Indigenous Reconciliation and environmental sustainability are especially relevant to the Canadian landscape.  According to the 2021 Census, Indigenous Peoples make up about 5% of the nation’s population.  However, this demographic has faced systemic barriers and historical mistreatment for a long time – ranging from enforced water advisories, residential schools, degraded land quality in reserves, and so forth. In part one of this episode, The Intersection of Indigenous and Environmental Perspectives, host Shoffana Sundaramoorthy is joined by Hayley Roulstone to share her insights around Indigenous and environmental perspectives. She also reflects on the role of governments, not-for-profit organizations, and businesses, in reference to how they can aid and advance reconciliation efforts in different ways.

Meet the Speaker:

Hayley Roulstone is a Caymanian consultant at Rise Consulting, working under the area of Research and Reconciliation.  Hayley studied at the University of Sussex in which she obtained a bachelor's degree in Geography and International Development, and a master's in Environment, Development, and Policy.  She is based out of Vancouver, British Columbia.  Hayley is passionate about environmental policy and through her experience in researching/ reporting, she strives to address challenges posed by climate change adaptation and mitigation processes, alongside bringing attention to environmental concerns that affect people of Caymanian and First Nations cultures.

About the Podcast:

Through the third season of the Tapestry 2030 Podcast: Global Voices, a few members of the Ontario Council for International Cooperation (OCIC) Youth Policy-Makers Hub (YPH) are aiming to amplify key global issues from the perspective of voices often unheard or excluded from policy and international development conversations. 

Learn more about the work of OCIC.