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Email: emily.martin@firelight.caOffice Phone: (250) 686-9608Location: Saugeen Ojibway Nation Territory
Emily (she/her) has Swiss-Alsatian heritage, raised on the Haldimand Tract, and is grateful to live today on the Territory of the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. She is a Research Analyst with The Firelight Group supporting the Indigenous Negotiations and Socio-Economic Research teams. She completed her MA degree in partnership with the Little Salmon/Carmacks First Nation (LS/CFN) on the topic of free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) in the context of mining in LS/CFN Territory and within Yukon Governance generally. She also holds a BA in Environmental Governance supported by a semester with the Haida Gwaii Institute which focused on the Haida Nation’s relationships to forestry and Parks Canada.
Over the last 10 years, Emily’s education and work has been deeply focused on FPIC and the duty to consult and accommodate in the context of land/water relationships, resource development, and governance. Emily has served as a consultation advisor to the Yukon Government’s mining regulator, worked as an independent consultant for First Nation and Crown government clients, and as a Manager of both development and conservation files for the Saugeen Ojibway Nation.