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/kôrˈtäˌdō/, kor-TAH-doh
Undivided attention. Uncompromising quality.
Marc is the founder of Qortado, bringing 30 years of experience across the full mining life cycle in Canada and internationally. With a strong technical foundation and a deep understanding of client business objectives, Marc delivers practical, outcome-driven solutions that advance complex projects.
He has led major environmental and social impact assessments for high-profile projects including the Jansen Potash Project (Saskatchewan), Hope Bay Gold Project (Nunavut), Ekati Diamond Mine expansions (Northwest Territories), Goro Nickel Project (New Caledonia), and the Eskay Creek Revitalization Project (British Columbia). His work spans environmental compliance, due diligence, and mine closure planning.
Marc previously held leadership roles as Vice President at Rescan Environmental, Senior Partner and Managing Partner at ERM Canada, and served as a board director for the Tahltan ERM Environmental Management (TEEM) joint venture. Most recently, he was part of the owner's team at Skeena Gold+Silver for the Eskay Creek Revitalization Project; the first to proceed through British Columbia’s environmental assessment process under a Section 7 decision-making agreement of the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. He also supported Skeena Gold+Silver in the development of the Joint Mines Act / Environmental Management Act Application for the Eskay Project.
Jackie has well over 25 years’ experience in the execution of assessments and other regulatory applications for several of Canada’s largest development projects: primarily mining and energy projects in British Columbia. She is well-versed in current and evolving best practices and standards for impact assessment, including the policy and regulatory contexts in which such assessments are conducted across Canada and internationally. She has contributed to key guidance and approach documents at the municipal, provincial, and federal level, including serving as part of the practitioner’s focus group for the British Columbia’s Environmental Assessment Office guidance on the 2018 Environmental Assessment Act, and leading research on regional assessment best practices on behalf of the Impact Assessment Agency of Canada. She has extensive experience as a senior reviewer of major regulatory applications, as well as with due diligence reviews of mining and oil and gas projects for confidential clients.
Jackie has presented evidence to the Senate Standing Committee on Energy and the Environment in their review of Canada’s Impact Assessment Act. She has led multiple independent third-party reviews for Indigenous Nations. Her research focuses are methodologies for cumulative effects assessment and practicable approaches for incorporating Gender-based Analysis into impact assessment.
Jordan has 15 years of experience leading social science and impact assessment research. He has direct experience across many sectors including mining, oil and gas, transmission, ports and marine shipping, rail, and road infrastructure. He has extensive experience supporting clients to identify and achieve their objectives by leading innovative social science research and has collaborated on projects with over 100 Indigenous communities and organizations across Canada, focusing on baseline study design and implementation and the assessment of project impacts on Indigenous rights and interests. His research and publications cover a diversity of topics including the implications of socio-demographic shifts in natural resource governance; traditional and ecological knowledge in environmental assessment contexts; conservation planning; small-scale fisheries management and protected areas; developing and measuring socio-economic indicators of wellbeing; conservation under climate change; and more. Jordan is also highly proficient in stakeholder engagement and facilitation, and has managed numerous data collection efforts using interviews, surveys, site visits, focus groups, and workshops.
Ever curious, his current interests include Indigenous-led assessment; psycho-social impact assessment; and marine and terrestrial Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas.
Jason has 20 years of experience as a water resources geoscientist. He has built and led both technical and project based delivery teams. He has been accountable for the planning, preparation and delivery of environmental assessments, complex permit applications, reclamation and closure plans, environmental construction monitoring, modelling studies, and baseline data collection programs. This has included significant project work in British Columbia, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan. A few key highlights have included:
Jason loves inter-disciplinary work and engagement related to synthesizing technical information to increase understanding for all audiences.
Justine is a project manager with 20 years’ experience in environmental assessment and permitting in Canadian jurisdictions, having been involved extensively in planning, leading, and reviewing overall aspects of regulatory applications, interpreting environmental legislation and regulations and working with subject matter experts, engineers and legal teams on regulatory strategy and compliance matters.
Her most recent role was leading long-term strategic regulatory planning for the Galore Creek Mining Project. In this role, she developed modernization processes for historical permits and compliance-focused approaches to management and monitoring plans, collaborated with engineers and environmental subject matter experts on pre-feasibility design and trade-off studies in preparation for entering assessment processes, and prepared reports and presentations for Owner’s Team senior management.
Erin Forster is a Registered Professional Biologist with 20 years of experience in the fields of project management, permitting, and aquatic sciences. She has worked on projects across Canada and internationally, with a focus on Canadian mining projects in British Columbia, Saskatchewan, the Northwest Territories, and Nunavut. Erin has extensive experience as an environmental consultant, which is complemented by on-site operational experience working as an environmental advisor at the Ekati Diamond Mine and regulator experience working as a regulatory biologist for Fisheries and Oceans Canada (DFO).
Erin has a wide breadth of experience working in the mining industry, having worked as a field biologist, technical lead, advisor, and project manager. She has led and/or contributed to numerous deliverables including baseline studies, effects monitoring studies, sampling designs and re-evaluations, response frameworks, management plans, permit applications, and reports required under the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations, among others. While at DFO, Erin supported compliance with the fish and fish habitat protection provisions of the Fisheries Act at a number of hydroelectric sites throughout British Columbia. Erin is an experienced project manager with a proven track record in the management of large multidisciplinary projects, delivering high quality products on time and budget.
Tania Salerno is an environmental impact assessment specialist with over 15 years of experience in Indigenous rights and community-based research. She has supported Indigenous Nations in regulatory processes across Canada, including in British Columbia, Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Yukon. Her sectoral experience spans mining, pipelines, hydro projects, nuclear facilities, and major infrastructure developments. Tania has expertise in Indigenous-led methodologies for assessment, including rights impact assessments, health and wellbeing studies, food studies, cultural heritage work, and current land and resource use studies. She has contributed to methodological frameworks and guidance on Indigenous-led impact assessment, psychosocial and mental health research in assessment, and effective approaches for Indigenous participation in regulatory processes.
Beyond project-specific assessments, Tania has supported Nations in policy engagement and development, including work on Canada’s implementation of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Indigenous Knowledge protocols, the Impact Assessment Act, nuclear waste management, and more.Tania seeks to find common ground between Indigenous Nations, proponents, and regulators, ensuring Indigenous governance and knowledge meaningfully shape project assessments and decision-making.
Our operations are based on the unceded ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations.
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