2023 Speakers
Conference Co-Chairs

Diana Audino
Senior Legal Counsel, Indigenous Law
Enbridge

Sheldon Wuttunee
President/CEO
Saskatchewan First Nations Natural Resource Centre of Excellence
Speaker Faculty

Deborah Carlson
Lawyer
West Coast Environmental Law

Sean Capstick
Fellow, ESG and Climate Change
WSP

Cheryl Chetkiewicz
Director, Indigenous Communities and Conservation
Wildlife Conservation Society

Mark Cliffe-Phillips
Executive Director
Mackenzie Valley Review Board

Victoria Collins
Project Lead, Clean Technologies
Northern Alberta Institute of Technology (NAIT)

Carla Davidson
Principal
Endeavour Scientific Inc.

Sarah Depoe
Director, Cumulative Effects Management Planning Environment and Protected Areas
Government of Alberta

Dr. Ave Dersch
Archaeologist, Ethnobotanist, Traditional Land Use Study Facilitator,
Moccasin Flower Inc.

Judy Desjarlais
Chief
Blueberry River First Nation

Wynter Flett
Environmental Monitor
Peavine Metis Settlement

Shayla Gauchier
Data and Finance Technician
Peavine Metis Settlement

Maegen Giltrow
Partner
Ratcliff LLP

Kevin Hanna
Associate Professor/Director, Centre for Environmental Assessment Research
University of British Columbia

George Hegmann
Vice President, Environmental Services
Stantec

Selina Lee-Andersen
Partner
Miller Thomson LLP

Steven Lonsdale
Conservation and Stewardship Program Advisor
Qikiqtani Inuit Association

Sean Maher
Technical Specialist
Canada Energy Regulator

Marian Ngo
Executive Director
Salish Sea Indigenous Guardians Association

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

Jeff Rempel
Manager, Infrastructure and Environmental Management
Hatfield Consultants

Sheila Risbud
Head of Sustainable Development
Teck Resources

Sarah Sinclair
Environmental Monitor
Peavine Metis Settlement

Lynn Smith
Regional Planning Coordinator
Peavine Metis Settlement
