologies.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d8b8b about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d8b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Dr. Dub\u00e9\u2019s professional background includes President of Cumulative Effects Environmental Inc, Executive Director of the Canada-Alberta Oil Sands Monitoring Program, Chief Environmental Scientist at the Alberta Energy Regulator, Canada Research Chair and Associate Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, Environmental Director at Shell Canada and Total E&amp;P, and Research Scientist at Environment and Climate Change Canada. She has served on scientific advisory panels for the United Nations Environment Programme, UNESCO, and Canada\/U.S. partnerships and is a recipient of a United States National Council for Air and Stream Improvement, 10 Year Award of Excellence in Science, Alberta Energy Regulator Award of Excellence (Fort McMurray Fire Recovery Team), a Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council Synergy Award, was Canadian Geographic Scientist of the Year, and is a YWCA Woman of Distinction. Monique is passionate about supporting Indigenous communities, advancing women in science, is a licensed Emergency Medical Responder with the Alberta College of Paramedics, is an avid outdoor enthusiast and an ultramarathon endurance athlete. 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Humphries<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Co-Research Director, Braiding Knowledges Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Associate Professor, McGill Northern Research Chair, McGill University.<br><br>Director, Center for Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Nutrition and Environment.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:murray@braidingknowledges.ca\">murray@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe3dc90 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe3dc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Murray Humphries is a Canadian wildlife ecologist based at McGill University in Montr\u00e9al, Canada, whose research has successfully linked fundamental ecological research to the priorities and engagement of Indigenous communities in northern regions. Murray was born and raised in Brandon, Manitoba, has degrees from University of Manitoba (BSc, hons), University of Alberta (MSc) and McGill University (PhD), and was an NSERC Postdoctoral Fellow at University of Aberdeen, Scotland before returning to McGill to commence a faculty appointment in 2003. He is currently an Associate Professor of Wildlife Biology in the Department of Natural Resource Sciences at McGill University.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Since 2010, Prof. Humphries has served as academic director of McGill\u2019s Centre for Indigenous Peoples\u2019 Nutrition and Environment, an inter-disciplinary research centre dedicated to community-based research on food and the environment. Murray also holds the McGill Chair in Northern Research, funded by the Institut Nordique du Qu\u00e9bec. In this role, Murray initiated and currently leads McGill North, a network of northern and circumpolar researchers at McGill, including professors, post doctorates, and graduate students from 9 faculties and more than 20 departments\/units. The objective of McGill North is to promote, mobilize, and interdisciplinize northern, arctic, and circumpolar research at McGill, and to assist McGill researchers in northern community engagement and knowledge co-production. In 2017, Murray received an outstanding alumnus award from the University of Manitoba and was a member of the expert panel that generated the Council of Canadian Academies 2014 report on Aboriginal Food Security in Northern Canada. Murray co-led with Stan Boutin the Environmental Innovation NSERC-CREATE graduate training program based at McGill and the University of Alberta, which partnered with more than 75 non-government, government, industry, and Indigenous organizations to train 50 graduate students and postdocs for careers in wildlife conservation and environmental impact. Murray is currently serving as a returning co-chair of the Ecology and Evolution Review Panel for NSERC Discovery Grants, is a member of the synthesis team and serves on the board of directors for the NSERC Strategic Network ResNet, and sits on the Board of Directors for Wildlife Conservation Society Canada, a leading wildlife research and conservation NGO in Canada.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d8b8b about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d8b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Murray\u2019s career teaching contributions at McGill combine his love of teaching, passion for wildlife, and respect for people and livelihoods that depend on natural resources. Murray teaches under-graduate classes in organismal biology, natural history, and wildlife management. Most recently his teaching has expanded to a new Indigenous success pathway program, developed in partnership with Cree organization based in northern Quebec, to provide professional development training in fish and wildlife sciences for community officers.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df1712e about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df1712e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Murray\u2019s research focuses on environmental determinants of wildlife physiology, behaviour, and trophic interactions, as well as the contributions of wildlife conservation to the traditional food systems of Indigenous Peoples. This focus has led him to studies of the evolution of participatory methodologies in the natural sciences, the nature of community-university research partnerships, and documentation of the food knowledge and wildlife stewardship of northern Indigenous Peoples. As a scientist and researcher, Murray extends beyond academia by engaging Indigenous, government, and non-government organizations, in partnered research and graduate training that includes the knowledge and addresses the priorities of local people.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2bdd4b9 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2bdd4b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Murray\u2019s prairie roots and Montreal home are distant from many of Canada\u2019s mountain landscapes, but his mountain research experience includes studies of wildlife habitat selection and species coexistence in and around the St. Elias, Ogilvie, British, and Richardson Mountains in the Yukon, the Laurentian Mountains in Quebec, and the Adirondack Mountains in north-eastern United States. Murray has also hiked in the Rockies in Alberta and the Alps in Switzerland, Austria, and Italy and skied in Alberta\u2019s Rockies, BC\u2019s Coastal Range, and Wyoming\u2019s Grand Tetons. Closer to home, Murray focuses on the ecological and cultural significance of local highlands distant from the continent\u2019s major mountain systems, including places like the Turtle, Riding, Duck, and Porcupine Mountains along the Manitoba Escarpment and Mont Royal and Mont-St-Hilaire in Qu\u00e9bec\u2019s Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2354 post-2354 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-paulina-johnson-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-368\" alt=\"Dr. Paulina Johnson\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-paulina-johnson-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-paulina-johnson-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-paulina-johnson-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-paulina-johnson-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-paulina-johnson-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Paulina Johnson\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCo-Research Director\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a66e676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a66e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:paulina@braidingknowledges.ca\">paulina@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assistant Professor of Sociology &amp; Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environment and Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:paulina@braidingknowledges.ca\">paulina@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe3dc90 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe3dc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>S\u00eepihkok\u00eesikowiskwew nitisiyihk\u00e2son ekwa N\u00eahiyawiskwew nitohciyan Nipisihkopahk. My name is Blue Sky Woman, and I am a Four-Spirit Woman (She, Her, Hers) from Samson Cree Nation in Maskwac\u00ees, Alberta. Currently, I am an Assistant Professor of Sociology and an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Environment and Civil Engineering at the University of Alberta.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>I am an Indigenous scholar with over a decade of experience in developing insights and tools grounded in traditional law that help communities with consultation, community engagement, and Indigenous-settler relations. My areas of expertise are in traditional law and governance, Indigenous legal traditions, Indigenous-Settler relations, Consultation, and Community Engagement. Much of my research is directed towards Indigenous research methods and includes how Indigenous research should be conducted, how relationships with community and Nations should be maintained, and building the voices of Indigenous Elders and knowledge holders I have come to know. My hope is to build more resilient learning communities that are rooted in sharing truths, transparency, and humility. And though my work often lacks one clear path, I have faith that my culture and teachings will guide me.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-69d8b8b about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"69d8b8b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>In my culture, we believe in relationality and reciprocity and as Co-Research Director I will extend my sense of duty and care to mountain systems and the seven hubs already established.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df1712e about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"df1712e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Additionally, I am bound to my Treaty obligations of my grandfathers. I am a descendant of the signatories of Treaty 6, and with that, we are taught as children to be there for our brothers and sisters and in this position, I aim to uphold that knowledge with Dr. Humphries as Co-Research Directors but importantly the integrity of relationships created and maintained in BKC.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2355 post-2355 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjQ1YTY5ZjA3LTIzNTUtN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InRvZ2dsZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-369\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAinsley Skyes\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tOperations 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href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjQ1YTY5ZjA3LTIzNTUtN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6ImNsb3NlIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-times\" viewBox=\"0 0 352 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M242.72 256l100.07-100.07c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48l-22.24-22.24c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L176 189.28 75.93 89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-369\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/ainsley-sykes-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Ainsley Skyes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Operations Manager, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:ainsley@braidingknowledges.ca\">ainsley@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fe3dc90 about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"fe3dc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Ainsley joined the CMN now BKC in 2019 as the Research Coordinator and is now in the role of Operations Manager. Ainsley has over 20 years working at the University of Alberta in the Department of Biological Sciences. She has managed a multitude of projects from grant application to completion, including budgeting and financial oversight, risk management, ethics, and hiring and supervision of undergraduates, seasonal research assistants, and long-term staff.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">Ainsley holds a Bachelor of Science in Biology from University of Swansea (UK) and a Master of Science in Ecology and Environmental Biology from University of Alberta.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1415 post-1415 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjQ1YTY5ZjA3LTE0MTUtN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InRvZ2dsZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-370\" alt=\"Sandy Haydu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSandy Haydu\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGovernance Manager\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a66e676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a66e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:strategicadvisor@braidingknowledges.ca\">strategicadvisor@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-45a69f07-1415-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-370\" alt=\"Sandy Haydu\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/sandy-haydu-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Sandy Haydu<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governance Manager, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:strategicadvisor@braidingknowledges.ca\">strategicadvisor@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sandy joined the CMN now BKC in 2023 as the Strategic Advisor and is now in the role of Governance Manager. Sandy has over 25 years of experience managing complex projects in the environmental, energy, and service sectors, and extensive experience managing board and committee meetings for a large public organization. Her expertise spans program and project management, stakeholder engagement, facilitation, and change management, with a proven ability to lead multi-stakeholder initiatives and deliver measurable outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>Sandy holds an MBA from the University of Alberta and a BA in Political Science from the University of Calgary, along with professional certifications in Project Management and Change Management. She is passionate about driving innovation, improving processes, and fostering collaboration to achieve organizational success.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2356 post-2356 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjQ1YTY5ZjA3LTIzNTYtN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InRvZ2dsZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tJen Feikes\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tController (Contractor)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a66e676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a66e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:controller@braidingknowledges.ca\">controller@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-45a69f07-2356-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a8940bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Jen2_web_cropped-DSC07417-Enhanced-NR-Edit-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jen Feikes, Cpa, Cga<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Controller (Contractor), Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:controller@braidingknowledges.ca\">controller@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>As a designated professional accountant and senior finance consultant, Jen brings a wealth of experience in finance and accounting, primarily in the not-for-profit and public sectors, to her role with BKC. Specific areas of expertise include: planning and budgeting, accounting operations and systems, financial reporting, as well as performance management, governance, and risk. Based in Canmore, Alberta, Jen previously served as Accounting Manager for the Banff Centre and as Executive Director of the Bow Valley Learning Council. Jen received her PhD in Engineering Science from Oxford University and is a strong supporter of mountain research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1421 post-1421 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kirsten-bowser-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kirsten-bowser-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kirsten-bowser-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kirsten-bowser-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKirsten Bowser\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tScientific Engagement Coordinator\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a66e676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a66e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:kirsten@braidingknowledges.ca\">kirsten@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-45a69f07-1421-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Scientific Engagement Coordinator, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:kirsten@braidingknowledges.ca\">kirsten@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kirsten is a Montreal native but has lived and worked across Canada from Vancouver Island, BC to Machias Seal Island, NB. She joined CMN now BKC in September 2020 to support Murray Humphries, whom she met during her Bachelor\u2019s degree in wildlife biology at McGill, in his position as co-research Director. Kirsten holds a Master\u2019s of Science from the University of New Brunswick and has experience in ecological research as well as project management and nonprofit administration. She is motivated to acquire new skills, whether they be in the field, the lab, or at a desk. She is excited to learn from, and hopefully contribute to, the collective wealth of knowledge within the BKC.