Russell Collier, MAAthyrium Services & Consulting

This is not a conventional résumé: rather, I invite you, the reader, in. This is an adventurous fusion of visual and authored representation of my career life. I seek to highlight my creative side and to demonstrate my ability to communicate well and to operate at a strategic level. I wish to help you in your job of narrowing candidates by breaking out my education and my life experience into functional areas of expertise. I have chosen 5 major themes: Graduate Studies, Aboriginal Outreach Specialist; Project Management; Research, Analysis and Policy; and Land Use Planning for this particular résumé.

In the Graduate Studies section, I extracted key points from my degree I think you might find useful. In the pages following, I have organized my employment history to show how they support major themes. For completeness, I have extracted a variety of professional, technical and computer-related skills,

I have published several public or proprietary articles, books, and papers which I list on a separate page. This document culminates in an abridged listing of my career history. My contact information is found on the last page of this document.

[Unless otherwise credited all photographs and artwork are copyright Russell Collier. Note: this résumé is formatted to print at Legal size paper: 8.5 x 14, landscape]

I n t r o d u c t i o n

Photo: Lori Koop. Used with permission

HighlightsI earned an MA in Environmental Education and Communication with a GPA of 4.0.My thesis culminated in a Substantive Grounded Theory, with Corollaries, shown at right .I was winner of The Chawkers Foundation Award, The McLean Foundation Award, and Royal Roads University’s Founder’s Award.My thesis was nominated for the Governor General’s Gold Medal Award.I have developed strong skills in research, analysis, critical thinking, technical, professional, and academic writing, team collaboration, working at a distance, and more.My curriculum themes are shown below:

Dances with words: Ecosystem terminology and the Gitxsan language

Substantive Grounded Theory

Gitxsan traditional ecological knowledge and ecological science are highly compatible at a basic level of terminology. However, neither TEK nor ES terms can be abstracted from their respective cultures and understood independently.

Corollaries

TEK exists within a network of practices and language that emphasize personal ethics and responsibility towards one’s territory, and all living or non-living parts of it. In contrast, ecological science exists within a network of practices and language that emphasize professional ethics and responsibility towards one’s discipline, and all social or professional aspects of it.

TEK is learned personally, locally, and immediately through the body in relationship with the land. Ecological science is learned impersonally, universally, and disinterestedly, through the mind in relationship with other minds.

At higher levels, TEK keepers and ES researchers can understand and communicate with each other to the degree they understand how and are willing to participate in each other’s cultures and systems of training.

G r a d u a t e S t u d i e s , R o y a l R o a d s U n i v e r s i t y

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The following contracts are representative samplings of aboriginal outreach I have conducted; they range from community-specific to Canada-wide in scope.

Client or Employer Position or Job Type Applicability

Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement (CBFA) Secretariat (2011)

National Aboriginal Advisor to Secretariat (Canada-wide)

Developed a unified outreach strategy to aboriginal communities within Boreal region. Designed and programmed a web-based, map-based, contact management database for secure, distributed access.

Canadian Boreal Initiative (CBI) (2010-2011)

Aboriginal Advisor (Western Canada)

Assist CBI to implement its aboriginal outreach strategy.

Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) & First Nations Technology Council (FNTC) (2008-2009)

Province-wide First Nations Geospatial Data User Needs Assessment

Assist Province of BC, FNTC and BC First Nations to reach out to 203 BC First Nations communities and 45 aboriginal organizations.

Burns Lake Community Forest (2007-2008)

Non-Timber Forest Resources (NTFR) Workshop & Forum Facilitator

Design and deliver a forum for First Nations affected by the Burns Lake Community Forest (BL Comfor), to solicit guidance and direction on management of non-timber forest resources.

A b o r i g i n a l O u t r e a c h S p e c i a l i s t

Integrating key principles of project management into my work.

Client or Employer Position or Job Type Applicability

Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB) & First Nations Technology Council (FNTC) (2008-2009)

First Nations Geospatial Data User Needs Assessment

Assist Province of BC, FNTC and BC First Nations with creating “New Relationship” trust-building project steps, content, and framework.

