Melody Lepine
Canada
Melody Lepine is a member of the Mikisew Cree First Nation. She studied environmental conservation sciences at the University of Alberta and enrolled in the Masters of Science Program in Environmental Management at Royal Roads University. She is the Director of the Mikisew Cree First Nation Government and Industry Relations Department that is mandated to manage all consultation matters pertaining to natural resource development within the Mikisew Cree's traditional territory and Athabasca Oil Sands region. She has been leading the reviews of Impact Assessments, crown-indigenous consultation and community based environmental stewardship programs for over a decade.