Portrait
Name
Kristie Halka-Glazier
Oinpegitjoig – Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn
Description
Kristie Halka-Glazier, Ewipgeg (Stillwaters), is the Director of Energy & Mines with Mi’gmawe’l Tplu’taqnn Inc. (MTI); an Indigenous and Treaty Rights-based organization whose members include all nine Mi’gmaq communities of New Brunswick. Within Kristie’s eight years with MTI, Kristie created a directorate for the Energy & Mines department, and now leads a growing staff of six, their focus based upon facilitating consultations and sharing crucial information with communities and stakeholders through meetings with proponents, governments, and agencies. Her team also collaborates with partners and communities on green energy projects like solar and wind to promote sustainable development, and they work to prevent and mitigate negative impacts on the traditional territory of Mi’gmag’i from proposed energy and mining projects.
Kristie, a proud Mi’gmaq from Oinpegitjoig (Pabineau) First Nation, is devoted to, and spends much time with her family, especially her four grown children, and four grandchildren. She’s also passionate about working with MTI’s Mi’gmaq communities towards self-sufficiency. She and her husband both play and work hard, spending much time enjoying the great outdoors snowmobiling and off-road driving with their RZR Pro R.