Courtenay Crane is a communications and media professional with more than a decade of experience supporting Indigenous-led projects, community-focused storytelling, strategic communications, research-informed engagement, and multimedia production. She brings a culturally grounded, collaborative, and relationship-based approach to communications and engagement, with experience working directly with First Nations, Indigenous organizations, academic partners, and community-led initiatives.

Courtenay served as Director of Media and Communications for the First Nations Housing and Infrastructure Council of BC, where she led organizational communications strategy, advised leadership on stakeholder engagement, supported media relations and issues management, and developed written and digital materials including media releases, newsletters, statements, briefing notes, speeches, website content, and social media communications. Her work supported executive decision-making, organizational growth, partnership development, and public-facing communications.

She also has significant experience in Indigenous water, environmental, and language revitalization work through the Decolonizing Water Project at the University of British Columbia. In that role, she produced documentaries, photographed community-based research activities, travelled to Indigenous communities, contributed to the Water Teachings e-book, supported Indigenous language revitalization, and developed strategic recommendations informed by community and environmental data. Courtenay’s background in First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Geography, film production, visual storytelling, and community-based research positions her to support meaningful engagement, clear communication, and culturally respectful reporting throughout this project.