Alana Graham, BA
Impact Assessment Coordinator, Mushkegowuk Council

Alana’s spirit name is Mishkinakkwe/Turtle Woman, Mikisew Doodem, and is a proud member of Moose Cree First Nation in Mushkegowuk lands of the James Bay Cree. She has served for 2 years as the Impact assessment coordinator for Mushkegowuk Lands and Resources based in Timmins, Ontario.  After growing up in a remote community of Moosonee, Ontario, Alana always searched for a way to help her people, first through social work and then community work and development.

With an educational background is in Community Development, Alana earned a BA in Community Economic Social Development through Algoma University in Timmins, Ontario. Graduated in 2018, and since then Alana has focused on and worked in Indigenous Services, specializing in program development and community projects in Mushkegowuk communities. She has been actively involved promoting the inclusion of Indigenous perspectives in social work and community development in Northern Ontario. She is actively working with Omushkego communities to create a culturally relevant impact assessment toolkit that will build confidence and proficiency in impact assessments currently underway in the James Bay lowlands in Ontario.