The people
Not a consultancy. People.
Nations are not partnering with a consultancy. They are partnering with people: Indigenous leadership, lived experience, and decades of work across community, broadcast, business, and policy.
The Team
The people behind The Birch Carbon Program.
Indigenous leadership, lived experience, and decades of work across community, broadcast, business, and policy. Nations are not partnering with a consultancy — they are partnering with people.
Michael Birch
Founder & Chief Executive Officer
Forty plus years building one of Canada's most trusted relationship networks across Indigenous leadership, business, and government. Through Anisininew Consulting Group and the national media platform of The Birch Show, Michael serves as the bridge between First Nations, federal leadership, and institutional partners — turning land-based value into long-term recurring revenue and economic sovereignty.
Daniel A. Huard, LEED Fellow
Co-Founder & Partner
IWBI Commissioner, globally recognized as the Godfather of Sustainability. Engineering, architecture and green building authority with over thirty-five years of experience. Canada's first Indigenous LEED Fellow, founding principal of Humann Building Solutions, and Chief Sustainability Officer of MDH Evolution — where he led a global team developing more than $3.6 billion in compliance carbon credits annually. Contributing author to LEED v4, v4.1, and v5; COP28 presenter; former UN Permanent Forum Ambassador.
Tom Jackson, CC
Partner & Ambassador
One of Canada's most celebrated humanitarians and a Companion of the Order of Canada — the highest civilian honour in the country. Founder of the Huron Carole and Singing for Supper, raising over $250 million for food banks and disaster relief. Chancellor of Trent University, Governor General's Performing Arts Award recipient, and a tireless voice for Indigenous communities for nearly four decades.
Christopher Henry
Director of Operations
Director of Operations for the Birch Carbon Program. Former CEO of the Indigenous Chamber of Commerce, with deep operational leadership and a wide network across Indigenous business, advocacy, and community economic development in Canada.
David Pratt
Community Developer
Citizen of the Muscowpetung Saulteaux Nation, Treaty 4 Territory. Served two terms as First Vice Chief of the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations from 2021 to 2026, representing 74 First Nations across Saskatchewan and re-elected with over 72 percent of the vote. Founded Canada's first First Nations Health Ombudsperson office and ran as a 2023 candidate for National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations.
Dr. Matt Vickers, CET, LL.D
Community Developer
Management consultant and financial broker with over 44 years of cross-cultural Canadian business experience, of Tsimshian, Heiltsuk, Haida, and English heritage. Co-Chair of Honouring Nations Canada and CEO of Generating for 7 Generations. Honorary doctorate from University Canada West (2022). Recipient of the Government of British Columbia's End Racism Award and the Distinguished Service Award in Human Rights.
Media and national reach
A national platform for Indigenous leadership, opportunity, and progress.
Through MichaelBirch.ca and The Birch Show, the program is supported by a powerful and rapidly growing media presence, reaching hundreds of thousands of viewers each month across Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, and LinkedIn.
The Birch Show
Real conversations. Real experiences. Real issues. First Nations leadership voices brought forward, not scripted, not filtered.
The Birch News
Weekly publication recognizing partner companies, Team Birch, and community updates. Modern, visual, engaging. Always in a Good Way.
National momentum
Hundreds of thousands of viewers monthly. Growing engagement. A trusted national voice for Indigenous economic development.