The person behind the practice
Justin Page, PhD
I bring rigorous assessment and strategic thinking to work that advances Indigenous rights, protects what matters, and supports meaningful outcomes.
I’m a settler of Scottish, Polish, and English ancestry, living on the ancestral unceded territories of the Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
I take time to listen, build relationships, and understand what matters to the people I’m working with. From there, I work alongside staff, leadership, and community members to shape assessments that reflect the Nation’s priorities and support its responsibilities to lands, waters, and future generations.
Experience and background
My experience includes serving as Research Director of Indigenous-led Assessment at Firelight and contributing to more than 25 environmental and impact assessment processes. Over my career, I’ve worked with more than 50 Indigenous Nations and organizations across Canada. I’ve also worked with project proponents. I’ve helped Nations develop their own assessment processes, assessed effects on Indigenous rights, and undertaken social impact and land use assessments. A particular strength is designing the methods that connect community knowledge and priorities with a rigorous assessment of project effects.
I’ve worked across mining, LNG, hydroelectricity, nuclear energy, pipelines, transmission, and other infrastructure projects. This experience includes preparing assessments, independently reviewing technical studies, and supporting clients through regulatory processes.
I hold a PhD in Sociology and a master’s in Environmental Studies. My academic background grounds my work in social research and an understanding of the relationships between communities, lands, and environmental change.
Selected publications and presentations
- Page, J., MacDonald, A., and Two-Axe Kohoko, A. (2026). Building Trust by Sharing Control? Two Community-Led Nuclear Facility Alternative Means Assessments. IAIA conference presentation, Québec City, Canada.
- Page, J., and Calvert, J. (2025). A Holistic Approach to Severity Determination in Indigenous-Led Assessment. IAIA conference presentation, Bologna, Italy.
- Salerno, T., Tam, J., Page, J., and Gosling, S. (2021). Indigenous Mental Wellness and Major Project Development: Guidance for Impact Assessment Professionals and Indigenous Communities. Prepared for the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada.
- Page, J. (2017). Indigenous Cultural Impact Assessment: Addressing the Challenges. IAIA conference presentation, Montréal.
- Page, J. (2014). Tracking the Great Bear: How Environmentalists Recreated British Columbia’s Coastal Rainforests. UBC Press.
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