Darcy Riddell
Dr. Darcy Riddell has worked to change systems as a strategist, campaigner, facilitator and movement capacity-builder, and played leadership roles in North American and global philanthropy in systems change, transformative learning and scaling innovation.
As Director of Strategy and Partnerships with RAD Network (Restore, Assert, Defend), Darcy works to build just, regenerative economies through Indigenous-led nature and climate solutions.
She is an author on the IPBES Transformative Change Assessment. Previous roles include BC Program Director at Makeway and Director of Strategic Learning with McConnell Foundation. She has co-designed and taught dozens of social change cohort programs including Rockefeller’s Global Fellowship in Social Innovation and Resilience and a Learning Community on systems change for funders. Her work is inspired by early involvement in ground-breaking campaigns and multi-stakeholder Great Bear Rainforest Agreements, which enshrined First Nations governance, protected areas and ecosystem-based management in 6.4 million hectares of the Pacific coast. She holds an MA in Philosophy, Cosmology and Consciousness (CIIS) and a PhD in Social-Ecological Systems, focused on the scaling impact and transformative dynamics in the Great Bear Rainforest model (University of Waterloo). Darcy lives in Tsleil-Waututh, Musqueam and Squamish territories (Vancouver) with her two children.
