How Vanier Changed its Story

She recently joined Climate Action Network Canada as the National Policy Manager, and previously worked at the Federation of Canadian municipalities in various climate-related positions. She has also run a dozen campaigns at the federal and municipal levels, supported or led various climate justice campaigns and worked for ENGOs in Montréal, Yellowknife, Ottawa and Gatineau.

She has also worked as an elementary school teacher in New York City and in Rochester, New York, where she developed a passion for culturally responsive pedagogy.
Heather is currently a fifth-year doctoral student at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education – University of Toronto, in the Social Justice Education program. She has been awarded a Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship, through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), a highly competitive national award competition. Her research centers reconciliation and reclamation of Indigenous ways of knowing in modern-day education systems.
Heather leads First Peoples Group, an Indigenous consulting firm that specializes in customized Indigenous cultural competency learning, engagement with Indigenous peoples, and reconciliation action planning.

Having lived most of her life as an immigrant, she is particularly interested in issues related to women and immigrant communities, and more specifically in the place of immigrant women in society. Prior to philanthropy, she worked in a variety of fields (including insurance, online business and non-profit fundraising). She holds a PhD in Applied Health Sciences, a specialized graduate diploma in Bioinformatics from UQÀM, as well as an MBA from HEC Montréal.

The KRSC operates in the municipal sector as a provider of essential services to the communities within its territory. The KRSC is mandated to offer services in land use planning, solid waste, economic development, tourism promotion, recreation planning, public safety, community development and regional transportation, which it succeeds in doing brilliantly thanks to the collaborative spirit and dynamism of its Board of Directors.
Building on her experience as a teacher, Isabelle continues her involvement with New Brunswick youth as the President of Improvisation New Brunswick. She volunteers her time as a referee and judge at high school improvisation tournaments, as well as with middle schoolers during the Jeux de l’Acadie. As a member of the LGBTQIA2+ community, she supports the development of policies promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion. In her spare time, Isabelle likes to enjoy local parks and beaches, read, play video games and plan her next international trip.

Previously, Tyler was the Manager of Research and Analytics for Orenda Software Solutions, an artificial intelligence company that uses social media to measure public perception. Prior to that he worked for Membertou First Nation in Communications, and the Canada Housing and Mortgage Corporation in Capacity Development.
Tyler earned a Bachelor of Arts in Sociology and Anthropology from Saint Mary’s University and a Master of Arts in Sociology from the University of Guelph. In 2022, Tyler was accepted into the Governor General Canadian Leadership Conference. In 2023, he was accepted into the Indigenous Leadership Circle, a network of emerging Indigenous, Metis, and Inuit members to share, elevate, and advance their ideas.
Tyler has been a Sundancer since 2008 with the White Eagle Sundance in Elsipogtog, NB.