Experience

Fraser Valley Regional District

• Canada
• Government Administration
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Strategic Engagement Officer

  • Sep 2020 - Present

• Policy Analyst - Indigenous Relations

  • Sep 2015 - Sep 2020

  Establishment of new FVRD Indigenous Relations program, with a focus on communications, education, relationship building, and enhancing resources. Supporting corporate engagement, member municipalities, elected officials and agreements, training, raising awareness on key issues, treaty negotiation observation, and policy.

• Environmental Services Coordinator

  • Jul 2013 - Sep 2015

  Program areas: Solid Waste Management (primary), Animal Control, Air QualityDeveloped and monitored program and policy initiatives, with a focus on sustainable practice. Engaged with members of the public, industry, consultants, provincial and local government, and Indigenous communities and leadership.



Stó:lō Nation

• Referrals Manager

  • Mar 2012 - Jul 2013

  Managed a team of resource specialists coordinating consultation and engagement on development projects and natural resource management issues. Liaised with industry proponents, federal, provincial and local government, and Indigenous communities and leadership. Reviewed development and resource use plans and developed engagement and management plans. Managed environment projects and field crew.Policy analysis on consultation, environment and cultural heritage issues. Planning, negotiation and implementation of Stó:lō Strategic Engagement Agreement Pilot Project as Technical Lead.Co-designer and director of stoloconnect.com project, a GIS-enabled social network for the facilitation of Stó:lō consultation and engagement initiatives, data analysis and associated data management.

• Referrals and Environment Coordinator/Project Archaeologist/GIS Specialist

  • May 2007 - Mar 2012

  Referrals and Environment Coordinator - Facilitated consultation and engagement on development projects and natural resource management issues. Liaised with industry proponents, federal, provincial and local government and Indigenous communities and leadership. Reviewed development and resource use plans and developed engagement and management plans. Managed environment field crew.Project Archaeologist - Managed Stó:lō Heritage Permitting and enforcement. Managed archaeological field crews and conducted field programs. Held Provincial Heritage Inspection permits, wrote reports, project proposals. Designed and implemented back country fieldwork safety protocol. Coordinated with consultants and Provincial regulatorsGIS Specialist - Co-managed Stó:lō GIS data, software and hardware systems. Designed and managed databases for management of permitting, fieldwork, cultural resource management, consultation and accommodation, financial tracking and library and archives.



Vector GIS

• GIS Specialist

  • 2005 - 2012

  Co-owner: spatial analysis, archaeological potential modeling, paleoenvironmental modeling, cultural heritage resource mapping, GIS and data management, database design and maintenance, environmental resource tracking, cartographic design, graphic design



Golder

• Environmental Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Archaeologist

  • 2000 - 2004

  Archaeological field work, report contributions, data analysis, lithic and faunal artifact analysis



Ecofor Consulting Ltd.

• Canada
• Environmental Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Archaeologist

  • May 2003 - Sep 2003

  Archaeological planning, prep and field work, research, report writing, dendrochonological analysis