{"id":4192,"date":"2026-02-05T18:35:01","date_gmt":"2026-02-05T18:35:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/speaker\/hillary-thatcher\/"},"modified":"2026-02-05T22:22:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-05T22:22:12","slug":"hillary-thatcher","status":"publish","type":"speaker","link":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/speaker\/hillary-thatcher\/","title":{"rendered":"Hillary Thatcher"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Hillary Thatcher leads the CIB\u2019s Indigenous and Northern Infrastructure investments team.\u00a0\u00a0 She is part of the CIB\u2019s senior team that provides advice to Indigenous and northern leaders, and structures investments that are consistent with the CIB\u2019s focus on infrastructure in priority sectors \u2013 clean power, green infrastructure, transit, trade and transportation and broadband.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hillary joined the CIB from her role as the head of Innovation at Indigenous Services Canada. Prior to joining ISC, Hillary spent 15 years with the Ontario Public Service in senior roles across Indigenous Affairs, Energy and Infrastructure and Natural Resources. With significant experience in Indigenous relations, public policy and program delivery, Hillary has a proven track record of building linkages among government, industry and Indigenous interests. Hillary\u2019s M\u00e9tis heritage is from northern Alberta and has been an active member of the urban Indigenous community of Toronto through her volunteer roles at the Native Canadian Centre of Toronto, Red Sky Performance and the Downie Wenjak Fund.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hillary graduated from Concordia University in Montreal and attended the Indigenous Governance graduate studies program at the University of Victoria.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4193,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"conference_year":[49,43],"speaker-type":[],"class_list":["post-4192","speaker","type-speaker","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","conference_year-49","conference_year-43"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker\/4192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/speaker"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/4193"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"conference_year","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/conference_year?post=4192"},{"taxonomy":"speaker-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fnmpc.thewestharbour.com\/conference\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/speaker-type?post=4192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}