Sustainability Background

Indigenous Knowledge Holder interviews

Erin supported community-based staff to design and conduct Inuit-led elder interviews to collect Inuit Knowledge needed for management decisions related to a major mine expansion project.

The knowledge shared in these interviews, conducted in Inuktitut by other Elders, directly informs project mitigations related to caribou, marine mammals, local access and use, and other commitments.

The interview approach, the first of its kind in this project, will be used as an iterative model for knowledge holder engagement and adaptive management.

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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.