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1422 post-1422 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform 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elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a66e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:finance@braidingknowledges.ca\">finance@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-45a69f07-1422-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/charity-oisamoje-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Charity Oisamoje<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Financial Administrator, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:finance@braidingknowledges.ca\">finance@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Charity joined the Canadian Mountain Network now BKC in 2019 and is responsible for managing and accounting for the Network\u2019s financial transactions. In this role, she collaborates with a wide range of stakeholders, including with the finance department of the Network\u2019s host institution (the University of Alberta), funding partners, contractors\/suppliers, with the Network\u2019s bank and external auditors.<\/p>\n<p>Charity holds an MBA (with specialization in Finance) from Vancouver Island University, a Masters of Science in International Business from the University of Hertfordshire (UK), and a Bachelor\u2019s Degree in Accounting. She is a CPA Candidate and has 10+ years of progressive accounting and financial management experience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1424 post-1424 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberley-harbour-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberley-harbour-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberley-harbour-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberley-harbour-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKimberley Harbour\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKnowledge Mobilization Manager\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/kimberley-harbour-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kimberley Harbour<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Knowledge Mobilization Manager, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:kim@braidingknowledges.ca\">kim@braidingknowledges.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kimberley has been working with CMN now BKC since April of 2021 as the Events and Communications Coordinator.<\/p>\n<p>Kimberley has her Bachelor of Commerce degree from MacEwan University, and has taken courses in Barcelona on communications and business relationships. She has experience working across different industries and identifying the path that best increases knowledge mobilization.<\/p>\n<p>In addition to managing knowledge events and communications with the BKC, Kimberley is a certified fitness instructor!<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2357 post-2357 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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Webb\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCommunications and Design Specialist (Contractor)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a66e676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a66e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:artsciencedesign@gmail.com\">artsciencedesign@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"854\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Annie_Web-2DSC07330-Edit-2-1-959x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2401\" alt=\"\" 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Annie Webb<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Communications and Design Specialist (Contractor), Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:artsciencedesign@gmail.com\">artsciencedesign@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Annie has been working with the Canadian Mountain Network\u2014now Braiding Knowledges Canada\u2014since June 2019, leading content creation, science writing, and graphic design. As an independent contractor, she helps research networks, scientists, and initiatives effectively communicate science to diverse audiences, including fellow researchers, policy-makers, and the public.<\/p>\n<p>With a multidisciplinary background in science and fine arts (BFA, BSc, MSc), Annie is a seasoned bilingual writer, communicator, and graphic designer. Previously, she served as Director of Communications in the health sector and led communications for a renewable energy research network.<\/p>\n<p>Annie also offers freelance services in graphic design, illustration, web design, science writing, translation, and broader science communication.<\/p>\n<p>Explore her portfolio at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.artsciencedesign.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">artsciencedesign.org<\/a><\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2358 post-2358 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Kirsten_web_cropped-08609Kirsten-BKC-Headshot_Web-08609DSC08609-2-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Kirsten_web_cropped-08609Kirsten-BKC-Headshot_Web-08609DSC08609-2-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/BKC-Kirsten_web_cropped-08609Kirsten-BKC-Headshot_Web-08609DSC08609-2-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKirsten Aubrey\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tContent Creation Coordinator (Contractor)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kirsten Aubrey<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Content Creation Coordinator (Contractor), Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:kirsten@carbonlifemedia.com\">kirsten@carbonlifemedia.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kirsten Aubrey has worked with Braiding Knowledges Canada since 2024 as a media producer and communications specialist. Her work includes deeply understanding the core values, messages and principles that Braiding Knowledges Canada operates with, to create compelling communications materials tailored for diverse audiences.<\/p>\n<p>Her background is rooted in the Fine Arts. She received a BFA with a major in critical and cultural practices from Emily Carr University and a diploma in music composition and technology from Selkirk College. She maintains a studio art practice in fine art photography and practices community building through her involvement in the arts and music in Calgary Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Kirsten owns and operates Carbon Life Media, a media production studio based in Calgary Alberta. Specializing in video, photo and animation production, CLM serves a diverse array of clients. Her work can be viewed at www.carbonlifemedia.com<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1427 post-1427 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-staff\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget 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class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDigital Illustrator, Painter, and Traditional Artist (Contractor)\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6a66e676 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6a66e676\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"mailto:jlroberts94@gmail.com\">jlroberts94@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Jade-Roberts-1-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1247\" alt=\"\" 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elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jade Roberts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Digital Illustrator, Painter, and Traditional Artist (Contractor), Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:jlroberts94@gmail.com\">jlroberts94@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jade Roberts \u2013 educator and artist is a Woodland Cree woman from Lac La Ronge Indian Band in Northern Saskatchewan. She currently resides in Treaty 6 Territory in Saskatoon, SK. Roberts graduated with a Bachelor\u2019s of Education from ITEP at the University of Saskatchewan in 2018 and went on to teach an elementary art and Cree culture program for 6 years. Jade is now a full-time artist working with a variety of mediums including digital illustration, painting, and land-based projects. Jade\u2019s artwork often depicts colourful florals or animals and is influenced by her Cree culture and the land. Many of Jade\u2019s pieces are connected to stories and language as a way of honouring and remembering the teachings that have been passed down. You can find more of Jade\u2019s work at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jadeleviroberts.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.jadeleviroberts.com<\/a> or on Instagram @jadelevi_<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4042b7e6 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"4042b7e6\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51832dcf e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"51832dcf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24510bdd elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"24510bdd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Governance<\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-46189f22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"46189f22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board of Directors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a28f99d about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a28f99d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tBraiding Knowledges Canada (BKC) is a not-for-profit corporation under the Canada Not-for-profit Corporations Act, governed by its Articles of Incorporation and by-laws. 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12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichel Brazeau (Chair)\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRetired, Former Senior Executive Director, Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-385\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michel Brazeau<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Co-Chair: Braiding Knowledges Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Retired, Former Senior Executive Director, Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:michel.brazeau10@gmail.com\">michel.brazeau10@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prior to joining the Public Service through the Management Trainee Program at the Canadian Centre for Management Development in 1993, Michel was a teacher at West Island College and co-founder of Macdonald-Cartier Academy, a private French immersion high school. He\u2019s enjoyed a career of challenging assignments as a Policy Analyst in the Privy Council Office, Intergovernmental Affairs; as Senior Advisor to Minister Anne McLellan in her capacity as Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians; as Director of Aboriginal Research and Socio-Economic Development at Human Resources Development Canada; in his role of Departmental Senior Official of Values and Ethics under three Deputy Ministers; and, was the founding Senior Executive Director of the Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion and the Chair of the Federal Indigenous Executive Network during his last executive assignment upon retiring in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2011, following 12 years of service in various senior management positions with the Canada School of Public Service, Michel assumed the role of Senior Director of Executive Services and Talent Management at Natural Resources Canada, prior to joining Justice Canada in September 2014, as Director General of the Human Resources Branch.<\/p>\n<p>Michel holds a Master in Education and a Bachelor of Arts with concentration in Mathematics from University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Theology from Saint Paul University as well as a Diploma in Education from McGill University, and is a former member of the University of Saint Paul Ethics Committee and recipient of the 2004 Saint Paul University Alumnus of the Year Award for his accomplishments in advancing public service policy and leadership development programs grounded in Indigenous culture, co-development and reconciliation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1431 post-1431 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish 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class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLawrence Ignace (Vice Chair)\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhD Candidate, University of Victoria. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-d2e77a5-1431-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lawrence Ignace<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Vice Chair, Member, Research Management Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD Candidate, University of Victoria.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:lawri72@hotmail.com\">lawri72@hotmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lawrence Ignace is Anishinaabe from Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation within Treaty 3 Northwestern Ontario. He holds a Masters in Public Administration with an emphasis on Natural Resources Policy from the University of Alaska Southeast. His relationship with mountains significantly strengthened over a decade ago when he moved to Whitehorse, Yukon. During this time, he has held positions with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Carcross\/Tagish First Nation, Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research and Yukon government. He has a passion for advancing the understanding and use of Indigenous Knowledge. As a PhD student at University of Victoria, his research focuses on the intersection of science and Indigenous knowledge and how we can learn from both worlds to shift our understanding. He is active on the Reference Group for the appropriate review of Indigenous research established by the three federal research funding agencies and Protect our Winters Science Alliance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1432 post-1432 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alida-oegema-thomas-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alida-oegema-thomas-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alida-oegema-thomas-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alida-oegema-thomas-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/alida-oegema-thomas-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAlida Oegema Thomas (Secretary)\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Analyst, Policy and Planning, First Nations Health Authority \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-d2e77a5-1432-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf 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75.93 89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alida Oegema Thomas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Secretary and Chair, Governance Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Analyst, Policy and Planning, First Nations Health Authority<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:aoegemathomas@gmail.com\">aoegemathomas@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alida Oegema-Thomas is a second-generation Dutch-Canadian living on the unceded territory of the Skwxw\u00fa7mesh \u00daxwumixw (Squamish Nation) in the Coast Mountains of BC. She currently works in First Nations led-and-directed health policy, has diverse experience in labour relations, international and community development, and community-based environmental and social research. She holds a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) from the University of British Columbia (UBC), with a research focus on climate justice, gender equity, and human rights in public policy. Alida is a runner, triathlete, and avid supporter of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1433 post-1433 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in 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data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lynne Hately<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Treasurer and Chair Finance Audit and Risk Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Director, Nature Conservancy of Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:lhately@telus.net\">lhately@telus.net<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lynne Hately, CGA, CPA, and CFRE is Director of Development and Communications, Alberta Region with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Canada\u2019s leading national land conservation organization. She has worked with non profits for more than twenty years focused on the environment, international development and youth development, including in indigenous communities. Lynne has a MA in International Development Studies from Carleton University and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. She is also a professional fundraiser and holds the Certified Fund Raising Executive credential. 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Borland<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Environmental Professional; President of Borland &amp; Associates Inc.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Bill Borland is an Environmental Professional and is the President of Borland &amp;\u00a0Associates Inc. in Rothesay, NB. He has held senior environmental management and\u00a0government relations positions with Dillon Consulting, Associate; AMEC Environment\u00a0and Infrastructure, Vice President, Canadian Federal Programs; J.D. Irving, Limited,\u00a0Director Environmental Affairs and NB Power, Manager Environmental Planning. Bill Chaired the Board of the Canadian Water Network and sat on the Boards of the Canadian Rivers Institute, NB Research &amp;amp; Productivity Council and Enovex Inc. He was\u00a0appointed to the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE)\u00a0where he Co-Chaired the Boreal Forest Program and sat on the Expert Advisory\u00a0Committee on Water. He is a member of the Standing Selection Committee (Chair) and\u00a0the Monitoring Committee of the Networks of Centres of Excellence, as well as the\u00a0Board of ECO Canada. He sits on several Selection Committees for NSERC and New\u00a0Frontiers, and the Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee for the Canada Foundation\u00a0for Innovation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2360 post-2360 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tErinn Drage\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tExecutive Officer, World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for Conservation of Nature. