{"id":4895,"date":"2025-05-12T13:02:52","date_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:02:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/nebn.davidbeyer.ca\/?p=4895"},"modified":"2025-05-12T13:18:06","modified_gmt":"2025-05-12T13:18:06","slug":"doran-ritchie-hired-as-manager-of-the-niagara-escarpment-biosphere-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/doran-ritchie-hired-as-manager-of-the-niagara-escarpment-biosphere-network\/","title":{"rendered":"Doran Ritchie Hired as Manager of the Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Doran Ritchie. (Photo \u00a9MarkZelinski.com<\/a> from the book Niagara Escarpment: Land Between Waters<\/em>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

The Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network has hired environmental conservationist Doran Ritchie as its\u00a0manager. In\u00a0collaboration with the\u00a0organization\u2019s\u00a0Board of Directors\u00a0and with the support of Environment and Climate Change Canada and Plenty Canada, Doran will\u00a0manage the activities of the\u00a0Network\u00a0including outreach, fundraising, relationship-building,\u00a0and engagement with network members of various sectors.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doran is highly regarded in the field as an Indigenous governance specialist, environmental advocate, wildlife manager, and Indigenous rights strategist from the Saugeen Ojibway Nation. As manager of the Network, he will lead with a vision rooted in the principles of shared responsibility, land-based knowledge, and co-governance. As a committed Indigenous advocate, Doran has spent decades advancing cultural integrity, environmental justice, and meaningful inclusion of Indigenous peoples in local, provincial, and national policy frameworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doran lives the knowledge he brings forward \u2014 actively engaged in hunting, trapping, fishing, harvesting, and ceremonial practices that connect him to the land. His governance approach is shaped not only by ancestral teachings and clan responsibilities, but also by an ongoing study of global governance models, ethical philosophy, and sustainability science. He brings these worldviews together in a way that respects Indigenous legal orders while building bridges across sectors and cultures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over his career, Doran has led and contributed to numerous landmark initiatives, including:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022  Wildlife and bear management research, combining Western science with Anishinaabe understandings of territory, spirit, and relational ecology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022  Major infrastructure and environmental projects, including award-winning work in aggregates policy reform, archeological oversight, and joint stewardship of ecologically sensitive areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022  Co-developed governance frameworks with government bodies and Indigenous Nations, including land claims, Parks Canada agreements, and regional planning tools informed by free, prior, and informed consent (FPIC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022  Strategic leadership on the Denny\u2019s Dam Rehabilitation Project, which earned the Buzz Besadny Award for Fostering Great Lakes Partnerships from the International Great Lakes Fishery Commission \u2014 a testament to the power of Indigenous-led, collaborative restoration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Doran is also the founder of 8th Fire Consulting, an initiative dedicated to rebuilding Indigenous capacity in governance, education, and spiritual sovereignty. The name \u201c8th Fire\u201d draws from the Anishinaabe prophecy that foretells a time when people of all nations must come together to choose between destruction or unity. In this era \u2014 our present day \u2014 the Eighth Fire represents a pathway of renewal: a return to the land, truth, and balance, where Indigenous knowledge systems help guide humanity toward healing and responsibility.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Through his work with the Network and beyond, Doran continues to walk the path of the Eighth Fire \u2014 bringing vision, structure, and heart to the work of building a sustainable and just future for all peoples and for the lands that sustain us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Critical among his responsibilities will be to build productive relationships with various rightsholders and stakeholders including First Nations, municipalities and other government bodies, NGOs, private sector, and other organizations and communities. This includes his ability to understand work within a co-governance model based on Ethical Space and Two-Eyed Seeing through the collaboration of western and Indigenous governance systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Board of Directors welcomes Doran as an essential member of the team.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Niagara Escarpment Biosphere Network has hired environmental conservationist Doran Ritchie as its\u00a0manager. In\u00a0collaboration with the\u00a0organization\u2019s\u00a0Board of Directors\u00a0and with the support of Environment and Climate Change Canada and Plenty Canada, Doran will\u00a0manage the activities of the\u00a0Network\u00a0including outreach, fundraising, relationship-building,\u00a0and engagement with network members of various sectors. Doran is highly regarded in the field as an Indigenous governance specialist, […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4895","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4895"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4895\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4899,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4895\/revisions\/4899"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4895"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4895"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nebnetwork.org\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4895"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}