HOPETON LOUDEN
Aboriginal Community Consulting Solutions
About
My career has ranged throughout governance, administration, management and program development in the community and human services sectors, including community economic development, social supports, education, and training. I have worked in the private sector, non-government organizations, municipal government (elected Deputy Reeve for Rocky View County, Alberta), and Aboriginal governments (CEO of Wesley First Nation).
My job experience runs the gamut from front-line to management and governance. I initiated the start-up and operation of a social and community services agency. I have extensive experience in developing innovative programs for both Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples on and off reserves and in urban and rural settings. I have a keen ability to identify assets within a community and to assist communities in developing practical solutions to the challenges they face.
A number of factors have fostered a sensibility for listening and garnering the essence of what is being said and what is left unspoken: born and raised in a post-colonial society (Jamaica); doing post-secondary and graduate programs in Canada; sitting as an elected official in local government; and extensive work with First Nations peoples. Having lived these experiences in these different worlds provides for a unique ability to transcend the perspectives and nuances of cross-cultural communication between worlds.