Edgard is dedicated to aligning the resource and energy industries with Indigenous sovereignty and sustainable development. Besides being a sought-after youth leader and mentor, Edgard’s mission is to empower Nations, build economic strength, and ideate systems of sustainable development through creating training pathways, leading complex industry and community negotiations, and ensuring community engagement is meaningful, empowering, and integrated into every stage of project development. Edgard is from the Talhtan Nation, on the border of Yukon and BC.