Meet Edgard Villanueva-Cruz

Youth Advisor

Edgard is from the Tahltan Nation and is dedicated to aligning the resource and energy industries with Indigenous sovereignty and sustainable development.

Besides being a sought-after youth leader, Edgard’s mission is to empower Nations, build economic strength, and ideate systems of sustainable development through creating training pathways, leading complex industry and community negotiations, and ensuring community engagement is meaningful, empowering, and integrated into every stage of project development.

Edgard has successfully collaborated with local and national community service providers, Aboriginal representative organizations, and government agencies to create coordinated support networks for Indigenous youth.