Seana Irvine

Seana has over 30-years of experience working at the intersection of community-based participatory engagement, environmental sustainability, and social justice. She is a founding team member behind the development of Evergreen Brick Works into a showcase of industrial heritage adaptive reuse and a hub for applied urban sustainability. Seana has served in executive positions with innovative and entrepreneurial non-profit change making organizations including Evergreen and the Centre for Social Innovation, in addition to working in both the public and private sectors.

She has undergraduate and graduate degrees in environmental studies and watershed ecosystem planning and in 2021 Seana began a Ph.D. in Interdisciplinary Social Research at Trent University where she is examining the relationship between industrial heritage redevelopment projects and gentrification. An active volunteer, Seana has served on several boards including Park People, The Centre for Social Innovation, The Stop Community Food Centre, the equality effect, The Sustainability Network and Wanapitei Wilderness Centre.