Selected Work

Projects

Reconciliation Portfolio Support for Yukon University and UArctic

Supported YukonU’s AVP-Reconciliation and UArctic’s VP Indigenous portfolios with research, coordination, and systems framing for reconciliation planning and wider engagement.

    • Developed practical framing that highlighted the need for broader institutional transformation alongside reconciliation work, emphasizing shared responsibility across the institution rather than it sitting within a single office.

    • Conducted background research and created slide decks and visuals to support YukonU reconciliation framework development and wider internal engagement.

    • Coordinated meetings, agendas, notes, and follow-up action tracking with Indigenous and institutional partners across YukonU and UArctic.

Transboundary Water Collaboration Research

Applied research for Shared Waters Alliance and Semiahmoo First Nation to strengthen transboundary collaboration on water quality and pathways to restore shellfish harvesting

    • Conducted applied research, including eight comparative case studies and interviews with partners and practitioners

    • Assessed governance and regulatory pathways linked to restoring and reopening shellfish harvesting.

    • Developed non-prescriptive recommendations to support shared responsibility and improved cross-border coordination.

    • Briefed the SWA core team and supported sensemaking for next-phase planning.

    • Output: Best Practices Research Report (UBC Sustainability Scholars) + briefing deck.

Indigenous Knowledge and Values Framework for FIMP

Helped develop an Indigenous Knowledge and Values framework for FIMP, contributing process design and methodology to guide lake assessment and management.

    • Worked with partners to clarify aims, responsibilities, and guidelines so Indigenous Knowledge and Values could shape Foreshore Integrated Management Planning (FIMP) methods and decision-making.

    • Supported processes and visual tools that helped bridge Western scientific and technical perspectives with Upper Nicola Band priorities and local stewardship concerns.

    • Contributed framing and high-level recommendations to support Living Lakes Canada’s ongoing reconciliation and Indigenous partnership work 

    • Output: Local Indigenous Knowledge and Values Framework (Foreshore Integrated Management Planning)

Collaborative Stewardship in Hawaiʻi

Conducted background research and workshop design for a conservation feasibility process in Hawaiʻi, in partnership with a Native Hawaiian consultant.

    • Co-developed a three-session workshop series for advisory and leadership teams on relationship-centered engagement and culturally grounded partnership.

    • Developed slide decks, discussion prompts, and breakout activities to support internal alignment on engagement approach, responsibilities, and relevant protocols.

    • Contributed background research and synthesis, helping shape internal themes and decision sideboards for next steps.

Workshops and Talks

Re-imagining Collaboration: Co-Creating between Indigenous & Western Regenerative Paradigms

Plenary Session | PARKS Collective eSummit | 2025
Co-presented with Gägala-ƛiƛetko (Nadia Joe)
Plenary on paradigm realignment and reciprocal collaboration, introducing the Binocular View and practical pathways for more relational, life‑affirming conservation practice.

Dialogue for Exploring Ethical Relations with Indigenous Communities

2-Day Workshop | UBC Indigenous Strategic Initiatives | 2023
Co-facilitated with Gägala-ƛiƛetko (Nadia Joe)
Co-designed the two-day program, coordinated speakers, and facilitated sessions on relationship-centered approaches to ethical engagement and collaboration for faculty and staff. (Event Page)

From Square to Circular Practice

Workshop | UBC Peer Programs | 2024
Workshop for non-Indigenous students and staff on shifting from “square” patterns toward more relational, regenerative practice that supports deeper internal shifts alongside Indigenous-led and reconciliation work.