2023 EPt Impact Award Winner
Clarissa is a Registered Professional Planner with expertise in developing and implementing environment and climate change policy, particularly for local government. She specializes in community-scale climate adaptation and has experience with low-carbon resilience, nature-based solutions, and climate risk and vulnerability assessments. Her key skills include facilitation, stakeholder engagement, policy development, and implementation planning.
As a Climate Risk Analyst and Project Manager with Morrison Hershfield, Clarissa is responsible for project management and climate planning on a range of multi-disciplinary climate mitigation and adaptation projects. In Clarissa’s work to date, stakeholder and community engagement, environmental and community stewardship, and Indigenous consultation have been critical success factors. She is also the co-chair of the PIBC Climate Action Sub-Committee, and a Board Director of both the Stewardship Centre for BC and the Starfish Canada.
In the spirit of respect, reciprocity and truth, we honour and acknowledge Moh’kinsstis and the traditional Treaty 7 territory and oral practices of the Blackfoot confederacy: Siksika, Kainai, Piikani, as well as the Îyâxe Nakoda and Tsuut’ina nations. We acknowledge that this territory is home to the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3, within the historical Northwest Métis homeland. Finally, we recognize all Nations who live, work and play on this land and honour and celebrate this territory.