Ms. Shaw has been managing projects and contributing to environmental assessments across the North for nearly 20 years. Mrs Shaw grew up in Whitehrose and is raising a family here after graduating from the University of Victoria with a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology focusing on First Nations Studies and Geography.
Ms. Shaw has worked with the Yukon Chamber of Commerce with a role in supporting community-based entrepreneurship programs and services. A relocation to Yellowknife, NWT introduced her to the mining industry for the first time when she joined DeBeers Canada’s Snap Lake Project. Following that she embarked on a lengthy career in environmental consulting in Yellowknife and Whitehorse, focusing on responsible development of resource extraction through the environmental assessment and Indigenous engagement processes of large-scale projects in the Yukon, NWT, Alaska and across Canada.
Ms. Shaw participated in the consultation and socio-economic impact assessment work for the Kaminak Coffee Gold Project, Victoria Gold’s Eagle Gold Project and the Casino Project, all based in the Yukon. She is deeply familiar with the Yukon Environmental and Socio-economic Assessment Act process and was involved in the Mackenzie Gas Project Joint Review Panel process in the NWT. . Prior volunteer positions include Chair of the Volunteer Committee for the 2008 Arctic Winter Games in Yellowknife, former Board Member for Every Student Every Day and former Board member for the Yukon Women in Mining.