First Nations Forestry Council (2008-2010)

Author: Ecosystem Stewardship Planning Handbook

Designed project management ‘wrapper’ for handbook, based on ADDIE system.

Simpcw First Nation (2005-2006)

Sustainable Resources Coordinator

Developed community-based projects, developed funding base to support projects, encouraged entrepreneurs.

Royal Roads University (2011-2012)

Graduate Thesis Thesis design, research, and writing, over a calendar year.

P r o j e c t M a n a g e m e n t

Photo: Lori Koop. Used with permission

In addition to research for my MA thesis, research, analysis and policy development has been a core part of my life’s work.

Client or Employer

Position or Job Type

Applicability

Forest Stewardship Council (FSC) International (2003)

Researcher, advisor, writer

Draft material to guide interpretation and implementation for use by all internationally accredited FSC organizations.

Tsilhqot’in National Government (2010)

Policy Development

Develop Draft Consultation Policy for Oil And Gas sector for Tsilhqot’in Nation.

Forest Investment Account’s Forest Sciences Program (FIA-FSP)(2008-2009)

Chair, First Nations Advisory Group

Assist BC forest researchers to integrate FN interests into research projects. Provide guidance and feedback to FIA-FSP on policy initiatives.

R e s e a r c h , A n a l y s i s & P o l i c y

Land use planning includes GIS mapping and strategic level thinking.

First Nations Forestry Council (FNFC) (2008-2010)

Author: Ecosystem Stewardship Planning Handbook

Draft a handbook, designed to standardize basic steps in conducting an Ecosystem Stewardship Plan.

Ecotrust Canada & National Aboriginal Forestry Association (NAFA) (2001-2002)

Author: A Voice on the Land

Principal author of “A Voice on the Land: An Indigenous People’s Guide to Forest Certification in Canada”, with Ben Parfitt and Donovan Woollard.

Office of the Wet’suwet’en (2002-2005)

Morice Land and Resource Management Plan Wet’suwet’en Territory Stewardship Plan

Assisted Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs to articulate and negotiate Wet’suwet’en land and resources positions. Absorbed and translated technical and political information from table, and translated back to Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs.

L a n d U s e P l a n n i n g

Professional Roles

• Aboriginal outreach strategist• Team builder & collaborator• Needs assessor• Capacity builder• Workshop designer & presenter• Program & department manager• Project designer & manager• Financial manager• Membership outreach• Mentor, Trainer, Instructor,

Facilitator• Fund-raiser & proposal writer• Negotiator• Contracts Manager• Author• Web designer

Technical Skills

• Academic research & writing• Design curriculum using Rapid

Instructional Design/ADDIE methods

• Policy research & development• Technical writing• Survey research, analysis &

writing• Ecosystem stewardship

planning• Methodologies design• Land use planning• Urban interface fire hazard

assessment• FSC forest certification auditor• Develop criteria and indicators• Referrals and consultation

processes• FSC standards development &

interpretation• Indigenous rights specialist

Computer-related skills

• Systems administration (Unix, Linux, Windows, Mac OS X)

• Word processing, spreadsheet, database, accounting

• GIS mapping, incl. ArcMap, Manifold GIS, QGIS, and Google Earth/Google Maps

• Use and occupancy mapping• Cultural mapping, including

culturally significant foods such as berries

• Dynamic systems & concept mapping

• Graphic design: CorelDraw, Illustrator, Photoshop, Xara, Inkscape, Scribus, Pages ’09

P r o f e s s i o n a l a n d Te c h n i c a l

Articles, Books, and Papers

• Collier, R. (2012). Dances with words: Ecosystem terminology and the Gitxsan language. A thesis submitted in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication. Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. Royal Roads University.

• Collier, R. (2012). Graphic designer for Histories, Territories, and Laws Part II. In G. Williams (Ed.), Gitanyow Lax’yip Land Use Plan (Vol. 1). Gitanyow, BC, Canada: Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs.

• Collier, R., et al. (2010). Draft Tsilhqot'in Oil & Gas Policy. Tsilhqot'in National Government. Williams Lake, BC.

