Alyssa D. Schatz Email & Phone Number

Alberta, Canada

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

- Senior advisor to the Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations on economic development, self-government agreements, clean energy and the prairies.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

- Leads Ministerial policy on Economic Development, Land, Procurement, Oil & Gas, Data, Reports, MMIWG, GBA+ and the United Nations Declaration Act. - Synthesizes Memorandum to Cabinet documents into succinct briefing packages with in-depth political considerations for the Minister. This allows the Minister to be consistently prepared with insightful and fresh thoughts for Cabinet or partner meetings. - Provides analysis, tracking and updates on the Prime Minister’s Mandate Commitment Letters, Budget and the Departmental Results Framework. - Attends an advisory committee of Indigenous staffers with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to directly provide input on Indigenous self-determination and autonomy for the Government.

Gatineau, Quebec, Canada

- Helped design an action plan to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples for the country. Provided input on legislative frameworks as an intersectional perspective through expertise in Section 35, Free Prior and Informed Consent, judiciary precedents, and the UN Declaration Act.- Briefed the Canadian delegation at the United Nations Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues (UNPFII) by synthesizing critical sessions at the forum and providing in-depth analysis by the end of each day. The delegation included several Ministers, respected Indigenous leaders, and United Nations permanent representatives.- Helped facilitate a department-wide United Nations Declaration Task Force with Director Generals from each sector to create effective mechanisms for implementation efforts.

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

- Assisted with creating a $300 million centralized clean energy hub for remote and rural Indigenous communities across the country. This hub will help Canada to meet its international climate agreement targets by successfully transitioning remote communities off diesel-intensive energy sources and channeling Indigenous knowledge.

Strathcona County, Alberta, Canada

- Advised the Chief Commissioner and elected officials on strategies to further the government-to-government relationship with Indigenous Nations through data analysis, inter-jurisdictional scans, relationship building, policy writing and implementation efforts.- Rewrote the Land Acknowledgement Policy, now called the Indigenous Territorial Acknowledgement, and presented these updates to elected officials, the Governance Advisory Committee, the Treaty Relationship Renewal Network, and the internal Indigenous Working Group.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Researched clean energy transitions for remote Indigenous communities by working with world-leading energy digitalization and artificial intelligence cohort led by Dr. Petr Musilek.- Pursued a technical understanding of microgrids, transportation electrification, decentralized energy, renewable energy systems and Indigenous ecological economics as mechanisms to further Indigenous Nation’s self-determination and autonomy.

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

- Assisted the Regional Advisory Board and Reaching Home Director in distributing 4.8 million dollars in Rural and Remote Homelessness Prevention and Reduction funding across the province of Alberta.

Bachelor'S Degree, Major In Human Geography, Minor In Economics, And Certificate In Sustainability

Activities and Societies: Sustainability Council (Public Education Team) Volunteer

Bachelor'S Degree, Social Entrepreneurship