On paper, Chloé St. Amand is a Policy Analyst and Indigenous Engagement Officer at Natural Resources Canada, fostering strong nation-to-nation relationships with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis organizations to support sustainable development and chart mutually beneficial pathways to net-zero. However, if you asked her, she would say that her job is to make government friendlier and more efficient by promoting open communication, collaboration, and creative problem-solving. In this seminar, Chloé shares the most transformative lessons and experiences from her Bachelor of Knowledge Integration and Master’s of Social and Ecological Sustainability, how she talks about them to hiring managers, and translates them into meaningful change in her work.
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Chloé earned two degrees from the University of Waterloo focused on water systems and how humans interact with them. Her Bachelor degree (2020) is in Knowledge Integration, joint honours with Earth Sciences and a minor in Environment, Resources, and Sustainability. She completed her Master’s degree (2023) in Social and Ecological Sustainability through the Collaborative Water Program. Here, Chloé researched the role of grassroots activism in shaping wastewater policy and municipal infrastructure development.
As a student, Chloé was heavily involved in student life, serving in a variety of roles on the Knowledge Integration Student Society, the Waterloo Environment Student Endowment Fund, ES Coffee Shop volunteer, the Anti-Oppression Knowledge Integrators working group, and as an Orientation Leader.
For ten years, Chloé has worked for Shad Canada, delivering programming related to design thinking, entrepreneurship, collaboration, and problem-solving to hundreds of high school students from across Canada and around the world. Chloé also writes about these subjects on her Substack blog, Parking Lot Pickup
Today, Chloé works as a Policy Analyst and Indigenous Engagement Officer at Natural Resources Canada. In her spare time, you are likely to find her spinning, handing upside down, or bending over backwards, as she is an avid pole dancer and contortionist.
This seminar is open to the public: all undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, staff, visitors are welcome to attend.