Emily Hoppe

Emily is located in Tiohtiá:ke/Montréal on the traditional and unceded lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka Nation, in the St. Lawrence River watershed. 

Emily holds a Masters of Environment in Environmental Assessment and a Joint Honours Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and International Development. Her anthropological fieldwork experience across Quebec, Nunavut, Greenland, Siberia, Kenya, Uganda, and Tanzania provides her with unique problem-solving skills relevant to building trust within communities, solving problems, and supporting meaningful participation. Her primary research focus is on Legal Personhood for Rivers and collaborative water governance between Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments. 

Emily currently works as Project Manager, Co-Governance and Climate Resilience, managing the Collaborative Leadership Initiative (CLI) and various other projects related to CIER’s thematic areas (Water, Climate Change and Energy, Traditional Knowledge, Biodiversity, Youth, Indigenous Food, and Sustainable Waste Management). In her role, she maintains collaborative initiatives and partnerships with Indigenous and non-Indigenous governments, private sector companies, philanthropic and charitable organizations, non-profits and academic institutions. Prior to joining CIER in 2023, she worked as an Environmental Project Officer for Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada. 

In her free time, Emily enjoys playing folk tunes, making textile art, canoeing, and spending time in the outdoors with friends and family.