Kyle Vermette, LLB

Experience

Kyle Vermette (he/him) is a Métis Nation lawyer and negotiator from Regina, Saskatchewan, and Special Advisor to The Firelight Group. He was a founder of CLASSIC, a non-profit organization that administers a free clinic offering legal services to low-income individuals living in the inner city of Saskatoon, through a course component offered through the University of Saskatchewan College of Law. He previously advised the Métis National Council and Manitoba Métis Federation on national and international issues relating to climate change, biodiversity and the environment, and has represented the Métis Nation under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity. He is a Harvard Law School-trained negotiator and was formerly in-house counsel for the Water Security Agency (Saskatchewan). He is the Co-Chair of the Indigenous Advisory Committee for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.