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-d2e77a5-2360-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full e-flex e-con 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89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-391\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/erinn-drage-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erinn Drage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Governance Committee, Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Executive Officer, World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for Conservation of Nature.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:erinndrage@gmail.com\">erinndrage@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Erinn Drage is a conservation social scientist and environmental filmmaker who calls Treaty 7 Territory in Canmore, Alberta home. She is currently pursuing a PhD in Environmental Social Sciences at Stanford University. In her research, Erinn is exploring the political and economic dimensions of biodiversity conservation, with a focus on community-led stewardship and the role economic valuation in shaping conservation outcomes.Alongside her work in academia and conservation policy, she has guided expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica and has written, edited, and directed award-winning documentary films. When not pursuing her intellectual passions, she can usually be found trail running, mountain biking, or backcountry skiing in the nearest mountain ranges.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1438 post-1438 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ImQyZTc3YTUtMTQzOC03ZGExZDRmNSIsImRpc3BsYXlNb2RlIjoidG9nZ2xlIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-florence-glanfield-image.png\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-392\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-florence-glanfield-image.png 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-florence-glanfield-image-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-florence-glanfield-image-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-florence-glanfield-image-12x12.png 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-florence-glanfield-image-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Florence Glanfield\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVice-Provost, Indigenous Programming and Research, University of Alberta. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-d2e77a5-1438-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a8940bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fd8817e elementor-view-stacked elementor-shape-square elementor-widget elementor-widget-icon\" data-id=\"5fd8817e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"icon.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-icon-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-icon\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Aclose%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ImQyZTc3YTUtMTQzOC03ZGExZDRmNSIsImRpc3BsYXlNb2RlIjoiY2xvc2UifQ%3D%3D\">\n\t\t\t<svg aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"e-font-icon-svg e-fas-times\" viewBox=\"0 0 352 512\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\"><path d=\"M242.72 256l100.07-100.07c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48l-22.24-22.24c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L176 189.28 75.93 89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Florence Glanfield<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vice-Provost, Indigenous Programming and Research, University of Alberta.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:glanfiel@ualberta.ca\">glanfiel@ualberta.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Glanfield is currently Vice-Provost (Indigenous Programming and Research) and a Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Secondary Education. She is an Affiliated Faculty member with the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development at the University of Alberta. She earned her PhD in 2003 studying mathematics teacher understanding as an emergent phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Glanfield worked at the University of Saskatchewan, College of Education (1999 \u2013 2007) and began her tenure at the University of Alberta in July 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Glanfield is a citizen of the M\u00e9tis Nation of Alberta, born and raised in Northeastern Alberta. Dr Glanfield\u2019s research interests explore the experiences that individuals (teachers and learners) as well as collectives of learners \/ communities have with mathematics and learning mathematics. Dr Glanfield collaborates with colleagues and has engaged in research projects with Canadian Indigenous communities, urban Aboriginal youth, elementary &amp; secondary mathematics teachers, and teachers and teacher educators in Tanzania and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Two of Dr Glanfield\u2019s current research projects are with colleagues across Canada around the ways in which Indigenous and \u2018Western\u2019 knowledge systems interact in mathematics and science education.<br \/>\nAs Chair of the Department of Secondary Education (2012 \u2013 2019), Dr. Glanfield began exploring pathways for Indigenous languages speakers to become certified teachers in the province of Alberta.<br \/>\nDr Glanfield\u2019s career has included opportunities to work with students and teachers in all regions of Canada, in the US, in Tanzania and in Rwanda; teach high school mathematics; work with the Alberta Ministry of Education to develop provincial mathematics curriculum, participate in implementation of provincial curriculum, develop student assessment materials; and organize national and international fora.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Glanfield\u2019s been actively involved in, and has served in leadership roles with provincial (Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers\u2019 Association), national (Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group), and international professional organizations (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, TODOS: Mathematics for ALL, and the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1434 post-1434 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors 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class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Myrle Ballard\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCanada Research Chair, Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-d2e77a5-1434-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Myrle Ballard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Canada Research Chair, Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Myrle Ballard is a Canada Research Chair in Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Earth, Energy, and Environment at the University of Calgary. She stood-up the new Indigenous Science Division at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Anishinaabe from Lake St. Martin First Nation, Dr. Ballard\u2019s research explores Three-eyed seeing and how her fluency in Anishinaabe mowin can transform approaches to land and water resource management using Anishinaabe mowin baseline indicators. She has researched and documented the forced displacement and relocation of communities from flooding, as well as research on climate change and weather. She was recently selected as Lead Author on IPCC AR7 WG III Chapter 4 Sustainable Development and<\/p>\n<p>Mitigation. She was also appointed as a Scoping expert for the second IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services; and Expert for the IPBES task force on Indigenous and local knowledge. 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Talon-Giroux-Headshot-12x12.jpeg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Talon-Giroux-Headshot.jpeg 1898w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Talon Giroux<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Director, Dreamspeakers Film Festival Society<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Talon Giroux is a 2025 Youth Leadership Recipient of the Okim\u00e2w Awards in partnership with the City of Edmonton and a dedicated community builder based in Edmonton, Alberta. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Dreamspeakers Film Festival Society, where he advocates for Indigenous representation and youth engagement in arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p>With a background in administration, communications, and Indigenous-led organizations, Talon has built a strong foundation in governance, public relations, and community advocacy. His work reflects a deep commitment to uplifting Indigenous voices, strengthening relationships between generations, and creating meaningful change through collaboration and storytelling.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2365 post-2365 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Maurice Manyfingers\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector of Indigenous Relations and 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Maurice Manyfingers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Governance Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation with Bow Valley College<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:mauricemanyfingers2017@gmail.com\">mauricemanyfingers2017@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My name is Dr. Maurice Manyfingers, and I am a member of the Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe) of the Blackfoot Confederacy of Treaty 7 or Siksikaitsitapi.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently the Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation with Bow Valley College in Calgary, Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Bow Valley College, I was President of Old Sun Community College on the Siksika Nation where I served a three-year term. I have also worked for the Piikani Board of Education, the Kainai Board of Education, and the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic School Division. During this time, I have worked as a classroom teacher, school principal, superintendent and college president.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, I have worked for the Government of Alberta (Alberta Learning), where I was the Director of the Aboriginal Services Branch. I also worked for the Government of Canada (Indigenous Services Branch) as the Manager of Education in the Alberta Region.<\/p>\n<p>I have two adult children (Darris and Demi) and one granddaughter (Vera) and another granddaughter on the way.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to serving on the Canadian Mountain Network now BKC\u2019s Board in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2366 post-2366 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex 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e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Emily-McAuley-LowRes-1024x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-1256\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Emily-McAuley-LowRes-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, 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data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Emily McAuley<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director, Fisheries &amp; Oceans Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:emily.mcauley@agr.gc.ca\">emily.mcauley@agr.gc.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Emily Missyabit McAuley is a member of Lake Manitoba First Nation and was born and raised in Algonquin Anishinaabeg Territory in Ottawa. She received an M.Sc. in Biology (Behavioural Ecology &amp; Evolution) from Carleton University in 2009 and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Conservation Ecology) from Simon Fraser University in 2020. Her Ph.D. thesis examined the food web impacts of native fish introductions into naturally fishless river systems across the Western Cordillera and resulting migratory behavior and breeding distribution of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Her research interests include food web interactions, species distribution modeling, geomatics, stable isotopes, citizen science, and Indigenous Science. Emily has nearly a decade of experience fostering federal-Indigenous research partnerships and supporting the braiding of knowledge systems.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2361 post-2361 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6ImQyZTc3YTUtMjM2MS03ZGExZDRmNSIsImRpc3BsYXlNb2RlIjoidG9nZ2xlIn0%3D\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"480\" height=\"640\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2405\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShannon Flint\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Deputy Minister, Alberta Infrastructure \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shannon Flint<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Former Deputy Minister, Alberta 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Shannon Flint served as Deputy Minister of Alberta Infrastructure. As Deputy Minister, Shannon led over 900 ministry staff responsible for the delivery of major capital projects\u00a0totalling over $26.6 billion. Capital projects include learning, health, and government-owned facilities. Shannon was an active steward of developing and maintaining a\u00a0citizen-centered public service by driving ministry outcomes and fostering cross-ministry\u00a0collaboration. As a proponent of innovation, Shannon drove the ministry toward\u00a0advanced systems thinking and proactive problem-solving in the development of\u00a0strategic Infrastructure solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her role as Deputy Minister at Alberta Infrastructure, Shannon served as\u00a0Assistant Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Small and Medium Sized\u00a0Enterprises at Economic Development and Trade. In this role, Shannon advanced\u00a0strategies and initiatives to enhance support for industry and collaborated with\u00a0communities and stakeholders to foster regional economic development. As head of the\u00a0Division, she led the development of a $178 million program for investor and investment\u00a0tax credits as well as a $20 million program for regional and community development.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon transitioned to Economic Development and Trade from her preceding role as\u00a0Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy and Planning at Environment and Parks, where she\u00a0was accountable for strategic leadership in the development of planning and policy\u00a0frameworks, strategic relationships, and programs focused on air, climate change, water, land, forestry, biodiversity, fish and wildlife. As Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy\u00a0and Planning, Shannon led a division of over 300 people with a budget of $400 million.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon holds a Bachelor of Management from the University of Lethbridge and an\u00a0Administrative Management Diploma from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. She has filled progressively responsible roles throughout her 43 years with the Alberta government, and continues to foster relationship building, strategic collaboration, and innovation now and into the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2363 post-2363 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jessus Karst<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biodiversity Policy Advisor, M\u00e9tis National Council<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Jessus Karst is a citizen of M\u00e9tis Nation Saskatchewan with maternal M\u00e9tis family roots tied to\u00a0the Qu\u2019Appelle Valley and German\/Irish roots on his paternal side. He is the Biodiversity Policy\u00a0Advisor for the M\u00e9tis National Council, which involves advocating nationally for the M\u00e9tis Nation\u00a0in work related to species, water, and food security.\u00a0 He also works internationally advocating\u00a0for Indigenous Peoples rights in the U.N Convention on Biological Diversity, Ramsar, and the\u00a0UN Water conferences. Jessus is a member of the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge sub-committee of COSEWIC and sits on several other committees related to Species at Risk and\u00a0invasive species in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>His 20-year career in biology and conservation has included working for non-profit\u00a0organizations, as well as federal and provincial governments.\u00a0 As a field biologist, he has been\u00a0fortunate enough to study different parts of Nature: from water, fish, and invertebrates to plants\u00a0and ecosystem studies, as well as birds, reptiles, small mammals and game species. Jessus is a proud father of two boys and proud uncle to his nieces and nephew. He lives and works in Regina, SK, in Treaty four and the Homeland of the M\u00e9tis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2369 post-2369 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform 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356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-398\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Mark Prystupa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Finance Audit and Risk Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General Manager, Vale.