Collaborators

Louise Browne

Principal, Louise Browne Associates

  • A tourism planner with over 25 years of experience in tourism research, destination and experience  development, and heritage interpretation
  • Created Louise Browne Associates in 2011 following a long career in public sector destination management in Ireland
  • Holds a Masters degree in regional and urban planning 
  • Specializes in advancing participative approaches to partner and community engagement, experience development and place making

Emilie Cayer-Huard

Tourism Strategist & Project Manager

  • Bilingual (French-English) Tourism Strategist with over 20 years of experience in Destination Development and Sustainability
  • Has held key leadership roles with Destination Management Organizations and government entities including Destination British Columbia and Kootenay Rockies Tourism
  • Trained facilitator specializing in inclusive engagement processes
  • Certified Trainer with the Global Sustainable Tourism Council
  • Masters degree in Geography, specialising in Sustainable Tourism from the University of Grenoble-Alpes.
  • French-Canadian by origin, she has spent the last 15 years in BC and has recently relocated to the French Alps with her family.  

Website: www. emiliecayerhuard.com  

Robin Poirier

Principal / Regenerative Tourism Consultant, Poirier Impact Solutions

  • Tourism strategist with 10 years experience in both public and private sectors of the tourism industry
  • Sustainability consulting professional leading program development in destination stewardship, sustainable procurement (eco-logos), conservation, and waste and recycling
  • Masters degree in Business Administration specializing in sustainability and strategy
  • Trained in carbon accounting techniques and completing greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories 
  • Member at Large on the Climate and Environment Advisory Committee for her home city and based in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia