2023 Speakers

Co-Chairs

Matthew Chiasson

Cumulative Effects Coordinator
The Confederacy of Mainland Mi’kmaq

Dr. Steve Bonnell

Director, Impact Assessment and Permitting (Principal)
Advisian (Worley Group)

Distinguished Speaker Faculty

Selina Lee Andersen

Partner
Miller Thomson LLP

Mike Atkinson

Regional Director – Atlantic
Impact Assessment Agency of Canda

Sara Burton

Senior Advisor, Environmental Assessment
Transport Canada

Paul-Antoine Cardin

Technical and Policy Advisor
Indigenous Centre for Cumulative Effects

Ashley Childs

Lands Manager and Client Liaison
Shared Value Solutions

Mark Cliffe-Phillips

Executive Director
Mackenzie Valley Environmental Impact Review Board

Caroline Coburn

Managing Director
Odonaterra Inc

Ben Collison

Interdisciplinary PhD Student, School for Resource and Environmental Studies
Dalhousie University

Jessica Coulson

Senior Advisor, Office of the Chief Scientist
Natural Resources Canada

Emily Davis

Marine Environmental & Sustainability Scientist
Dillon Consulting Limited

Erika Dawson

Senior Advisor, Indigenous Relations
Hydro One

Kelsea Deblois

Impact Assessment Officer, Office of the Chief Scientist
Natural Resources Canada

Morgan Edwards

Senior Biologist – Fish and Aquatic Ecosystems
Shared Value Solutions

Heather Giddens

Senior Associate, Environmental Services
Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Gordon Grey

Impact Assessment Manager
Wolastoqey Nation in New Brunswick

Honorable Timothy Halman

Minister of Environment and Climate Change
Government of Nova Scotia

Celesa Horvath

Principal
Ventus Development Services Inc.

Davie Joanisse

Chief
Antoine Nation

Scott Mackay

Manager Partner and Senior Consultant
Shared Value Solutions

Andrea McGathey

Senior Technical Specialist – Environment, Advanced Reactor Development Program
NB Power

Jennifer McPhail

Senior Associate, Environmental Services
Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Brent Parker

Director General Review Panels and Regional and Strategic Assessment, Impact Assessment Agency
Government of Canada

Julia Purcell

Cumulative Effects Analyst and Programs Coordinator
CE Analytic Ltd.

Theresa Repaso-Subang

President
TRS Toxicology & Health Solutions Inc

Lorrie Roberts

Senior Project Executive, Environmental Assessment Modernization
Nova Scotia Environment & Climate Change

Ron Stevenson

Counsel
Juristes Power Law

Dr. Ian Stewart

Associate professor
University of King's College
Senior Associate
Nexus Coastal Resource Management

Jay Walmsley

Senior Scientist – Atlantic Environment
WSP

Alana Westwood

Assistant Professor, School for Resource and Environmental Studies, Faculty of Management
Dalhousie University