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:prystupa@hotmail.com\">prystupa@hotmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Mark Prystupa earned his Ph.D. in geography with research in Yukon and went on to be a university professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury. He left academia to take a position with the Government of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife before joining the federal government in Ottawa. He worked with Suncor Energy in Calgary and now works for Vale Base Metals in Sudbury. All of this work has focussed on Indigenous peoples and resource management. Mark has been fortunate to have done this work throughout much of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Mark loves the mountains. He once camped in the Yukon mountains alone for a few months. Skiing, hiking, and being on the water are what he likes to do most. Mark also likes to play soccer. He has two children who live in New Brunswick and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2371 post-2371 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWendy Wan\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Consultant \u2013 Humanity Financial Management Inc.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-d2e77a5-2371-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"5a8940bf\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\" 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356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wendy Wan, Cpa, Cfe<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Finance Audit and Risk Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Consultant \u2013 Humanity Financial Management Inc.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:wendywanyi123@yahoo.com\">wendywanyi123@yahoo.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wendy is a Senior Consultant with Humanity Financial Management Inc., specializing in providing accounting and financial management advisory services to not-for-profit organizations and Indigenous communities. She brings over 10 years of accounting and audit experience in both public practice and not-for-profit sector, as well as her understanding of corporate governance. As a passionate volunteer, she had significant involvement in local charities and industry associations.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy was designated as CPA, CGA in Canada in 2008, after completing her Master of Professional Accounting degree with CPA designation in Australia in 2005. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Living in Vancouver, Wendy enjoys hiking on a sunny day and reading on a raining day. Canadian mountains are Wendy\u2019s favourite place for wonder and resilience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2368 post-2368 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content 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class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhD, Vice President Research, Aurora College\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-d2e77a5-2368-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div 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elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2410\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chris Paci<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD, Vice President Research, Aurora College<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Chris joined Aurora College in 2024 as Vice President Research based in Yellowknife. Previous to that he worked in the Ontario College system as a Dean, Associate Dean and Chair. Chris has taught and\u00a0developed curriculum (course and program development) at both colleges and universities. Chris has previously worked in the north for the territorial government, as a business owner (Deep Consulting Inc), executive assistant to the Chiefs of the Yellowknives Dene, manager of lands and environment for the Dene Nation, and as an advisor to the Arctic Athabaskan Council. Chris has numerous publications and he holds an interdisciplinary PhD from the University of Manitoba, Natural Resources Institute (2000). His oldest children both live and work in the Northwest Territories. In addition to his role on the Board of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (Finance Committee), he is Vice President of the Yellowknife Ski Club, Director on Cross Country Northwest Territories and the Sport North Federation. Chris holds an interdisciplinary Phd from the University of Manitoba (2000), Masters from Carleton University (1995), and undergraduate degree from University of Winnipeg (1993).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2364 post-2364 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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wp-image-2408\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot.jpeg 1039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMegan L\u00e9gar\u00e9\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhD student, McGill 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"535\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-1024x685.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2408\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot.jpeg 1039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Megan L\u00e9gar\u00e9<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD student, McGill University<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Megan is a PhD student in Family Medicine at McGill University, of Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka and European settler heritage, and is committed to amplifying Indigenous youth voices in research and decision-making. Her doctoral research in Nunavik explores how intergenerational dialogues can improve Nunavik youth house services. She has expertise in community-based and participatory research, youth engagement, and program evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Megan has contributed to various community health initiatives and youth empowerment programming. This includes co-creating content and evaluating a national youth generativity and reconciliation conference through her work at the Student\u2019s Commission of Canada, as well as volunteering at the Kahnawake School of Diabetes Prevention Program.<\/p>\n<p>Through her work, Megan is dedicated to promoting Indigenous led, culturally grounded pathways that enhance community well-being and self-determination.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2367 post-2367 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kim Neale<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founder, Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc2)<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kim Neale is a regenerative economies futurist, environmental engineer, and economist who braids Indigenous knowledge with 20 years of experience in nature-related finance product design, insurance, and environmental risk management. With ancestral roots that are mixed \u2013 settler (French\/English) and Anishinaabe \u2014 her journey of re-connection with Anishinaabe cultural teachings and her own ancestral lineage has been shaped by her time living and in relationship with the knowledge-sharers, lands, and waters of Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island).<\/p>\n<p>Kim is the founder of Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc\u00b2), where she co-creatively works on a wide range of community-led nature-based solutions, supporting the development of Indigenous-led regenerative financing mechanisms and standards like capital methodologies, land trusts, and resilience\/biocultural diversity\/stewardship credits. Since 2020, she has also held several leadership roles at national not-for-profit organizations, co-designing the first Two-Eyed Seeing Natural Asset Inventory frameworks and supporting the launch of new funding programs for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and NbS knowledge hubs. In addition to serving on the Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC) board, Kim is also a board member for the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC) and has served as an advisor to the First Nations National Guardians Network (NGN) Indigenous-led Natural Climate Solutions (ILNCS) fund. As a regenerative economies\u2019 futurist, her work is focused on advancing Indigenous-led regenerative economies, co-governance models, and decolonized evaluation frameworks that restore balance with Mother Earth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2370 post-2370 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vicki Sahanatien, PhD<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Knowledge and Research Manager, Lands and Resources Department, Mushkegowuk Council<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vicki is an ecologist and a Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka (Mohawk) from Wahta First Nation, Ontario. She has degrees from the University of Guelph (BSc), York University (MES), and University of Alberta (PhD) and is currently the Knowledge and Research Manager, Lands and Resources, Mushkegowuk Council. Mushkegowuk Council represents and serves seven Cree Nations in northern Ontario. Vicki has been immersed in protected areas management, research, and monitoring her entire life. She applies her expertise to supporting Indigenous conservation of lands, waters, and ocean: currently in northern Ontario, and previously in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and coastal British Columbia. She began her career as a national park patrolperson (aka guardian), then in the 1990s she became the first woman Chief Park Warden (now called Resource Conservation Manager) in Canada at Ivvavik National Park located on the Beaufort Sea coast. She adopted the Arctic as her home from 1993 until 2021, living, working and travelling across the northernmost reaches of NWT and Nunavut. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Alida Oegema Thomas<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Secretary and Chair, Governance Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Analyst, Policy and Planning, First Nations Health Authority<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:aoegemathomas@gmail.com\">aoegemathomas@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Alida Oegema-Thomas is a second-generation Dutch-Canadian living on the unceded territory of the Skwxw\u00fa7mesh \u00daxwumixw (Squamish Nation) in the Coast Mountains of BC. She currently works in First Nations led-and-directed health policy, has diverse experience in labour relations, international and community development, and community-based environmental and social research. She holds a Master of Public Policy and Global Affairs (MPPGA) from the University of British Columbia (UBC), with a research focus on climate justice, gender equity, and human rights in public policy. Alida is a runner, triathlete, and avid supporter of women\u2019s sports.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2373 post-2373 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-governance-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in 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elementor-size-default\">Jessus Karst<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biodiversity Policy Advisor, M\u00e9tis National Council<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Jessus Karst is a citizen of M\u00e9tis Nation Saskatchewan with maternal M\u00e9tis family roots tied to the Qu\u2019Appelle Valley and German\/Irish roots on his paternal side. He is the Biodiversity Policy Advisor for the M\u00e9tis National Council, which involves advocating nationally for the M\u00e9tis Nation in work related to species, water, and food security. He also works internationally advocating for Indigenous Peoples rights in the U.N Convention on Biological Diversity, Ramsar, and the UN Water conferences. Jessus is a member of the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge sub-committee of COSEWIC and sits on several other committees related to Species at Risk and invasive species in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>His 20-year career in biology and conservation has included working for non-profit organizations, as well as federal and provincial governments. As a field biologist, he has been fortunate enough to study different parts of Nature: from water, fish, and invertebrates to plants and ecosystem studies, as well as birds, reptiles, small mammals and game species. Jessus is a proud father of two boys and proud uncle to his nieces and nephew. He lives and works in Regina, SK, in Treaty four and the Homeland of the M\u00e9tis.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2374 post-2374 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-governance-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Maurice Manyfingers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Governance Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation with Bow Valley College<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My name is Dr. Maurice Manyfingers, and I am a member of the Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe) of the Blackfoot Confederacy of Treaty 7 or Siksikaitsitapi.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently the Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation with Bow Valley College in Calgary, Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Bow Valley College, I was President of Old Sun Community College on the Siksika Nation where I served a three-year term. I have also worked for the Piikani Board of Education, the Kainai Board of Education, and the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic School Division. During this time, I have worked as a classroom teacher, school principal, superintendent and college president.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, I have worked for the Government of Alberta (Alberta Learning), where I was the Director of the Aboriginal Services Branch. 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lynne-hately-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lynne-hately-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lynne-hately-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lynne-hately-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lynne-hately-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lynne Hately<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Treasurer and Chair Finance Audit and Risk Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Director, Nature Conservancy of Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:lhately@telus.net\">lhately@telus.net<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lynne Hately, CGA, CPA, and CFRE is Director of Development and Communications, Alberta Region with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, Canada\u2019s leading national land conservation organization. She has worked with non profits for more than twenty years focused on the environment, international development and youth development, including in indigenous communities. Lynne has a MA in International Development Studies from Carleton University and a BA (Hons) in Psychology from the University of Western Ontario. She is also a professional fundraiser and holds the Certified Fund Raising Executive credential. Lynne lives in Canmore, Alberta, where she enjoys everything to do with mountains.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2361 post-2361 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tShannon Flint\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFormer Deputy Minister, Alberta Infrastructure \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" 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class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2405\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1.jpeg 480w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shannon-Flint-Headshot-1-rotated-1-9x12.jpeg 9w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Shannon Flint<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Former Deputy Minister, Alberta 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Shannon Flint served as Deputy Minister of Alberta Infrastructure. As Deputy Minister, Shannon led over 900 ministry staff responsible for the delivery of major capital projects\u00a0totalling over $26.6 billion. Capital projects include learning, health, and government-owned facilities. Shannon was an active steward of developing and maintaining a\u00a0citizen-centered public service by driving ministry outcomes and fostering cross-ministry\u00a0collaboration. As a proponent of innovation, Shannon drove the ministry toward\u00a0advanced systems thinking and proactive problem-solving in the development of\u00a0strategic Infrastructure solutions.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to her role as Deputy Minister at Alberta Infrastructure, Shannon served as\u00a0Assistant Deputy Minister of Economic Development and Small and Medium Sized\u00a0Enterprises at Economic Development and Trade. In this role, Shannon advanced\u00a0strategies and initiatives to enhance support for industry and collaborated with\u00a0communities and stakeholders to foster regional economic development. As head of the\u00a0Division, she led the development of a $178 million program for investor and investment\u00a0tax credits as well as a $20 million program for regional and community development.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon transitioned to Economic Development and Trade from her preceding role as\u00a0Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy and Planning at Environment and Parks, where she\u00a0was accountable for strategic leadership in the development of planning and policy\u00a0frameworks, strategic relationships, and programs focused on air, climate change, water, land, forestry, biodiversity, fish and wildlife. As Assistant Deputy Minister of Policy\u00a0and Planning, Shannon led a division of over 300 people with a budget of $400 million.