Paula has been with Lands and Resources since1996, working on diverse projects that are part of Champagne and Aishihik First Nation’s increased responsibilities under their land claim: everything from salmon stream enhancement to database/GIS development. She helped the First Nation combine conventional science and traditional knowledge to contest the relicensing of a hydroelectric dam and gain a water licence that was more responsive to the environment and the people who depend on it. She currently works for the First Nation on the Yukon Environmental and Socioeconomic Assessment Act, a product of land claims that will largely displace the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act (CEAA) in the Yukon. Her eclectic resume includes tours of duty as a botany technician and in health care public relations, all skills she has used as part of a northern First Nations government. 

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