Dr. Julee Boan

Julee Boan works collaboratively with Indigenous peoples and organizations, local and national conservation groups, plus industry and governments to protect Canada's boreal forest. She has a PhD in forest sciences, where she researched approaches to mitigate the impacts of industrial logging on boreal caribou. She has taught in the Indigenous Learning department at Lakehead University and is committed to supporting Indigenous rights to self-determination, Indigenous-led conservation, as well as advancing land back initiatives. Boan works remotely from her office just outside of Thunder Bay, Ontario.