<\/p>\n<p>Shannon holds a Bachelor of Management from the University of Lethbridge and an\u00a0Administrative Management Diploma from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. She has filled progressively responsible roles throughout her 43 years with the Alberta government, and continues to foster relationship building, strategic collaboration, and innovation now and into the future.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2368 post-2368 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2410\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Chris Paci\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhD, Vice President Research, Aurora College\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-5a65d047-2368-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div 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elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"534\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2410\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-2048x1366.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/ChrisPaci28_Aug24-1-scaled-1-18x12.jpg 18w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Chris Paci<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD, Vice President Research, Aurora College<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Chris joined Aurora College in 2024 as Vice President Research based in Yellowknife. Previous to that he worked in the Ontario College system as a Dean, Associate Dean and Chair. Chris has taught and\u00a0developed curriculum (course and program development) at both colleges and universities. Chris has previously worked in the north for the territorial government, as a business owner (Deep Consulting Inc), executive assistant to the Chiefs of the Yellowknives Dene, manager of lands and environment for the Dene Nation, and as an advisor to the Arctic Athabaskan Council. Chris has numerous publications and he holds an interdisciplinary PhD from the University of Manitoba, Natural Resources Institute (2000). His oldest children both live and work in the Northwest Territories. In addition to his role on the Board of the Association of Canadian Universities for Northern Studies (Finance Committee), he is Vice President of the Yellowknife Ski Club, Director on Cross Country Northwest Territories and the Sport North Federation. Chris holds an interdisciplinary Phd from the University of Manitoba (2000), Masters from Carleton University (1995), and undergraduate degree from University of Winnipeg (1993).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2376 post-2376 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjVhNjVkMDQ3LTIzNzYtN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InRvZ2dsZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-398\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Mark Prystupa\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tGeneral Manager, Vale. 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89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-398\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-mark-prystupa-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Mark Prystupa<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Finance Audit and Risk Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">General Manager, Vale.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:prystupa@hotmail.com\">prystupa@hotmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Mark Prystupa earned his Ph.D. in geography with research in Yukon and went on to be a university professor at Laurentian University in Sudbury. He left academia to take a position with the Government of the Northwest Territories in Yellowknife before joining the federal government in Ottawa. He worked with Suncor Energy in Calgary and now works for Vale Base Metals in Sudbury. All of this work has focussed on Indigenous peoples and resource management. Mark has been fortunate to have done this work throughout much of Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Mark loves the mountains. He once camped in the Yukon mountains alone for a few months. Skiing, hiking, and being on the water are what he likes to do most. Mark also likes to play soccer. He has two children who live in New Brunswick and New Zealand.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2377 post-2377 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tWendy Wan\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tSenior Consultant \u2013 Humanity Financial Management Inc.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-400\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/wendy-wan-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Wendy Wan, Cpa, Cfe<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Finance Audit and Risk Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Senior Consultant \u2013 Humanity Financial Management Inc.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:wendywanyi123@yahoo.com\">wendywanyi123@yahoo.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Wendy is a Senior Consultant with Humanity Financial Management Inc., specializing in providing accounting and financial management advisory services to not-for-profit organizations and Indigenous communities. She brings over 10 years of accounting and audit experience in both public practice and not-for-profit sector, as well as her understanding of corporate governance. As a passionate volunteer, she had significant involvement in local charities and industry associations.<\/p>\n<p>Wendy was designated as CPA, CGA in Canada in 2008, after completing her Master of Professional Accounting degree with CPA designation in Australia in 2005. She is also a Certified Fraud Examiner of the United States.<\/p>\n<p>Living in Vancouver, Wendy enjoys hiking on a sunny day and reading on a raining day. Canadian mountains are Wendy\u2019s favourite place for wonder and resilience.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2367 post-2367 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjVhNjVkMDQ3LTIzNjctN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InRvZ2dsZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-768x810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2409\" alt=\"\" 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elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFounder, Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc2) \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-5a65d047-2367-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founder, Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc2)<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kim Neale is a regenerative economies futurist, environmental engineer, and economist who braids Indigenous knowledge with 20 years of experience in nature-related finance product design, insurance, and environmental risk management. With ancestral roots that are mixed \u2013 settler (French\/English) and Anishinaabe \u2014 her journey of re-connection with Anishinaabe cultural teachings and her own ancestral lineage has been shaped by her time living and in relationship with the knowledge-sharers, lands, and waters of Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island).<\/p>\n<p>Kim is the founder of Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc\u00b2), where she co-creatively works on a wide range of community-led nature-based solutions, supporting the development of Indigenous-led regenerative financing mechanisms and standards like capital methodologies, land trusts, and resilience\/biocultural diversity\/stewardship credits. Since 2020, she has also held several leadership roles at national not-for-profit organizations, co-designing the first Two-Eyed Seeing Natural Asset Inventory frameworks and supporting the launch of new funding programs for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and NbS knowledge hubs. In addition to serving on the Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC) board, Kim is also a board member for the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC) and has served as an advisor to the First Nations National Guardians Network (NGN) Indigenous-led Natural Climate Solutions (ILNCS) fund. As a regenerative economies\u2019 futurist, her work is focused on advancing Indigenous-led regenerative economies, co-governance models, and decolonized evaluation frameworks that restore balance with Mother Earth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-484500de e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"484500de\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4766c2b5 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"4766c2b5\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Erinn Drage<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Governance Committee, Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Executive Officer, World Commission on Protected Areas, International Union for Conservation of Nature.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:erinndrage@gmail.com\">erinndrage@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget 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She is currently pursuing a PhD in Environmental Social Sciences at Stanford University. In her research, Erinn is exploring the political and economic dimensions of biodiversity conservation, with a focus on community-led stewardship and the role economic valuation in shaping conservation outcomes.Alongside her work in academia and conservation policy, she has guided expeditions in the Arctic and Antarctica and has written, edited, and directed award-winning documentary films. When not pursuing her intellectual passions, she can usually be found trail running, mountain biking, or backcountry skiing in the nearest mountain ranges.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2379 post-2379 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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Anderson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Indigenous Relations Specialist at Farm Credit Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Sara Anderson (she\/her) comes from a mixed background of German Mennonite and Indigenous heritage. As the daughter of a Sixties Scoop survivor, her ongoing learning and reconnection journey has shaped her commitment to Indigenous self-determination, ethical research practices, and the responsibilities of settlers and institutions within Indigenous\u2013settler relations.<\/p>\n<p>Sara holds a Master of Arts from the School of Indigenous and Canadian Studies at Carleton University, alongside a Graduate Certificate in Indigenous Policy and Administration from Carleton\u2019s School of Public Policy and Administration. Her academic and professional work is grounded in Indigenous policy and research ethics, with a particular focus on how institutions can support Indigenous leadership, data sovereignty, and community-driven knowledge systems.<\/p>\n<p>She brings over a decade of experience across the non-profit, academic, and Crown corporation sectors. From 2015 to 2020, Sara worked at KAIROS Canada, where she supported national Indigenous education initiatives, including the KAIROS Blanket Exercise, contributing to large-scale public and institutional learning on colonial history and reconciliation. From 2020 to 2025, she served as Senior Manager, Indigenous Research in the Office of the Vice-President, Research &amp;amp; International at the University of Waterloo, where she led the development of Indigenous research policies, protocols, and institutional frameworks grounded in relational accountability and Indigenous priorities.<\/p>\n<p>Sara currently works as an Indigenous Relations Specialist at Farm Credit Canada, supporting national Indigenous engagement, research, and data initiatives related to agriculture, food systems, and economic reconciliation.<\/p>\n<p>Sara is committed to Indigenous research practices that shift decision-making power to Indigenous Nations and organizations, operationalize data sovereignty and consent, and hold institutions accountable for ethical, community-driven research across the full research lifecycle.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2380 post-2380 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" 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elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Myrle Ballard is a Canada Research Chair in Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Earth, Energy, and Environment at the University of Calgary. She stood-up the new Indigenous Science Division at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Anishinaabe from Lake St. Martin First Nation, Dr. Ballard\u2019s research explores Three-eyed seeing and how her fluency in Anishinaabe mowin can transform approaches to land and water resource management using Anishinaabe mowin baseline indicators. She has researched and documented the forced displacement and relocation of communities from flooding, as well as research on climate change and weather. She was recently selected as Lead Author on IPCC AR7 WG III Chapter 4 Sustainable Development and<\/p>\n<p>Mitigation. She was also appointed as a Scoping expert for the second IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services; and Expert for the IPBES task force on Indigenous and local knowledge. 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elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tEnvironmental Professional; President of Borland &amp; Associates Inc.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-448029d5-2381-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bill-Borland-Headshot-1-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bill-Borland-Headshot-1-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Bill-Borland-Headshot-1-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Bill Borland<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Environmental Professional; President of Borland &amp; Associates Inc.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bill Borland is an Environmental Professional and is the President of Borland &amp; Associates Inc. in Rothesay, NB. He has held senior environmental management and government relations positions with Dillon Consulting, Associate; AMEC Environment and Infrastructure, Vice President, Canadian Federal Programs; J.D. Irving, Limited, Director Environmental Affairs and NB Power, Manager Environmental Planning. Bill Chaired the Board of the Canadian Water Network and sat on the Boards of the Canadian Rivers Institute, NB Research &amp;amp; Productivity Council and Enovex Inc. He was appointed to the National Roundtable on the Environment and the Economy (NRTEE) where he Co-Chaired the Boreal Forest Program and sat on the Expert Advisory Committee on Water. He is a member of the Standing Selection Committee (Chair) and the Monitoring Committee of the Networks of Centres of Excellence, as well as the Board of ECO Canada. He sits on several Selection Committees for NSERC and New Frontiers, and the Multidisciplinary Assessment Committee for the Canada Foundation for Innovation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2382 post-2382 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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Consulting.\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-448029d5-2382-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meagan Grabowski<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee (RMC), Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Principal, Meagan Grabowski Consulting.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:meagangrabowski@gmail.com\">meagangrabowski@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Meagan Grabowski is a researcher, biologist, and instructor with lifelong knowledge of Yukon systems. Through her business she supports governments and communities in integrated and collaborative approaches to socio-ecological stewardship. Meagan has studied and worked throughout northern mountain regions, including southwest Yukon, Nunavut and interior BC. As a founding board member and 2016-17 Chair of APECS Canada, she enhanced the voice and priorities of northern residents. From 2015-2017, she was a Jane Glassco Northern Fellow creating recommendations for research licensing in the Yukon. Meagan holds a Master of Science in Zoology specializing in plant-herbivore interactions and boreal shrub dendroecology. Meagan is deeply committed to relationship building between the research community and the North, and continues to advocate for the role of northerners in all stages of research.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2383 post-2383 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMary Jane Johnson\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElder Citizen of Kluane First Nation and a member of the Tutchone Heritage Society. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-448029d5-2383-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-401\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">G\u00f9dia - Mary Jane Johnson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elder Citizen of Kluane First Nation and a member of the Tutchone Heritage Society.<br><br>Lhu\u2019\u00e0\u00e0n M\u00e2n Ku Da\u0144 Elder<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:maryjane.johnson@northwestel.net\">maryjane.johnson@northwestel.net<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>G\u00f9dia \u2013 Mary Jane is a Lhu\u2019\u00e0\u00e0n M\u00e2n Ku Dashaw \u2013 Elder who worked for Kluane First Nation and with Parks Canada over 50 years on protected areas, environment, cultural, and Indigenous language issues. She is a champion for Indigenous language revitalization while partaking in a community that actively lives their culture.