Indigenous communities’ responses to COVID-19
Leadership Perspectives, Episode 3 Indigenous communities are navigating COVID-19 with traditional skills and ingenuity. But is local-level resilience enough? Indigenous…
Stefan Fournier
Executive Director, Immigration, Indigenous & Northern Communities, Sustainability
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StStefan Fournier is Executive Director at Signal49 Research, leading initiatives in Immigration, Indigenous and Northern Communities, and Sustainability. With over 15 years at the organization, he has held progressive roles including Director of Indigenous and Northern Communities, Associate Director of Northern and Aboriginal Policy, and Senior Manager of Executive Networks. His expertise spans policy analysis, public policy, qualitative research, strategic planning, and interest-based negotiation. Stefan has contributed to numerous publications on community resilience, climate change impacts, and economic development in Canada’s North, and has served on research review boards and national working groups focused on disaster risk reduction.
Prior to his current role, Stefan worked as Principal at ROK Resources and as a Researcher and Analyst at Rok Research. He also served as an MA Research Fellow at the Centre for Security and Defence Studies and held managerial responsibilities at A.J. Brooks Inc. His academic background includes advanced studies in international affairs and political science, with a focus on policy-making, post-conflict justice, and peacebuilding.
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Responding to COVID 19—Indigenous communities can’t be expected to do more with less
When Canada’s rural and remote Indigenous communities face emergencies, they often lack the resources and supports common to most Canadian…