Sacred Workplaces walks alongside organizations on this journey, guiding them to embrace Indigenous cultural safety and decolonize their human resources practices and workplace. With a deep understanding of the historical and ongoing impacts of settler colonialism, we work to dismantle the systemic barriers that Indigenous Peoples and equity-deserving groups face in the workplace.
We align our work with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP), ensuring that human resource practices actively contribute to the healing, empowerment, and centring of Indigenous and equity-deserving voices. Together, we will build workplaces that honour the principles of cultural safety, humility, respect, and Indigenous sovereignty — transforming the workplace.
Our Vision and Values
Seek Systems Change
Dedicated to dismantling systemic barriers, we guide workplaces toward inclusion, cultural safety, and transformational growth.
Wisdom in Action
As we weave the wisdom of seven generations with practical HR expertise, we empower organizations to create lasting, meaningful change.
Amplify Voices
We honor and elevate Indigenous and equity-deserving voices, from the beginning and throughout the work.
Walk with Humility
We walk the path with our clients, not as experts but collaborators, on a learning journey together with you.
Centre Trust
From our first steps together, we foster authentic relationships built on respect, humility, and reciprocity.
Strength Focused
We celebrate Indigenous brilliance, clients’ strengths, and community resiliency.
Meet the Team
Carrie Lamb
Founder • She/Her
Carrie Lamb, is a member of Sayisi Dene First Nation with Métis and British roots. Carrie is an experienced HR leader and coach dedicated to transforming workplace practices through an Indigenous lens. With a focus on culturally safe and Indigenous-led HR practices, Carrie walks alongside organizations to foster environments that empower diverse talents, creating inclusive spaces of belonging and authenticity. Guided by Carrie’s extensive experience, coaching helps individuals achieve mindset breakthroughs, embrace their identity, and develop strategies for impactful and sustainable leadership.
Nievelina Carmona
Consultant • She/Her
An Indigenous woman with over 15 years of experience supporting Indigenous communities and organizations, Nievelina brings a values-based approach that weaves together culture, connection, and human resources. Her work focuses on helping organizations create inclusive and respectful workplaces that reflect their cultural values and community priorities. Guided by lived experience and a deep belief in relational leadership, Nievelina is passionate about building bridges of understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to foster collaboration, respect, and meaningful change.
Chantel Niven
Co-Creator • She/Her
Chantel Niven is of Northern Tutchone, Tlingit, and Filipino ancestry. She is a proud member of Selkirk First Nation belonging to the Wolf clan. She is a mother, wife, daughter, auntie, and friend. Outside of work, you can find Chantel spending her days out in nature with her husband and 2 children. Her passion for supporting and uplifting Indigenous people as they pursue success and self-determination is at the heart of her professional journey.
Chantel has held various leadership roles and gained experience in many sectors, including mining reclamation, telecommunications, healthcare, and non-profits. She brings diverse expertise in human resources, leadership development, health and safety, and employee engagement, including Indigenous-led recruitment and retention strategies. She is the Chief Consultant and Owner of Wolves & Willow Consulting, built to serve Chapter 22 of the Umbrella Final Agreement and TRC Calls to Action #92.
Chantel’s academic background is in Renewable Resource Management and Business Administration. She is currently in her final year of pursuing a Master of Business Administration in Indigenous Business Leadership at Simon Fraser University. As a Yukon First Nation woman, Chantel is dedicated to building strong organizational culture because she believes people and purpose are fundamental to good business and well-being.
Meet the Coaches
Catherine Turner
Coach •
Catherine Turner is a Red River Métis woman and a trauma-informed, Indigenous-certified coach whose work is deeply rooted in lived experience, cultural knowledge, and a lifelong commitment to supporting Indigenous individuals, families, and communities. With more than three decades of experience across diverse Nations and community contexts, Catherine brings a rare blend of professional expertise, cultural humility, and heart-centred leadership.
Her coaching practice creates safe, grounded, and empowering spaces where Indigenous leaders can reflect, heal, and grow in ways that honour their identity, lineage, and teachings. Catherine’s approach is guided by relational accountability, respect, and a strengths-based worldview, upholding Indigenous ways of knowing, being, and doing. She integrates trauma-informed wisdom, community-based experience, and a deep understanding of Indigenous contexts to support clients.