<\/p>\n<p>She has contributed to the: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report Response Task Force addressing the TRC\u2019s Call to Action #70 reporting to the Standing Committee on Canada\u2019s Archives; Canadian Mountain Assessment: Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada; Lhu\u2019\u00e0\u00e0n M\u00e2n Keyi Kwanje N\u00e0\u00e0tsat: Kluane Lake Country People Speak Strong; and, the Facets Article \u2013 Toward reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working Canada on which the film Signal Fire is based.<\/p>\n<p>She continues to contribute an objective perspective to several boards and committees and sits as an active committee member on:the Asi Keyi Natural Environment Park Management Plan Steering Committee; The Pickhandle Lakes Habitat Protection Area Steering Committee the Canadian Mountain Network: Research Management Committee (transitioning to Braiding Knowledges Canada \u2013 beginning April 1st, 2024); and, Kluane First Nation \u2013 Citizenship Committee.<\/p>\n<p>She is retired! And is a happy and busy Grandmother of eleven Grandchildren and one Great Grandson.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2384 post-2384 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLawrence Ignace\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhD Candidate, University of Victoria. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-386\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lawrence Ignace<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Vice Chair, Member, Research Management Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD Candidate, University of Victoria.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:lawri72@hotmail.com\">lawri72@hotmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lawrence Ignace is Anishinaabe from Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation within Treaty 3 Northwestern Ontario. He holds a Masters in Public Administration with an emphasis on Natural Resources Policy from the University of Alaska Southeast. His relationship with mountains significantly strengthened over a decade ago when he moved to Whitehorse, Yukon. During this time, he has held positions with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Carcross\/Tagish First Nation, Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research and Yukon government. He has a passion for advancing the understanding and use of Indigenous Knowledge. As a PhD student at University of Victoria, his research focuses on the intersection of science and Indigenous knowledge and how we can learn from both worlds to shift our understanding. He is active on the Reference Group for the appropriate review of Indigenous research established by the three federal research funding agencies and Protect our Winters Science Alliance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2385 post-2385 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjQ0ODAyOWQ1LTIzODUtN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InRvZ2dsZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-julia-klein-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-402\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-julia-klein-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-julia-klein-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-julia-klein-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-julia-klein-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-julia-klein-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Julia Klein\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProfessor, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-448029d5-2385-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full e-flex e-con 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elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Julia Klein<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Professor, Ecosystem Science and Sustainability, Colorado State University<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:julia.klein@colostate.edu\">julia.klein@colostate.edu<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Julia Klein is a Professor in the Department of Ecosystem Science &amp; Sustainability and a Research Scientist at the Natural Resource Ecology Laboratory at Colorado State University, traditional homelands of the Ute, Arapahoe and Cheyenne nations. She received a B.A. in Political Science from Cornell University and an M.S. and PhD in Ecosystem Science from the University of California at Berkeley. Upon receiving her doctorate, she was awarded a NOAA Postdoctoral Climate and Global Change Fellowship. The broad goals of Dr. Klein\u2019s research are to understand how interacting global changes affect pastoral and mountain ecosystems and livelihoods; to detect the patterns and underlying mechanisms driving these responses and feedback; and to identify actions and pathways towards sustainable futures. Her projects typically combine diverse methods, including experimental manipulations, landscape analysis, local ecological knowledge and modelling. The main geographic focus of her research has been the eastern and central alpine grasslands of the Tibetan Plateau; however, she also works on the shortgrass steppe and alpine region of Colorado and conducts global syntheses of grassland, arctic\/alpine and mountain systems worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Klein leads the U.S.-based Mountain Sentinels Collaborative Network, an international network which seeks to catalyze innovative solutions and actions towards global mountain sustainability through equitable collaboration, Western science, indigenous ways of knowing, and actions with diverse mountain stakeholders. She is also working on a documentary film focused on a small and dedicated group of people in the Peruvian Andes grappling with the severe and imminent effects of climate change.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2386 post-2386 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMarlin Legare\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tProject Coordinator, All Nations Hope Network 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elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Marlin Legare<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Coordinator, All Nations Hope Network<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:marlin.legare@usask.ca\">marlin.legare@usask.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marlin Legare is a M\u00e9tis graduate student and a research project coordinator who aids in the development and production of Indigenous research projects from the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in the field of Nutrition at the U of S, as well. Finally, Marlin is a U of S member of the Indigenous Initiatives Committee as a representative of the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>Marlin was raised in the Northeastern Saskatchewan in a rural community called Mistatim. He is excited to be studying health sciences, as he is someone who has seen firsthand the positive and the negative of health outcomes for Indigenous individuals in rural and remote communities.<\/p>\n<p>Marlin is also an accomplished M\u00e9tis athlete. In 2008, Marlin attended the North American Indigenous Games, and the Canada Games in 2009 for wrestling. In 2009 he also received the SaskTel Indigenous Youth of Excellence Award in the Sports and Recreation Category. He was also a member of the University of Regina (U of R) Men\u2019s Wrestling Team, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. 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data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director, Fisheries &amp; Oceans Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:emily.mcauley@agr.gc.ca\">emily.mcauley@agr.gc.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Emily Missyabit McAuley is a member of Lake Manitoba First Nation and was born and raised in Algonquin Anishinaabeg Territory in Ottawa. She received an M.Sc. in Biology (Behavioural Ecology &amp; Evolution) from Carleton University in 2009 and a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences (Conservation Ecology) from Simon Fraser University in 2020. Her Ph.D. thesis examined the food web impacts of native fish introductions into naturally fishless river systems across the Western Cordillera and resulting migratory behavior and breeding distribution of harlequin ducks (Histrionicus histrionicus). Her research interests include food web interactions, species distribution modeling, geomatics, stable isotopes, citizen science, and Indigenous Science. 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data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Knowledge and Research Manager, Lands and Resources Department, Mushkegowuk Council<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vicki is an ecologist and a Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka (Mohawk) from Wahta First Nation, Ontario. She has degrees from the University of Guelph (BSc), York University (MES), and University of Alberta (PhD) and is currently the Knowledge and Research Manager, Lands and Resources, Mushkegowuk Council. Mushkegowuk Council represents and serves seven Cree Nations in northern Ontario. Vicki has been immersed in protected areas management, research, and monitoring her entire life. She applies her expertise to supporting Indigenous conservation of lands, waters, and ocean: currently in northern Ontario, and previously in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and coastal British Columbia. She began her career as a national park patrolperson (aka guardian), then in the 1990s she became the first woman Chief Park Warden (now called Resource Conservation Manager) in Canada at Ivvavik National Park located on the Beaufort Sea coast. She adopted the Arctic as her home from 1993 until 2021, living, working and travelling across the northernmost reaches of NWT and Nunavut. Exploring nature, especially wilderness areas, on foot, skis, snowmobile, boat, or kayak keeps her happy and healthy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2390 post-2390 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content 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elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Shaun Stevenson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Faculty, University Studies, Northern Lakes College Adjunct Research Professor, School of Canadian Studies, Carleton University<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Shaun Stevenson is a faculty member in the University Studies program at Northern Lakes College in Treaty 8 territory, northern Alberta and an Adjunct Research Professor in the School of Canadian Studies at Carleton University. He grew up in southern Ontario and currently resides in Ottawa. Shaun received his PhD from the Department of English Language and Literature at Carleton University and his MA in Cultural Studies and Critical Theory and BA (Hons) in English and Indigenous Studies, from McMaster University. Shaun is a settler scholar whose research focuses on Indigenous land and water rights, law and policy, and settler\/Indigenous relations. He previously worked as a Senior Policy Analyst in the Treaties and Aboriginal Government sector for the government of Canada and as a Project Director on a community-based research project with the Tahltan First Nation and the National Core for Neuroethics at UBC Hospital. Shaun has published on the ethics of community-based research, Indigenous water rights, literatures and reconciliation in Qualitative Inquiry, Decolonization, Settler Colonial Studies, Canadian Literature and Theory &amp; Event, among others. In his spare time, he volunteers for Belong Ottawa, a community outreach organization in downtown Ottawa, plays tennis and spends as much time with dogs as he can.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2388 post-2388 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Shandin Pete\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAssistant Professor of Teaching, University of British Columbia; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Department\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-448029d5-2388-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Shandin Pete<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of British Columbia; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Department<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Shandin Pete (Salish\/Dine\u0301) is from the Flathead Indian Reservation in Arlee, Montana, USA. He completed a M.S. in Geology and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction focusing on science education at the University of Montana. He is a geoscientific ethnographer, hydrogeologist and science educator with interest in Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous astronomy, social-political tribal structures, culturally congruent instructional strategies, and Indigenous science philosophies. Most of his work in recent years has focused on understanding shifts in an Indigenous paradigm of research for science knowledge production. This work includes collaboration with tribal knowledge holders across Indigenous communities and academic scholars to examine traditions, customs, oral histories and knowledge systems and their intersection with geoscience. From 2008 to 2020, he served as faculty at Salish Kootenai College where he co-developed their Hydrology program and founded the Indigenous Research Center on its campus. He is currently serving as an assistant professor of teaching at the University of British Columbia in the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department where he continues to advance understandings of Indigenous research methodologies from Salish philosophical commitments with an emphasis on environmental and geoscience disciplines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2389 post-2389 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2414\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCarmen Richter\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConsultant and Proprietor, Mistahiya Contracting\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-448029d5-2389-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Carmen Richter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Consultant and Proprietor, Mistahiya Contracting<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carmen is of Saulteau First Nations from Moberly Lake, B.C. She is passionate about the resilience and protection of our indigenous way of life by involving youth with elders. Carmen graduated from UBCO with an MSc in 2024. Her thesis project at UBCO focused on lichen abundance and restoration within the caribou homelands of NE BC. She is also part of a team that has helped avoid the extirpation of caribou herd in her territory. Carmen has created within her nation a native seed bank, an Indigenous guardian program, and an ethnobotany book. She currently works as a consultant and proprietor of her family\u2019s company, Mistahiya Contracting.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2391 post-2391 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic 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e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naluturuk (Nally) Rowan-Weetaluktuk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Community Engagement Manager, Polar Knowledge Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Naluturuk (Nally) Rowan-Weetaluktuk is an Inuk living in Gatineau. His family from his father\u2019s side comes from Inukjuak, Nunavik, but Nally grew up in Kuujjuaq, Iqaluit, and Montreal. Currently serving as a community engagement manager at Polar Knowledge Canada, his career involved working on or supporting projects that embody Indigenous self-determination in research. This has included Inuit place names mapping, the Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey and Nipivut, a Montreal Inuit community-based radio show.<\/p>\n<p>With a love for the little flowers across Inuit Nunangat, Nally makes art combining photography and digital illustration as well as printmaking. 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12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/lawrence-ignace-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tLawrence Ignace (Chair)\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhD Candidate, University of Victoria. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" 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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Lawrence Ignace<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Vice Chair, Member, Research Management Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD Candidate, University of Victoria.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:lawri72@hotmail.com\">lawri72@hotmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Lawrence Ignace is Anishinaabe from Lac Des Mille Lacs First Nation within Treaty 3 Northwestern Ontario. He holds a Masters in Public Administration with an emphasis on Natural Resources Policy from the University of Alaska Southeast. His relationship with mountains significantly strengthened over a decade ago when he moved to Whitehorse, Yukon. During this time, he has held positions with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Carcross\/Tagish First Nation, Arctic Institute of Community-Based Research and Yukon government. He has a passion for advancing the understanding and use of Indigenous Knowledge. As a PhD student at University of Victoria, his research focuses on the intersection of science and Indigenous knowledge and how we can learn from both worlds to shift our understanding. He is active on the Reference Group for the appropriate review of Indigenous research established by the three federal research funding agencies and Protect our Winters Science Alliance.