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
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 Research Coordinator 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 completed the Master of Resource Management program at Simon Fraser University… 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
Sandra is Métis, born in Vancouver BC, raised in West Kelowna BC, and now resides in Edmonton AB. Since day one, Sandra strongly… 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 Research Coordinator at Firelight. She works with the Ecology team, providing support for… 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 Study team. With an academic background in climate…Read more
Robbie Knott is a Red River Métis cis male who had the privilege of growing up surrounded by the sacred mountains of the Stoney… 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
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 a Senior Researcher with Firelight’s ecology and regulatory teams, specializing in species at risk policy and planning, impact assessment, knowledge-based decision-making, and data analysis…. Read more
Molly holds a doctorate in Socio-Cultural Anthropology from the University of British Columbia, where her dissertation research focused… Read more
Charlotte holds a Joint Honours Degree in Socio-Cultural Anthropology and International Development from McGill University, and works…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
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 and adaptive capacity of Chilean artisanal fisheries… Read more
Lauren is the Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS) Technician with the Firelight Group…Read More
George is a Junior Researcher at the Firelight Group in Victoria. He conducts research and provides support to Firelight’s… 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
Interns
Alexis is Anishinabe/Saulteaux and a member of Skownan First Nations from Manitoba. Alexis is a Research Intern with… 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
Sabrina is a Communications & Research Intern for The Firelight Group. She graduated from York University in 2018, Summa Cum Laude, with a Bachelor of Arts degree in… Read more
Aaron is a member of the Garden River First Nation and a Ecology Research Intern at Firelight. Aaron is a Natural Environment Technology graduate… Read more
