SOAER Committee


Members List


Bradley Summerfield (Chair)
Senior Analyst,
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Yellowknife, NT 

Karly Harker
Unit Head, State of the Environment Reporting
BC Ministry of Environment and Climate Change Strategy
Nelson, BC

Gongchen Li
Transboundary Water Quality Specialist 
Transboundary Secretariat
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Edmonton, AB 

Andrea Czarnecki
Aquatic Quality Scientist
Environment and Natural Resources
Government of Northwest Territories
Yellowknife, NT

Michelle Foley
Senior Habitat and Population Ecologist
Saskatchewan Water Security Agency
Moose Jaw, SK 

Ella Parker
Water Resources Branch
Department of Environment,
Government of Yukon
Whitehorse, YT

MRBB Yukon Indigenous Member
(Vacant)

Leon Andrew
Norman Wells, NT  

Lana Lowe
Director, Lands Department
Fort Nelson First Nation
Fort Nelson, BC

Joseph Tsannie
Athabasca Vice Chief 
Prince Albert Grand Council
Prince Albert, SK  

Gerry Cheezie
Smith’s Landing First Nation
Fort Fitzgerald, AB 

Karin Smith Fargey
Environmental Monitoring and Science Division
Alberta Environment and Protected Areas
Edmonton, AB

George Lafferty
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada
Yellowknife, NT