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-1434 post-1434 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Myrle Ballard\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCanada Research Chair, Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-2c92de7c-1434-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full 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89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2416\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/DrBallard-Photo-1-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Myrle Ballard<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Canada Research Chair, Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Myrle Ballard is a Canada Research Chair in Weaving Indigenous Science and Sustainability Science and Associate Professor in the Dept. of Earth, Energy, and Environment at the University of Calgary. She stood-up the new Indigenous Science Division at Environment and Climate Change Canada. Anishinaabe from Lake St. Martin First Nation, Dr. Ballard\u2019s research explores Three-eyed seeing and how her fluency in Anishinaabe mowin can transform approaches to land and water resource management using Anishinaabe mowin baseline indicators. She has researched and documented the forced displacement and relocation of communities from flooding, as well as research on climate change and weather. She was recently selected as Lead Author on IPCC AR7 WG III Chapter 4 Sustainable Development and<\/p>\n<p>Mitigation. She was also appointed as a Scoping expert for the second IPBES global assessment of biodiversity and ecosystem services; and Expert for the IPBES task force on Indigenous and local knowledge. She was inducted to the Royal Society of Canada in November 2025.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2393 post-2393 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMichel Brazeau\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tRetired, Former Senior Executive Director, Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div 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src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-385\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/michel-brazeau-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Michel Brazeau<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Co-Chair: Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Retired, Former Senior Executive Director, Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:michel.brazeau10@gmail.com\">michel.brazeau10@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Prior to joining the Public Service through the Management Trainee Program at the Canadian Centre for Management Development in 1993, Michel was a teacher at West Island College and co-founder of Macdonald-Cartier Academy, a private French immersion high school. He\u2019s enjoyed a career of challenging assignments as a Policy Analyst in the Privy Council Office, Intergovernmental Affairs; as Senior Advisor to Minister Anne McLellan in her capacity as Federal Interlocutor for Metis and Non-Status Indians; as Director of Aboriginal Research and Socio-Economic Development at Human Resources Development Canada; in his role of Departmental Senior Official of Values and Ethics under three Deputy Ministers; and, was the founding Senior Executive Director of the Knowledge Circle for Indigenous Inclusion and the Chair of the Federal Indigenous Executive Network during his last executive assignment upon retiring in September 2022.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2011, following 12 years of service in various senior management positions with the Canada School of Public Service, Michel assumed the role of Senior Director of Executive Services and Talent Management at Natural Resources Canada, prior to joining Justice Canada in September 2014, as Director General of the Human Resources Branch.<\/p>\n<p>Michel holds a Master in Education and a Bachelor of Arts with concentration in Mathematics from University of Ottawa, a Bachelor of Theology from Saint Paul University as well as a Diploma in Education from McGill University, and is a former member of the University of Saint Paul Ethics Committee and recipient of the 2004 Saint Paul University Alumnus of the Year Award for his accomplishments in advancing public service policy and leadership development programs grounded in Indigenous culture, co-development and reconciliation.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2362 post-2362 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish 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data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Talon Giroux<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Director, Dreamspeakers Film Festival Society<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Talon Giroux is a 2025 Youth Leadership Recipient of the Okim\u00e2w Awards in partnership with the City of Edmonton and a dedicated community builder based in Edmonton, Alberta. He currently serves on the Board of Directors for the Dreamspeakers Film Festival Society, where he advocates for Indigenous representation and youth engagement in arts and culture.<\/p>\n<p>With a background in administration, communications, and Indigenous-led organizations, Talon has built a strong foundation in governance, public relations, and community advocacy. His work reflects a deep commitment to uplifting Indigenous voices, strengthening relationships between generations, and creating meaningful change through collaboration and storytelling.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2363 post-2363 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jessus-Karst-Headshot-1-scaled-1-768x1075.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jessus-Karst-Headshot-1-scaled-1-1097x1536.jpg 1097w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jessus-Karst-Headshot-1-scaled-1-1463x2048.jpg 1463w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jessus-Karst-Headshot-1-scaled-1-9x12.jpg 9w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Jessus-Karst-Headshot-1-scaled-1.jpg 1829w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 732px) 100vw, 732px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Jessus Karst<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biodiversity Policy Advisor, M\u00e9tis National Council<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a75aef9 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a75aef9\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ff0e1c about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ff0e1c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n<p>Jessus Karst is a citizen of M\u00e9tis Nation Saskatchewan with maternal M\u00e9tis family roots tied to\u00a0the Qu\u2019Appelle Valley and German\/Irish roots on his paternal side. He is the Biodiversity Policy\u00a0Advisor for the M\u00e9tis National Council, which involves advocating nationally for the M\u00e9tis Nation\u00a0in work related to species, water, and food security.\u00a0 He also works internationally advocating\u00a0for Indigenous Peoples rights in the U.N Convention on Biological Diversity, Ramsar, and the\u00a0UN Water conferences. Jessus is a member of the Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge sub-committee of COSEWIC and sits on several other committees related to Species at Risk and\u00a0invasive species in Canada.<\/p>\n<p>His 20-year career in biology and conservation has included working for non-profit\u00a0organizations, as well as federal and provincial governments.\u00a0 As a field biologist, he has been\u00a0fortunate enough to study different parts of Nature: from water, fish, and invertebrates to plants\u00a0and ecosystem studies, as well as birds, reptiles, small mammals and game species. Jessus is a proud father of two boys and proud uncle to his nieces and nephew. He lives and works in Regina, SK, in Treaty four and the Homeland of the M\u00e9tis.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2364 post-2364 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in elementor-widget elementor-widget-call-to-action\" data-id=\"12c2bc90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"call-to-action.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-cta\" href=\"#elementor-action%3Aaction%3Doff_canvas%3Atoggle%26settings%3DeyJpZCI6IjJjOTJkZTdjLTIzNjQtN2RhMWQ0ZjUiLCJkaXNwbGF5TW9kZSI6InRvZ2dsZSJ9\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-content-item elementor-cta__content-item elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"514\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-768x514.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2408\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-768x514.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-300x201.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-1024x685.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot-18x12.jpeg 18w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Megan-Legare-Headshot.jpeg 1039w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMegan L\u00e9gar\u00e9\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tPhD student, McGill 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89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Megan L\u00e9gar\u00e9<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">PhD student, McGill University<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Megan is a PhD student in Family Medicine at McGill University, of Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka and European settler heritage, and is committed to amplifying Indigenous youth voices in research and decision-making. Her doctoral research in Nunavik explores how intergenerational dialogues can improve Nunavik youth house services. She has expertise in community-based and participatory research, youth engagement, and program evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>Megan has contributed to various community health initiatives and youth empowerment programming. This includes co-creating content and evaluating a national youth generativity and reconciliation conference through her work at the Student\u2019s Commission of Canada, as well as volunteering at the Kahnawake School of Diabetes Prevention Program.<\/p>\n<p>Through her work, Megan is dedicated to promoting Indigenous led, culturally grounded pathways that enhance community well-being and self-determination.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2367 post-2367 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-finance-audit-risk-committee staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" 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elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-768x810.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2409\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-285x300.jpg 285w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-971x1024.jpg 971w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-1457x1536.jpg 1457w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKim Neale\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tFounder, Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc2) \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-2c92de7c-2367-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-768x810.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-1457x1536.jpg 1457w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1-11x12.jpg 11w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Kim-Neale-Headshot-1-1.jpg 1660w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Kim Neale<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Founder, Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc2)<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Kim Neale is a regenerative economies futurist, environmental engineer, and economist who braids Indigenous knowledge with 20 years of experience in nature-related finance product design, insurance, and environmental risk management. With ancestral roots that are mixed \u2013 settler (French\/English) and Anishinaabe \u2014 her journey of re-connection with Anishinaabe cultural teachings and her own ancestral lineage has been shaped by her time living and in relationship with the knowledge-sharers, lands, and waters of Mnidoo Mnising (Manitoulin Island).<\/p>\n<p>Kim is the founder of Manitoulin Climate Collaborative (Mc\u00b2), where she co-creatively works on a wide range of community-led nature-based solutions, supporting the development of Indigenous-led regenerative financing mechanisms and standards like capital methodologies, land trusts, and resilience\/biocultural diversity\/stewardship credits. Since 2020, she has also held several leadership roles at national not-for-profit organizations, co-designing the first Two-Eyed Seeing Natural Asset Inventory frameworks and supporting the launch of new funding programs for Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCAs) and NbS knowledge hubs. In addition to serving on the Braiding Knowledges Canada (BKC) board, Kim is also a board member for the Escarpment Biosphere Conservancy (EBC) and has served as an advisor to the First Nations National Guardians Network (NGN) Indigenous-led Natural Climate Solutions (ILNCS) fund. As a regenerative economies\u2019 futurist, her work is focused on advancing Indigenous-led regenerative economies, co-governance models, and decolonized evaluation frameworks that restore balance with Mother Earth.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2370 post-2370 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-board-of-directors staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Med-Res-Vicki-Sahanatien-00573-1-scaled-1.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Vicki Sahanatien\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tKnowledge and Research Manager, Lands and Resources Department, Mushkegowuk Council \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vicki Sahanatien, PhD<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Board of Directors, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Knowledge and Research Manager, Lands and Resources Department, Mushkegowuk Council<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Vicki is an ecologist and a Kanien\u2019keh\u00e1:ka (Mohawk) from Wahta First Nation, Ontario. She has degrees from the University of Guelph (BSc), York University (MES), and University of Alberta (PhD) and is currently the Knowledge and Research Manager, Lands and Resources, Mushkegowuk Council. Mushkegowuk Council represents and serves seven Cree Nations in northern Ontario. Vicki has been immersed in protected areas management, research, and monitoring her entire life. She applies her expertise to supporting Indigenous conservation of lands, waters, and ocean: currently in northern Ontario, and previously in the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, and coastal British Columbia. She began her career as a national park patrolperson (aka guardian), then in the 1990s she became the first woman Chief Park Warden (now called Resource Conservation Manager) in Canada at Ivvavik National Park located on the Beaufort Sea coast. She adopted the Arctic as her home from 1993 until 2021, living, working and travelling across the northernmost reaches of NWT and Nunavut. Exploring nature, especially wilderness areas, on foot, skis, snowmobile, boat, or kayak keeps her happy and healthy.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2388 post-2388 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-2048x2048.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Shandin-Pete-Headshot-scaled-1-12x12.jpg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Shandin Pete<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Assistant Professor of Teaching, University of British Columbia; Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Science Department<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Shandin Pete (Salish\/Dine\u0301) is from the Flathead Indian Reservation in Arlee, Montana, USA. He completed a M.S. in Geology and an Ed.D. in Curriculum and Instruction focusing on science education at the University of Montana. He is a geoscientific ethnographer, hydrogeologist and science educator with interest in Indigenous research methodologies, Indigenous astronomy, social-political tribal structures, culturally congruent instructional strategies, and Indigenous science philosophies. Most of his work in recent years has focused on understanding shifts in an Indigenous paradigm of research for science knowledge production. This work includes collaboration with tribal knowledge holders across Indigenous communities and academic scholars to examine traditions, customs, oral histories and knowledge systems and their intersection with geoscience. From 2008 to 2020, he served as faculty at Salish Kootenai College where he co-developed their Hydrology program and founded the Indigenous Research Center on its campus. He is currently serving as an assistant professor of teaching at the University of British Columbia in the Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Department where he continues to advance understandings of Indigenous research methodologies from Salish philosophical commitments with an emphasis on environmental and geoscience disciplines.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2389 post-2389 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element 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src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-768x768.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-2414\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCarmen Richter\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tConsultant and Proprietor, Mistahiya Contracting\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-2c92de7c-2389-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/CR_photo.jpg 1029w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Carmen Richter<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Consultant and Proprietor, Mistahiya Contracting<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Carmen is of Saulteau First Nations from Moberly Lake, B.C. She is passionate about the resilience and protection of our indigenous way of life by involving youth with elders. Carmen graduated from UBCO with an MSc in 2024. Her thesis project at UBCO focused on lichen abundance and restoration within the caribou homelands of NE BC. She is also part of a team that has helped avoid the extirpation of caribou herd in her territory. Carmen has created within her nation a native seed bank, an Indigenous guardian program, and an ethnobotany book. She currently works as a consultant and proprietor of her family\u2019s company, Mistahiya Contracting.