• Collier, R. And Hobby, T. (2010). It’s all about relationships: First Nations and non-timber resource management in British Columbia. BC Journal of Ecosystems and Management 11 (1&2):1-8.

• Collier, R. (2010). Contaminated Sites: Inventories & Issues for First Nations in BC. Vancouver, BC: B.C. First Nations Technology Council.

• Collier, R. (2009). NSTQ Lands Office Needs Assessment & Facilities Evaluation. Williams Lake, BC: North Shuswap Tribal Council.

• Collier, R. (2009). A Handbook for Ecosystem Stewardship Planning. Vancouver, BC: First Nations Forestry Council.

• Collier, R., & Armitage, P. (2009). Draft Methodology Statement: Methodologies for use and occupancy mapping, Asubpeeschoseewagon cultural mapping project. Grassy Narrows, ON. Asubpeeschoseewagon Netum Anishnabek.

• Collier, R., George, G., & Sanchez, J. (2008). First Nations Data Portal: User Needs Assessment. In ILMB & FNTC (Eds.), User Needs Assessments. Vancouver, BC: ILMB & FNTC.

• Collier, R. for Forest Stewardship Council. (2006). FSC GUI 30 004 EN Guidance on FSC P2 and P3 2005. Bonn, Germany: Forest Stewardship Council.

• Collier, R., Parfitt, B., & Woollard, D. (2002). A Voice on the Land: An Indigenous Peoples' Guide to Forest Certifcation in Canada. Vancouver, BC: Ecotrust Canada, National Aboriginal Forestry Association.

P u b l i c a t i o n s

Client or Employer Position or Project

Mikisew Cree First Nation - Government & Industry Relations (2013)

GIS mapping support

BC First Nations Technology Council RAVEN program (2012 to present)

GIS & GPS instructor to communities

The Firelight Group (2012)

GIS mapping support

Fishing Lake Métis Settlement (2012)

GIS mapping support

Canadian Boreal Forest Agreement Secretariat (2011)

National Aboriginal Advisor to Secretariat

Gitanyow Hereditary Chiefs (2009, 2011, 2012)

Graphic designer

Canadian Boreal Initiative (2010-2011)

Aboriginal advisor

Tsilhqot’in National Government (2010)

Policy development

Client or Employer Position or Project

BC First Nations Technology Council (2010)

Contaminated sites issues

Wet’suwet’en First Nation (2008-2010)

Capacity building

BC First Nations Forestry Council (2008-2010)

Author: Ecosystem Stewardship Planning Handbook

Grassy Narrows First Nation (2008 to 2010)

Land Use & Occupancy mapping

Forest Investment Account’s Forest Sciences Program (2008-2009)

Chair, First Nations Advisory Group

Integrated Land Management Bureau & First Nations Technology Council (2008-2009)

First Nations Geospatial Data User Needs Assessment

Aya ‘Wakx West Resources Group (2007-2008)

Urban Interface Fire Hazard Assessment

Client or Employer Position or Project

Burns Lake Community Forest (2007-2008)

NTFR workshop & forum facilitator

Carrier Sekani Tribal Council (2007-2008)

Capacity building & land use planning

Carrier Sekani Family Services (2007-2008)

Lands & Resources Diabetes Initiative

Royal Roads University (2005-2006)

Non-Timber Forest Resources First Nations Assistant

Wuikinuxv First Nation (2004-2008)

Land use plan mapping

University of B.C., Faculty of Forestry (2005-2006)

Criteria and Indicators Advisor

Simpcw First Nation (2005-2006)

Sustainable Resources Coordinator

Office of the Wet’suwet’en (2002-2005)

Morice LRMP, Wet’suwet’en Sewardship Plan

C a r e e r H i s t o r y, a b r i d g e d

Russell CollierAthyrium Services & Consulting24227 Walcott RoadTelkwa, BC V0J 2X2

Ph: ! 250.846.5576Cell:! 250.813.2269

Primary email: russellcollier@athyrium.ca Secondary email: thegitksan@gmail.com Skype: russellcollier

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