Sustainability Background

Clean Arctic Shipping Research Initiative

Working on behalf of the initiative co-lead, Inuit Circumpolar Council of Canada, Ishka Consulting served as lead consultant during the partnership development phase.

Erin played a central role in supporting a highly complex $90M research initiative to get off the ground through negotiation and trust building.

This is the largest grant of its type in Canada to be implemented through a co-leadership model that centers Indigenous self-determination in research.

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Land and Responsibility

Wherever possible, Ishka Consulting operates within the Indigenous governance framework in which a project takes place.

Erin’s experience, understanding and approach was shaped over time working closely with Inuit throughout Inuit Nunaat and by early career experiences with the Heiltsuk Nation and the Lower Fraser Fisheries Alliance on the West Coast. A seventh generation Canadian, Erin’s early teachers were the animals and plants of Algonquin Anishinabe Aki in Eastern Ontario and Western Quebec. She is committed to deepening her relationships with the communities, practices, and philosophies of the places she loves so much and calls home.