Graeme Reed is a strategic advisor with the Assembly of First Nations (AFN), where he advocates for the inclusion of First Nations in international, national, and regional dialogues around climate change and energy policy. He completed his doctorate at the University of Guelph, and is currently a post-doctoral associate at the Centre for Indigenous Knowledges and Languages at York University. He is the coordinating lead author of the forthcoming “For Our Future: Indigenous Resilience Report” as part of the Government of Canada’s national climate assessment and is a former co-chair of the International Indigenous Peoples Forum on Climate Change in the UNFCCC. He is Anishinaabe from the Great Lakes (Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory) with mixed ancestry from England, Scotland and Germany.