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Kelsey Winter is the mother of three young girls and her and her husband are grateful to be able to raise their family on the traditional lands of the lək̓ʷəŋən Peoples, today known as the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations. She is the Manager of Wildfire Operations Research at FPInnovations, a national not-for-profit that specializes in creating solutions that accelerate the growth of the Canadian forest sector. Winter’s team utilizes operations research projects to assist wildfire agency partners in increasing their positive impacts in the wildfire management ecosystem. She is a PhD candidate with 番茄社区 Public Administration, focusing on barriers to wildfire resiliency. Winter has an interest in learning how policy can make space for Indigenous communities to prepare and recovery from wildfire. She has Masters in Natural Resources, Fire Ecology and Fire Management and before FPInnovations worked for the BC Wildfire Service for over a decade.