Kala Ivens

Kala joins the team following an 11 year tenure at Mount Polley Mining Corporation, where she held a variety of positions. For the past three and half years, she served as an Environmental Technician, largely doing field sampling and monitoring around the mine.

As the Referrals Coordinator, Kala spends her time working with and streamlining WLFN’s Referrals Management system, working closely with the Natural Resource department.

Kala is quickly becoming WLFN’s resident expert of an online database system called the NStQ Portal. Any time a development or natural resource project is undertaken in Northern Secwepemc territory, the project must be submitted to the NStQ Portal. WLFN closely examines each referral, assessing each listing for potential impacts on WLFN’s Stewardship lands. From April 2021 until March 2022, there were nearly 1000 referrals submitted through the portal which could potentially impact WLFN’s Stewardship lands.

Kala is also on board to help out with bigger WLFN environmental assessment projects, such as Osisko Development’s Cariboo Gold Project, or ongoing projects with Spanish Mountain Gold.

Kala loves snowshoeing and quading with her husband, six-year-old daughter, and two dogs, Lurch and Moose. She loves the summer months around their 150 Mile homestead as well, spending lots of time enjoying the nearby lakes.