Team
Firelight’s friendly and enthusiastic team brings together a wide range of expertise and backgrounds.
Directors
Steve is Anishinabe/ Saulteaux and a member of the Ebb and Flow First Nation from Manitoba. Since 1998… Read more
Ginger is a Director of the Firelight Group. She works as a negotiator and implementation coordinator… Read more
Alistair’s work over the past decade has focused on designing, managing, conducting, and critiquing environmental impact assessments… Read more
Rachel is a citizen of the Tr’ondek Hwech’in First Nation from the Yukon Territory. She has been a researcher in First Nation communities… Read more
Staff
Makiko is Firelight’s CFO and Finance Manager. Originally from Japan, she moved to Canada in 2007 and has been working and studying… Read more
Holly is a Senior Planner with Firelight. She has a background in community, land use, and strategic planning and expertise in … Read more
Sarah has a diploma in Library and Information Technology. She has a background as a records manager and administrator providing support in the military, private, and public sectors…Read More
Etienne is a Junior Researcher with the Traditional Knowledge and Use Studies Team. He holds a MSc in Integrated Water Resources… Read more
Alexis is Anishinabe/Saulteaux and is a member of the Skownan First Nation from Manitoba. Alexis is a Junior Researcher… Read more
Katy is an Environmental Assessment Specialist with the Firelight Group. Katy is experienced and well-versed in… Read more
Karen is a Registered Dietitian and holds a MSc in Human Nutrition from McGill University (2000). Since 1998, Karen has been actively involved… Read more
Sabrina is the Communications Specialist with The Firelight Group. She graduated from York University in 2018… Read more
Sandra is Métis, raised in the Westbank First Nation community. She is a Professional Human Ecologist/Home Economist, with a Bachelor of Science… Read more
An aspiring birder and lover of the outdoors, Kalene is a recent environmental science graduate from the University of Alberta: Augustana Faculty… Read more
Jeffrey has a Masters in Environmental Assessment from Concordia University in Montreal, Canada… Read more
Jessica graduated from the University of British Columbia with a degree in Geography specializing in Environment and Sustainability… Read more
Jess is a registered professional biologist and Senior Researcher at Firelight. She works with the Ecology team, providing support for… Read more
Aaron is a member of the Garden River First Nation and is a Junior Researcher of Ecology at Firelight. Aaron is a Natural Environment Technology… Read more
John’s background is in team leadership and organizational management. As a team leader he has a strong focus on… Read more
Sammy is a Junior Researcher at The Firelight Group in Victoria, BC. Born in Whitehorse, Yukon and living there for much of his youth… Read more
Knut brings a circumpolar perspective to the work of the Traditional Use Studies team. With an academic background in climate…Read more
Melinda is Accounting Administrator with The Firelight Group. Melinda offers accounts receivable and payables support as well as other support to the Finance Team… Read more
Janelle’s masters research focused on the meaningful engagement of Indigenous women’s knowledge in environmental… Read more
Elizabeth is a Junior Researcher Intern with the Firelight Group supporting the Traditional Knowledge and Use Team… Read more
Sejal is a Junior Researcher for the Traditional Knowledge and Use Studies and Indigenous Planning teams. She completed her …Read more
Tara Lamothe is Métis, Jobin family, from the Lesser Slave Lake area in Treaty 8 territory in northern Alberta. She holds an Honours B.Sc. … Read more
Susan Leech (MSc, RPBio) is the Ecology Team’s Business Lead and a Senior Researcher with Firelight’s Regulatory Team. She specializes in species at risk policy and planning, impact assessment, knowledge-based decision-making, and data analysis…. Read more
Tiana (Seliliye) Lewis is Coast Salish and a member of the Sḵḵwxḵwú7mesh Úxwumixw… Read more
Molly holds a doctorate in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where her dissertation research focused… Read more
Mathew holds a BSc in Geography and an MA in political ecology. Mathew’s masters research in political ecology investigated the causes of social conflict… Read more
Kelechi is a Researcher on the Regulatory Team at Firelight. Her background is in impact assessment, particularly strategic… Read more
A geography graduate from Trinity College Dublin, Guy also holds a MSc in Environment, Culture, and Society from the University… Read more
Dehga Scott is Tłįchǫ Dene from Yellowknife, NWT. She works as a Junior Researcher IBA teams… Read more
Trefor is a Senior Regulatory Advisor with Firelight. Trefor comes to Firelight with more than 20 years of combined experience related to… Read more
Corvyn is an experienced educator, editor, and administrator, who earned their Master’s degree in English Language… Read more
Jordan is a Senior Research Manager with Firelight. His doctoral work focuses on the resilience… Read more
Interns
Jack is an intern with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Socio-Economic team. Jack grew up on Vancouver Island and, in 2016, he completed an honours… Read more
Amanda is an Intern with the Firelight Group supporting the Regulatory Team. She is currently located in Montreal where she is completing her Masters of… Read more
Rena Case is Tsilhqot’in (Chilcotin) from TsiDelDel (Redstone) also called the Alexis Creek First Nations. Rena is a Research Intern with the Firelight Group… Read more
Carilia is an intern with the Firelight Group supporting the ecology team. She holds a Bachelor of Social Science in Geography… Read more
Jenny is a Research Intern in GIS and Digital Skills with The Firelight Group. She previously studied Environment Resources and Sustainability… Read more
Lucas is a Research Intern with The Firelight Group and is supporting both the Traditional Knowledge and Use Studies and Indigenous Health teams… Read more