What We Do
Core Services
Who We Are
Our work focuses on providing research and technical services to support the rights and interests of Indigenous Nations.
We collect, organize, analyze, and use multi-media approaches to display a community’s rights and interests on the land, and how these could be affected by industrial development or land management policies.
We approach Indigenous health and wellness projects from a holistic perspective, accounting for the unique and specific First Nations, Inuit, and Métis social determinants that create conditions for health and wellbeing.
We support Indigenous Nations leading their own environmental assessments or participating in regulatory processes to make free, prior, and informed decisions regarding proposed projects.
We provide technical research support to Indigenous Nations, Governments, Organizations, Elders and knowledge holders to document their ways of life, changes they have experienced over time, and their visions for the future.
We support Indigenous Nations, Governments, and Communities to negotiate and implement strong, modern agreements with companies that can generate substantial benefits, while also protecting their lands and ways of life.
We collaborate with local Indigenous experts, governments and organizations to develop and implement ecological inventories, monitoring programs and management plans that are scientifically rigorous and culturally relevant.
Firelight provides guidance and thought-provoking insight to our Technical Staff and is strongly committed to helping build capacity within our Nations. The level of expertise and professionalism provided by Firelight is unrivalled and we look forward to working together on many more projects in the future.
Wabun Tribal Council