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Kyle Hilsendager

Kyle Hilsendager is the Technical Lead for Reconciliation at TWC, and also serves as Chair of the TWC Reconciliation Committee. He is a member of ‘Namgis First Nation and is motivated by a strong interest in the land and resource management challenges that affect Indigenous communities. Kyle has extensive experience representing Indigenous interests on projects relating to Reconciliation, land management and natural resource development. He has also spent over ten years teaching and developing curriculum at the post-secondary level, and has years of experience working directly with First Nations students

By |2025-03-02T23:46:39-05:00October 7th, 2022|Lands & Culture|Comments Off on Kyle Hilsendager
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Madeleine Wong

Madeleine Wong is a Project Coordinator with a background in facilitation, technical analysis and project management. Using her field-based project experience and work in the impact assessment sector, she develops informed and adaptive project frameworks, roles and deliverables for climate change mitigation, Indigenous Knowledge integration, and impact assessment projects. She applies a procedure-based lens and utilizes her facilitation skills to create a cohesive and collaborative project coordination process. Her work is guided by her passions for meaningful communication, reconciliation, and community and ecological health.

By |2025-10-21T19:22:56-04:00October 7th, 2022|Ecology|Comments Off on Madeleine Wong
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Melanie Demers

Melanie Demers is a Lands & Culture Specialist at TWC. She is a Kanyen’kehá:ka member of Six Nations and is Québecois. Melanie is a technical resource on reconciliation projects and regulatory services at TWC. Her past experiences as an author, facilitator, researcher, and consultant have strengthened her ability to present results and perform quantative and qualitative data analysis in many contexts. Melanie is passionate about the application of Two-Eyed Seeing in her work with Indigenous nations, and she values community, collaboration, and lifelong learning.

By |2025-05-02T19:50:18-04:00October 7th, 2022|Digital Services|Comments Off on Melanie Demers
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Nina Barton

Nina Barton is the Technical Lead for Social Impact Assessment at Two Worlds Consulting. With more than 18 years of diverse experience in social and environmental impact assessment, research, planning and management, Nina has led project-based and strategic impact assessments in BC and other jurisdictions in Canada. Nina has worked closely with Indigenous Nations, industry and government to support the responsible development of transportation projects, mines, renewable energy projects, utilities, oil and gas projects and port developments. Nina’s passion is to help improve well-being for people, communities and the environmen

By |2025-08-05T15:16:05-04:00October 7th, 2022|Human Environment|Comments Off on Nina Barton
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Alan Calder

Alan Calder is TWC's Quality Manager. In this capacity, he oversees TWC's Technical Leads who are responsible for defining, refining and directing TWC's services. Alan is also a Senior Project Manager and Regulatory Advisor with more than 26 years’ experience managing complex, multi-disciplinary projects in the environmental and sustainability field. His experience and insights from senior Regulatory and consultancy roles convey the skills, knowledge and technical authority necessary to provide leadership and strategic direction to impacy assessment and permitting processes, and to deliver high-quality environmental and Engagement services for a diverse group of clients and target audience

By |2025-10-21T19:14:37-04:00October 7th, 2022|Regulatory|Comments Off on Alan Calder
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Amber Chong

Amber Chong is a Senior Lands & Culture Specialist with over a decade of permitting and environmental assessment experience. Through her focus on developing a shared understanding of projects and the local and social context, Amber has successfully supported collaboration between proponents and Indigenous Nations to advance Regulatory applications. Her experience working as a proponent and a technical reviewer provide Amber with a unique perspective that supports her work to advance the meaningful and holistic application of Indigenous Knowledge in Regulatory applications.

By |2026-01-12T19:44:13-05:00October 7th, 2022|Human Environment, Regulatory|Comments Off on Amber Chong
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Aurora Van Buren

Aurora Van Buren is TWC's Human Environment Manager. In this capacity, she leads and supports the performance of the Lands & Culture, Engagement, Social Impact and Reconciliation Teams. Aurora has had the privilege of collaborating with Indigenous Nations across Canada to document Indigenous Knowledge for use by Indigenous Governments, as well as in consultation and Regulatory processes. Aurora as been a technical lead on both federally and provincially regulated impact assessments throughout Canada, providing expert testimony for review panels. The landscape of environmental management is rapidly changing, and Aurora has developed new assessment methods to address emerging project risks and respond to increased expectations of all parties. A proven public speaker, Aurora has also led public open houses and workshops for controversial projects.

By |2025-07-24T20:47:55-04:00October 7th, 2022|Human Environment|Comments Off on Aurora Van Buren
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Deanna Higginson

Deanna Higginson is a Technical Lead, Lands & Culture, with a strong background in socio-environmental, Engagement, and Regulatory-related services. She is responsible for fostering technical excellence and best practices to help support the successful delivery of projects, and the strategic growth of TWC's Lands & Culture service area and team. Deanna is passionate about working at the interface of Indigenous Knowledge and western science, and has given presentations and papers on the subject. From community-based Indigenous Knowledge and Use studies to collaboratively preparing environmental assessments with Indigenous Nations, Deanna has acted as a technical lead and reviewer for several different types of cross-cultural projects. Deanna's experience spans a variety of sectors (e.g., mining, public, transportation, oil and gas, and renewable energy), Regulatory jurisdictions (e.g., BC EAO, YESAB, IAAC, VFPA's PER) and areas (e.g., British Columbia, Yukon, Northwest Territories, Alberta, Ontario, Washington State).

By |2025-10-21T19:20:41-04:00October 7th, 2022|Ecology, Human Environment|Comments Off on Deanna Higginson
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Heidi Klein

Heidi Klein, Senior Consultant, has over 30 years experience in all matters related to environmental assessment and management including project assessment, human and community well-being related evaluations, legislation and policy advisor, Indigenous knowledge collection and inclusion in decision-making, and Indigenous and stakeholder relations. Heidi has a technical foundation in wildlife biology, land use planning, environmental assessment, and facilitation / mediation. Currently, she is focusing on legislation advice, Socio-economic effects of projects, poverty evaluations including programs and measures intended to improve economic opportunities, and Indigenous knowledge inclusion in decision-making relying on her experience in Indigenous knowledge collection and wildlife biology.

By |2025-06-27T17:46:22-04:00October 7th, 2022|Lands & Culture|Comments Off on Heidi Klein
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Hereward Longley

Hereward Longley is a Technical Lead, Lands and Culture at TWC. Hereward serves as a discipline lead navigating federal and provincial impact assessment legislation and working to collaboratively apply Indigenous Knowledge to inform the impact assessment process. He works with a range of Métis, First Nation, industry, and government clients on Indigenous land and Knowledge, impact assessment, and historical research projects. Hereward's doctorate in environmental history focused on environmental policy, Indigenous history, and land and resource management issues in the Alberta oil sands region

By |2025-03-04T16:22:11-05:00October 7th, 2022|Regulatory|Comments Off on Hereward Longley
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