Policy and Consulting

In Canada, I have worked as a risk assessment and climate resilience adviser and consultant for federal agencies (e.g., Infrastructure Canada, Natural Resources Canada, Public Safety Canada, Indigenous Services Canada), National Collaborating Centres for Public Health, BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations, Emergency Management and Climate Readiness British Columbia, and municipalities among others. I am a Principal for URSUS Resilient Strategies Inc., a niche consulting company specializing in risk management and resilience planning. Sample deliverables are listed below. Please download my CV or resume for more information.

Sample consulting deliverables

  • First Nation Food Security and Emergency Preparedness in British Columbia. Ministry of Agriculture and Food. 
  • Integrating Equity, Diversity and Inclusion into B.C.’s Disaster and Climate Risk and Resilience Assessment. Partner: SHIFT Collaborative. Client: Climate Action Secretariat.
  •  Disaster Mitigation Funding: Leading and Best Practices, and Barriers to Implementation in British Columbia (In partnership with Ebbwater for EMCR)
  •  Program and guidelines development for the $3.3B Disaster Mitigation and Adaptation Fund. Client: Infrastructure Canada.
  •  Engaging with climate equity. Sample deliverable: Yumagulova et al (2022) Lived Experience of Extreme Heat in B.C. Client: Climate Action Secretariat. Province of B.C.
  •  Program evaluation and re-design for the $220M National Disaster Mitigation Program. Client: Natural Resources Canada and Public Safety Canada.
  •  Baseline resilience policy assessment. Client: North Shore Emergency Management. Partnerships: Ebbwater Consulting; SHIFT Collaborative.
  •  Development of Community Resilience Framework for Rural and Indigenous Communities. Client: BC Ministry of Forests, Lands, Natural Resource Operations (In partnership with Simon Fraser Community Economic Development).
  •  Community-based engagement and collaborative research for improving public health practice and policy for Indigenous Communities: ”Long-term public health responses to evacuations”. Client: National Collaborating Centres for Public Health.
  •  Local Government Impacts of Oil Spills: A study of potential costs for the City of Vancouver”. Submitted to the National Energy Board on behalf of the City of Vancouver. 
  •  2023 reviewer, 2023 Reviewer, Draft BC First Nations Action Plan on Disaster Risk Reduction (FDMS/FNESS/FNLC), B.C.
  • 2022 Adviser, Climate Change and Health in BC: From Risk To Resilience
  • 2021 Adviser, Indigenous Community Safety Partnership program, House of Wolf
  • 2020 Adviser, Gender-based Analysis Plus (GBA+) in Indigenous Communities, SHIFT Collaborative, SFU, Climate Action Secretariat, BC.     
  • 2020 Collaborator, Words Into Action on Children & Youth Engagement in Disaster Risk Reduction and Resilience Building United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction.
  • 2018 Indigenous DRR Adviser and collaborator, World Meteorological Organization
  • 2019 Collaborator, Youth action in DRR, UN Major Group for Children and Youth. 
  • 2016 Adviser, Master of Disaster, Emergency Management British Columbia
  • 2012-2014 Member, Private Sector Partnership Working Group, Canada’s Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Sample advisory roles