Speaker

Patti Derbyshire

Sr. Consultant – Research, Learning and Equity Systems
Rise Consulting Ltd

Meet Patti:

Patti Derbyshire is a Sr. Consultant – Research, Learning and Equity Systems at Rise Consulting Ltd, an Indigenous-owned national management consultancy. A non-Indigenous team member, Patti holds enduring and continuing relationships in Siksikaitsitapii/ Blackfoot Confederacy where she was invited to ceremony and taught by Elder Frank Weasel Head (Miiksskim) some 30 years ago. She is currently a guest on the unceded territories of the qiqéyt and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nations alongside the North Fraser Métis community. Her current projects involve dialogues with Indigenous and sector leaders about the operationalization of the UN Act in Canada and what this means for corporate Canada and Call-to-Action #92 in the coming decade. She upholds obligations to xʷməθkʷəy̓əm at the Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden at UBC, to the Indigitalization Lab at SFU, and on projects contributing to 2SMMIWG strategy and action, supporting northern and remote persons and communities who seek equity and access to forensic DNA services and cultural care following incidents of sexual violence.

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