Charlee is a recent graduate of a Joint Honors in Communications and Political Science From the University of Ottawa. With the public service, she worked on environmental and science policy specific to the Canadian Arctic, with Polar Knowledge Canada and with the Canadian International Arctic Center at the Canadian Embassy of Norway. While at Polar, she organized the Women in Northern Science panel discussion on increasing diversity and accessibility in norther science. She is excited to apply this experience and her passion for environmentalism to working with Ecology Ottawa. Charlee is a Young Director in the Girls on Boards 2020 cohort. Girls on board places communities across Canada, challenging the status quo of low female representation on governance boards