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
Pamela Perreault is a member of Garden River First Nation in Ontario. Her academic and
consulting careers have taken her across Canada… 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
Aibakyt is a Junior Researcher at the Firelight Group supporting the Traditional Knowledge
and Use Studies and Indigenous Planning teams. She graduated from York University… Read more
Jack is an Junior Researcher 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
Catherine is an Junior Researcher with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Mapping and GIS team. Born and raised in Okotoks, Alberta… 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
Lucas is a junior researcher with The Firelight Group, supporting the Socio-economic team. With him, he brings direct experience working for an Algonquin First Nation… Read more
Amanda is a Junior Researcher with The Firelight Group supporting the Regulatory Team. She holds a Master of Environment specializing in… Read more
Alexis is Anishinabe/Saulteaux and is a member of the Skownan First Nation from Manitoba. Alexis is a Researcher… Read more
Ashley is Secwépemc from Simpcw First Nation, working as an Indigenous Governance Support Specialist with The Firelight Group… Read more
Julia Conzon is a GIS Program Manager with the GIS Team. She is a second-generation settler with Italian heritage working remotely… Read more
Michelle is a Junior Planner with Firelight with two years of planning experience. She has contributed… Read more
Christine is a Senior Researcher with the Firelight Group, and works with the Indigenous Planning team… Read more
Cedar Dawson is an Indigenous person from the Ditidaht, Ahousaht, Dzawada̱ʼenux̱w, and Métis Nations. They are a Knowledge Holder… Read more
Katy is an Environmental Assessment Specialist with the Firelight Group. Katy is experienced and well-versed in… Read more
Sabrina is the Communications Coordinator at The Firelight Group and one of the organizers of the Indigenous Mapping Workshop. She graduated… Read more
Aislinn is a Junior Researcher with the Firelight Group supporting the Health and Socio-Economic Research Team. She completed her MA in… Read More
Nicole (she/her) is a Junior Researcher supporting the Ecology team at Firelight. She is a settler with ancestral roots in Scotland, Ireland and… Read more
Working with Firelight since 2017, Kalene works closely with the Ecology and IBA teams, providing support in the coordination and management… Read more
Tosh is a Senior Researcher with The Firelight Group, working with the Health and Socio-Economic teams. He is a settler and visitor on the traditional territory of the WSÁNEĆ… Read more
Anne is a Junior Ecology Researcher with the Firelight Group. Anne conducts research and applies geomatics … Read more
Jess is a registered professional biologist and Senior Researcher at Firelight. She works with the Ecology team, providing support for… Read more
Claudia is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta with family roots in the Young’s Point Métis settlement in Manitoba, and is also of Chinese and Polish ancestry… Read more
Emily is the Junior Communications Specialist at The Firelight Group. She is a settler on… Read more
Kimberley is a Junior Researcher with The Firelight Group and is supporting… Read more
John’s background is in team leadership and organizational management. As a team leader he has a strong focus on… 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 Kuntz is Senior Researcher at the Firelight Group. She is a settler-Canadian with German and English… Read more
Elizabeth is a Researcher with the Firelight Group supporting the Traditional Knowledge and Use Team… Read more
Hayden is a Junior Researcher with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Ecology team. Raised in… Read more
Sejal is a Researcher for the Traditional Knowledge and Use Studies and Indigenous Planning teams. …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 a senior technical lead within the Ecology team, and provides support to the Regulatory team. She specializes in … Read more
Beverly is a Junior Researcher with the GIS team. She is a settler of diasporic Chinese descent and works from the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of… Read more
Molly is a Research Director with Firelight. She holds a doctorate in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of British Columbia… Read more
Alexa is a Junior Researcher with The Firelight Group supporting the Regulatory Team. She is a settler with German, Finnish and English ancestral roots… Read more
Allie is a terrestrial wildlife specialist with an educational background in human geography and ecology. She has diverse experience… Read more
Jackson is a junior researcher with The Firelight Group. He works with the Regulatory, Socio-economic, and… 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
Rylan is a member of Opaskwayak Cree Nation in Manitoba. He is part of the GIS team at Firelight and works out of the Vancouver office. Born and raised… Read more
Jasheil is a Researcher for the Firelight Group, working closely with the Indigenous Health team. She is a Tamil – Malaysian settler currently… Read more
Alexandra is a Researcher on the Socio-Economic Team at the Firelight Group. She is a settler with Dutch and French heritage and is grateful to live on the traditional territories of the WSÁNEĆ… Read more
A geography graduate from Trinity College Dublin, Guy also holds a MSc in Environment, Culture, and Society from the University… 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
Lucas is a Junior Researcher with the Firelight Group, mainly supporting the Indigenous Health team. He is a settler with… Read more
Corvyn is an experienced educator, editor, and administrator, who earned their Master’s degree in English Language… Read more
Jonathan is a Senior Researcher with the Traditional Use Studies team, where his primary responsibilities are community-based work… Read more
Jordan is a Research Director with Firelight. His doctoral work focuses on the resilience… Read more
Anuja is a Researcher with the Firelight Group, working closely with the IBA team. Originally from Nepal, she moved to Canada for graduate school in 2017. She completed… Read more
Erin Tomkins is a health researcher and opportunity development manager with the Firelight… Read more
Tanya is a Junior Researcher with the Ecology Team. She enjoys working at the intersection of conservation, community, research, policy, and education… Read more
Sonja Voyageur is the Human Resource Manager of Firelight, and is a proud member of the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation in Treaty 8 Territory…. Read more
Grant is a Junior Researcher with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Regulatory Team. He was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario… Read more
Sashka is a Junior Ecology Researcher with The Firelight Group. He creates maps and conducts statistical and geospatial analyses as part … Read more
Kassandra Woods is a health researcher with the Firelight Group. She is a settler and grateful visitor on the traditional territory of the WSÁNEĆ (Saanich)… Read more
Interns
Sophie is a Human Resources Intern at the Firelight Group. She is a settler on the unceded territory of the Okanagan (Syilx) People,… Read more
Billie (she/her) is a Research Intern working out of the Vancouver office who is supporting the Ecology team. She is a settler with German/Dutch… Read more
Karleen is a settler joining Firelight as an intern for the summer on Treaty Six territory and the traditional lands of the Nehiyaw … Read more
Eric Schoenberger is a Human Resources Intern with Firelight. He is a settler on the traditional territory of the… Read more
Jill is a Research Intern in the Regulatory team. She is a settler of mixed European descent, born, and currently living, on the traditional territories of the Blackfoot Confederacy… Read more
Kennedy is a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation in Alberta. She is a Research Intern with the… Read more