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2391 post-2391 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors staff_category-research-management-committee\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nally-Rowan-Weetaluktuk-Headshot.jpeg 400w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nally-Rowan-Weetaluktuk-Headshot-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nally-Rowan-Weetaluktuk-Headshot-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Nally-Rowan-Weetaluktuk-Headshot-12x12.jpeg 12w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tNaluturuk (Nally) Rowan-Weetaluktuk\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tCommunity Engagement Manager, Polar Knowledge Canada\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-2c92de7c-2391-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" data-delay-child-handlers=\"true\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__overlay\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__main\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-off-canvas__content\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a8940bf e-con-full e-flex 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89.21c-12.28-12.28-32.19-12.28-44.48 0L9.21 111.45c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48L109.28 256 9.21 356.07c-12.28 12.28-12.28 32.19 0 44.48l22.24 22.24c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0L176 322.72l100.07 100.07c12.28 12.28 32.2 12.28 44.48 0l22.24-22.24c12.28-12.28 12.28-32.19 0-44.48L242.72 256z\"><\/path><\/svg>\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36154b1a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"36154b1a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-632ab13b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"632ab13b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a048e9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3a048e9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div 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e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Naluturuk (Nally) Rowan-Weetaluktuk<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Braiding Knowledges Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Community Engagement Manager, Polar Knowledge Canada<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Naluturuk (Nally) Rowan-Weetaluktuk is an Inuk living in Gatineau. His family from his father\u2019s side comes from Inukjuak, Nunavik, but Nally grew up in Kuujjuaq, Iqaluit, and Montreal. Currently serving as a community engagement manager at Polar Knowledge Canada, his career involved working on or supporting projects that embody Indigenous self-determination in research. This has included Inuit place names mapping, the Qanuippitaa? National Inuit Health Survey and Nipivut, a Montreal Inuit community-based radio show.<\/p>\n<p>With a love for the little flowers across Inuit Nunangat, Nally makes art combining photography and digital illustration as well as printmaking. He enjoys cycling, cross-country skiing, and the company of his cat Rye.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2394 post-2394 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform elementor-bg-transform-zoom-in 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Adam Gaudry<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vice Dean and Associate Professor, Faculty of Native Studies, University of Alberta.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:gaudry@ualberta.ca\">gaudry@ualberta.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Adam Gaudry, Ph.D. is a citizen of the Manitoba M\u00e9tis Federation. He serves as Vice-Dean and Associate Professor in the Faculty of Native Studies at the University of Alberta. His family is from Northwestern Ontario and Red River before that. He grew up in Hamilton.<\/p>\n<p>Adam received his Ph.D. from the Indigenous Governance Program at the University of Victoria and completed his MA in Sociology and BAH in Political Studies from Queen\u2019s University. He is a past Henry Roe Cloud Fellow at Yale University. In his administrative leadership role, Adam oversees strategic projects in the Faculty. This has included strategic planning documents, faculty program reviews, curricular updates, and new research partnerships. He has published extensively on M\u00e9tis history and governance, Indigenous research methodologies, as well as indigenization policy in Canadian higher education. Adam\u2019s work has been published in Native American and Indigenous Studies, American Indian Quarterly, AlterNative, Critical Ethnic Studies, The Wicazo Sa Review, aboriginal policy studies, the Canadian Journal of Native Education, the Osgoode Hall Law Journal, The Canadian Encyclopedia, and numerous edited collections.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2395 post-2395 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" 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Glanfield\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tVice-Provost, Indigenous Programming and Research, University of Alberta. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-2c92de7c-2395-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" aria-modal=\"true\" inert=\"\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-florence-glanfield-image-400x400.png 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Florence Glanfield<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Vice-Provost, Indigenous Programming and Research, University of Alberta.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:glanfiel@ualberta.ca\">glanfiel@ualberta.ca<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Dr. Glanfield is currently Vice-Provost (Indigenous Programming and Research) and a Professor of Mathematics Education in the Department of Secondary Education. She is an Affiliated Faculty member with the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development at the University of Alberta. She earned her PhD in 2003 studying mathematics teacher understanding as an emergent phenomenon.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Glanfield worked at the University of Saskatchewan, College of Education (1999 \u2013 2007) and began her tenure at the University of Alberta in July 2007.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Glanfield is a citizen of the M\u00e9tis Nation of Alberta, born and raised in Northeastern Alberta. Dr Glanfield\u2019s research interests explore the experiences that individuals (teachers and learners) as well as collectives of learners \/ communities have with mathematics and learning mathematics. Dr Glanfield collaborates with colleagues and has engaged in research projects with Canadian Indigenous communities, urban Aboriginal youth, elementary &amp; secondary mathematics teachers, and teachers and teacher educators in Tanzania and Rwanda.<\/p>\n<p>Two of Dr Glanfield\u2019s current research projects are with colleagues across Canada around the ways in which Indigenous and \u2018Western\u2019 knowledge systems interact in mathematics and science education.<br \/>\nAs Chair of the Department of Secondary Education (2012 \u2013 2019), Dr. Glanfield began exploring pathways for Indigenous languages speakers to become certified teachers in the province of Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Glanfield\u2019s career has included opportunities to work with students and teachers in all regions of Canada, in the US, in Tanzania and in Rwanda; teach high school mathematics; work with the Alberta Ministry of Education to develop provincial mathematics curriculum, participate in implementation of provincial curriculum, develop student assessment materials; and organize national and international fora.<\/p>\n<p>Dr Glanfield\u2019s been actively involved in, and has served in leadership roles with provincial (Mathematics Council of the Alberta Teachers\u2019 Association), national (Canadian Mathematics Education Study Group), and international professional organizations (National Council of Teachers of Mathematics, TODOS: Mathematics for ALL, and the National Council of Supervisors of Mathematics).<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2396 post-2396 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" 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elementor-cta__image\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"472\" height=\"472\" src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-401\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tMary Jane Johnson\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tElder Citizen of Kluane First Nation and a member of the Tutchone Heritage Society. \t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7da1d4f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-off-canvas\" data-id=\"7da1d4f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;entrance_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeIn&quot;,&quot;exit_animation&quot;:&quot;fadeInUp&quot;,&quot;prevent_scroll&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"off-canvas.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"off-canvas-2c92de7c-2396-7da1d4f5\" class=\"e-off-canvas\" role=\"dialog\" aria-hidden=\"true\" aria-label=\"Team Bio Popup\" 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https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/mary-jane-johnson-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">G\u00f9dia - Mary Jane Johnson<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Member, Research Management Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada. <\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Elder Citizen of Kluane First Nation and a member of the Tutchone Heritage Society.<br><br>Lhu\u2019\u00e0\u00e0n M\u00e2n Ku Da\u0144 Elder<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>G\u00f9dia \u2013 Mary Jane is a Lhu\u2019\u00e0\u00e0n M\u00e2n Ku Dashaw \u2013 Elder who worked for Kluane First Nation and with Parks Canada over 50 years on protected areas, environment, cultural, and Indigenous language issues. She is a champion for Indigenous language revitalization while partaking in a community that actively lives their culture.<\/p>\n<p>She has contributed to the: Truth and Reconciliation Commission Report Response Task Force addressing the TRC\u2019s Call to Action #70 reporting to the Standing Committee on Canada\u2019s Archives; Canadian Mountain Assessment: Walking Together to Enhance Understanding of Mountains in Canada; Lhu\u2019\u00e0\u00e0n M\u00e2n Keyi Kwanje N\u00e0\u00e0tsat: Kluane Lake Country People Speak Strong; and, the Facets Article \u2013 Toward reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working Canada on which the film Signal Fire is based.<\/p>\n<p>She continues to contribute an objective perspective to several boards and committees and sits as an active committee member on:the Asi Keyi Natural Environment Park Management Plan Steering Committee; The Pickhandle Lakes Habitat Protection Area Steering Committee the Canadian Mountain Network: Research Management Committee (transitioning to Braiding Knowledges Canada \u2013 beginning April 1st, 2024); and, Kluane First Nation \u2013 Citizenship Committee.<\/p>\n<p>She is retired! And is a happy and busy Grandmother of eleven Grandchildren and one Great Grandson.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2397 post-2397 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items elementor-cta--skin-classic elementor-animated-content elementor-bg-transform 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src=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-394\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/marlin-legare-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" 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elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Coordinator, All Nations Hope Network<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Marlin Legare is a M\u00e9tis graduate student and a research project coordinator who aids in the development and production of Indigenous research projects from the College of Medicine at the University of Saskatchewan (U of S). He is currently pursuing a Master of Science in the field of Nutrition at the U of S, as well. Finally, Marlin is a U of S member of the Indigenous Initiatives Committee as a representative of the College of Pharmacy and Nutrition.<\/p>\n<p>Marlin was raised in the Northeastern Saskatchewan in a rural community called Mistatim. He is excited to be studying health sciences, as he is someone who has seen firsthand the positive and the negative of health outcomes for Indigenous individuals in rural and remote communities.<\/p>\n<p>Marlin is also an accomplished M\u00e9tis athlete. In 2008, Marlin attended the North American Indigenous Games, and the Canada Games in 2009 for wrestling. In 2009 he also received the SaskTel Indigenous Youth of Excellence Award in the Sports and Recreation Category. He was also a member of the University of Regina (U of R) Men\u2019s Wrestling Team, where he obtained his Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology. While at the U of R, he was also involved in Indigenous programs such as Sports For Life, Aboriginal History Month, and the 2014 North American Indigenous Games.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2398 post-2398 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"6fe863f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-12c2bc90 staff-items 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srcset=\"https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image.jpg 472w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-12x12.jpg 12w, https:\/\/braidingknowledgescanada.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/dr-maurice-manyfingers-image-400x400.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 472px) 100vw, 472px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"elementor-cta__title elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDr. Maurice Manyfingers\t\t\t\t\t<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-cta__description elementor-cta__content-item elementor-content-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\tDirector of Indigenous Relations and 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e326013 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e326013\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-279c73e7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"279c73e7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Dr. Maurice Manyfingers<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-220c0f04 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"220c0f04\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Board Member, Member, Governance Committee, Member, Indigenous Circle of Advisors, Braiding Knowledges Canada.<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-36fda035 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"36fda035\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation with Bow Valley College<\/span>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-31ff99e9 team-email-text elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"31ff99e9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tEmail: <a href=\"mailto:mauricemanyfingers2017@gmail.com\">mauricemanyfingers2017@gmail.com<\/a>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-47e8d14a e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"47e8d14a\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2349047f elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"2349047f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Biography<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7e90b56 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"7e90b56\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-651f3dba about-links elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"651f3dba\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>My name is Dr. Maurice Manyfingers, and I am a member of the Kainai First Nation (Blood Tribe) of the Blackfoot Confederacy of Treaty 7 or Siksikaitsitapi.<\/p>\n<p>I am currently the Director of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation with Bow Valley College in Calgary, Alberta.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to joining Bow Valley College, I was President of Old Sun Community College on the Siksika Nation where I served a three-year term. I have also worked for the Piikani Board of Education, the Kainai Board of Education, and the Holy Spirit Roman Catholic School Division. During this time, I have worked as a classroom teacher, school principal, superintendent and college president.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, I have worked for the Government of Alberta (Alberta Learning), where I was the Director of the Aboriginal Services Branch. I also worked for the Government of Canada (Indigenous Services Branch) as the Manager of Education in the Alberta Region.<\/p>\n<p>I have two adult children (Darris and Demi) and one granddaughter (Vera) and another granddaughter on the way.<\/p>\n<p>I look forward to serving on the Canadian Mountain Network now BKC\u2019s Board in the months and years to come.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"loop-item\" data-elementor-id=\"2424\" class=\"elementor elementor-2424 e-loop-item e-loop-item-2399 post-2399 staff_member type-staff_member status-publish has-post-thumbnail hentry staff_category-indigenous-circle-advisors\" data-elementor-post-type=\"elementor_library\" data-custom-edit-handle=\"1\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fe863f e-con-full 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