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
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
Boyd is a Senior Researcher 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
Amanda is a Junior Researcher with the Firelight Group supporting the Regulatory Team. She is currently located in Montreal where she is completing her Masters of… 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
Jason is an environmental assessment and regulatory researcher with The Firelight… 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
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
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
Jessica is a Registered Professional Planner, a member of the Canadian Institute of Planners and the Planning Institute of British Columbia. As a member… 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
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
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
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 Senior Research Manager with Firelight. His doctoral work focuses on the resilience… 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
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
Aibakyt is a Research Intern at the Firelight Group supporting the Traditional Knowledge
and Use Studies and Indigenous Planning teams. She graduated from York University… Read more
Catherine is an intern with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Mapping and GIS team. Born and raised in Okotoks, Alberta, she moved to Vancouver… Read more
Jakob is an intern with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Health team. Jakob grew up in the Fraser Valley… Read more
Hayden is a research intern with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Ecology team. Raised in… Read more
Grant is a research intern with The Firelight Group and is supporting the Regulatory Team. He was born and raised in Ottawa, Ontario. He is currently completing his Masters… Read more