Brooklyn Ruston
Senior Lead, Mountain Communities
The Resilience Institute
Brooklyn is a dedicated sustainability professional based in Jasper, Alberta who is focused on discovering transformative, community-centered solutions to society’s most pressing sustainability challenges. With a diverse background in wildlife conservation, regenerative tourism, strategic planning, and climate change adaptation, she adeptly combines academic insight with practical application. She holds a Master’s degree in Climate Change from the University of Waterloo and is currently working on completing a PhD at Wilfrid Laurier University, focused on regenerative tourism transformations in Canada’s mountain regions. With a specific passion for the mountains, Brooklyn is committed to reshaping how mountain communities connect with the natural world and envision a collective future impacted by climate change.