As a principal at HTFC, Elly’s work focuses on planning in rural and remote communities, and on projects that bring Indigenous interests, perspectives, and people into managing their traditional lands. She works to listen, learn, and build relationships through her work. In collaboration with other professionals, she is enthusiastic about building local capacity and assisting clients with advancing their priorities. As a facilitator and member of numerous multiparty working groups, she works to support communication among Indigenous communities, governments, industry representatives, and service providers.
Her extensive portfolio includes projects on Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas, guardians and community monitoring programs, wildlife stewardship, environmental assessment, land use planning, specific claims, traditional knowledge studies, community-based research, and lands management. She also has a growing body of work in social planning, focused on bringing systemic change to build equity in community services (housing, healthcare, childcare, and early years programming).
Born and raised in the prairies, Elly has worked for more than 15 years in areas now known as Manitoba, northwestern Ontario, Nunavut, and the Northwest Territories. Since her early 20s, she has partnered with clients and colleagues in Nehiyaw (Cree), Anishinaabe, Inuit, Dene, and Dakota communities.
As a mother of two, she is happiest being active, outdoors, and with her family.
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