Tiffany Traverse

Mountain Forests

Tiffany Traverse (she/they) is a Secwépemc/séme7 land and seed steward, language learner, Indigenous researcher, and food sovereignty advocate. Her passion for feeding people and firm belief in the right to healthy, culturally-appropriate foods for all, drives her work. Tiffany has served as a volunteer Advisory Council member with the Community Seed Network, former Member at Large and Chair for SeedChange and former Board Member at Regeneration Canada. Currently, she sits on the Board of Directors of the Canadian Mountain Network, as well as their Research Management Committee, and is a board member for the Lakes Secwepémc Foodland Conservation Society. She participated in the Equity and Inclusion Advisory Committee for Farmers for Climate Solutions and is a Council member (Mountain Forests Biome), for Indigenous Climate Action’s Indigenous-led decolonizing climate policy Advisory Council.

In some of her former emergency management ‘day jobs’, Tiffany engaged with stakeholders, partners, and rural residents to help present education around wildfire prevention, mitigation and cultural burning, as well as encourage autonomy for land stewardship within Indigenous communities. She now brings that knowledge and expertise to the Salish Firekeepers Society, to serve Salishan communities. Her hope is to continue being a ‘Weaver’, advocating to create better access to resources and knowledge. With this, she dreams that this will increase our collective seed and food security and sovereignty and preparedness in the face of climate chaos.