Alison is an environmental scientist and Project Director with Shared Value Solutions Ltd. She has a background in environmental chemistry and contaminated sites, and is a registered Chartered Chemist in Ontario. Alison enjoys tackling environmental concerns using a combination of Indigenous knowledge and Western science alongside community-led participatory approaches. Her experience working with Indigenous Nations across Canada includes designing and executing community-led Guardians monitoring programs, facilitating community engagement sessions and workshops, developing and delivering curriculum for environmental monitoring courses, conducting third party reviews of technical reports and documents to identify how industrial and resource management activities may impact Indigenous rights, interests, and claims, and supporting communities with their concerns about contaminated lands, waters, and food sources. Alison is very proud of her Métis ancestry, and has been fishing ever since she could hold a rod and reel and foraging wild edibles since she started walking. Combined with a deep scientific curiosity, this has led Alison to become passionate about protecting traditional ways of life through conservation and remediation efforts.