Reconciliation Pathways

Transforming place-based understanding—connected to land, woven through relationships, alive with knowledge.

25+ Years of Experience Advancing reconciliation, engagement, and place-based understanding.
Award-Winning Advisory Recognized across leadership, public impact, and enduring practice.
Cross-Sector Leadership Work spanning government, universities, corporations, and First Nations.
Creator of PLACE™ A practical framework for grounded, relational, place-based action.

How I Support

I support leaders, institutions, organizations, and individuals seeking more grounded, responsible, and effective ways to work in relationship with place, people, and long-term change.

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Strategic Advisory, Coaching & Mentoring

Support for leadership teams and individuals building stronger systems, clearer decision-making practices, and approaches aligned with responsibility, place, and institutional change.

02

Facilitation & Engagement

Thoughtful facilitation for conversations, planning processes, and engagement pathways that strengthen trust, surface complexity, and create shared momentum.

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Organizational Support

Guidance for embedding reconciliation principles into culture, communication, internal systems, and long-term strategy without reducing the work to performance or optics.

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Workshops & Learning

Place-based workshops and learning experiences that deepen understanding, build internal capability, and create more meaningful connection to context and responsibility.

Story Behind the Work

This work is grounded in the belief that reconciliation is not a statement of intent, but a lived responsibility shaped through relationship, place, and sustained action over time.

Across decades of work in Indigenous rights, land use, governance, engagement, and organizational change, one principle has remained clear: meaningful transformation happens when people understand where they are, who they are in relationship with, and what their responsibilities ask of them.

Reconciliation Pathways exists to help organizations move beyond surface-level commitments toward approaches that are more thoughtful, more aligned, and more grounded in the realities of place.

The PLACE™ Framework

PLACE™ offers a structured, relational approach to understanding the connections between land, people, systems, and responsibility—helping organizations move with greater clarity, alignment, and care.

People

Identify the land, waters, territories, and relationships connected to where you work and make decisions.

Learn

Seek trusted knowledge, historical context, and grounded understanding through credible sources and relationships.

Acknowledge

Reflect on responsibilities, risks, and alignments before action, ensuring the work is grounded and accountable.

Communicate

Use language, stories, and representation with accuracy, respect, and consistency across internal and external spaces.

Engage

Build and sustain relationships over time, integrating learning into practice rather than treating it as a one-time step.

Applied Practice

Translate insight into practical systems, leadership choices, and engagement pathways that support long-term change.

Experience & Impact

Work across government, First Nations, universities, and global organizations—supporting reconciliation, engagement, place-based strategy, and the development of durable systems for meaningful change.

Government and policy advisory rooted in land, governance, and long-term sustainable practices.
Collaboration with First Nations and Indigenous-led organizations.
Support for universities, institutions, and global organizations connecting to understanding and change.
Deep experience across legal, cultural, ecological, and organizational contexts.
The land teaches us how to lead—with patience, clarity, and care.

Grounded in place, guided by relationship.

Based in X̱wemelch’stn in West Vancouver, this work is shaped by the lands, waters, and living responsibilities held within the shared territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, and səl̓ilwətaɬ Peoples. Mountains, forest, and ocean are not a backdrop to the work—they are part of how attention, care, and accountability are understood.

Begin the Conversation

Whether you are beginning this work or looking to deepen existing efforts, we can explore what grounded, meaningful progress looks like in your context.