Speakers

Rachael Carlson is a Vancouver-based solicitor with experience in Indigenous, environmental and administrative law matters. Her practice focuses primarily on project and resource development, environmental and impact assessments, permitting, and negotiating agreements between project proponents and Indigenous communities. Having previously practiced at a leading national firm in their environmental and Aboriginal law practice group, Rachael recently joined Olthuis Kleer Townshend LLP, the largest national firm dedicated exclusively to Aboriginal law. Rachael’s experience in the project development space has led to her to speak at several conferences across Canada on benefit agreements, including BCNRF.