Kayla Pepper - CEPCA 2025

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Fall 2026

Edmonton, Alberta, Canada

Fall 2026

Canadian Emergency Preparedness and
Climate Adaptation Convention

Kayla Pepper

Kayla Pepper

Principal
Colliers Project Leaders

Kayla Pepper is of mixed-European, primarily Ukrainian, descent with family from the Ktunaxa Nation. She recently joined Colliers Project Leaders in a Principal role based in Kamloops, BC, situated on the unceded, traditional lands of the Secwépemc Nation. She brings 15 years of emergency management experience and a master’s degree in leadership, during which she worked with Indigenous organizations and emergency program coordinators to complete a thesis on cultural safety in Emergency Support Services (ESS). Her desire to unpack colonial ways of thinking and participating in systems drives her passion to realize an all-of-society approach to community resilience. Kayla has formerly served in executive-level positions with the BC Ministry of Emergency Management and Climate Readiness (EMCR), where she led agreement negotiations, advanced strategic partnerships with First Nations, local governments, and non-governmental organizations, and championed reconciliation approaches including legislation co-development, and the advancement of consultation, collaboration, and cultural competency frameworks. She has also served as an EMCR Regional Manager; Provincial Regional Emergency Operations Centre (PREOC) Director; City of Kamloops ESS volunteer; BC Wildfire Service Communications Specialist; and Canadian Red Cross Disaster Coordinator. Kayla is passionate about bringing communities and organizations together to create a safer, more inclusive future for this generation and those that follow.