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

Boyd is a research coordinator with the Firelight Group, and works with the Community Planning… 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

Michelle is a Junior Planner with Firelight with two years of planning experience. She has contributed… 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 Coordinator at The Firelight Group and one of the organizers of the Indigenous Mapping Workshop. She graduated… 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

Working with Firelight since 2017, Kalene works closely with the Ecology and IBA teams, providing support in the coordination and management… 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

Jessica is a Senior Planner with eight years of planning experience, working with Indigenous communities and Traditional Knowledge… 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

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 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 the Ecology Team’s Business Lead and a Senior Researcher with Firelight’s Regulatory Team. She specializes in … 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


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 at Firelight, supporting… 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

Lauren is a Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technician with the Firelight Group… 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

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