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.
Lydia Jacoby
Director of Client Magic • She/Her
Lydia Jacoby is originally from Washington State and is of mixed European descent. She is the Client Manager and Executive Assistant at Sacred Workplaces, bringing a mix of excitement, organization, and people-first thinking to everything she does. With a background in administration and an education in public health, Lydia understands that the way we work, connect, and care for one another has a real impact on wellbeing. Lydia brings a grounded and adaptable perspective to her work, and she is often the person behind the scenes making sure the right people are connected, the details are handled, and the big ideas actually make it out into the world.
Chantel Niven
Content Co-Creator • Founder & Principal Consultant, Wolves & Willow Inc. • 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 has her Masters of Business Administration in Indigenous Business Leadership from 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.
Zuzana Duris
Manager, Finance • She/Her
Zuzana is a settler from Slovakia who lives on Unceded Coast Salish Territory. She is an Accounting and Payroll professional with over a decade of experience working in both the commercial and private sectors. She has a master degree in Finance, and she completed the Engineering pedagogy qualification to teach finance courses. As a Payroll Compliance Professional (PCP) she is also a member of the National Payroll Institute. Zuzana is committed to making systems that work for people, while ensuring every numbers’ story is told and that balance is achieved. She is dedicated to learning and taking action with her family in support and respect of reconciliation and decolonization.
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.