Larissa Crawford, of Métis and Jamaican heritage, proudly passes on her ancestry to her children, Zyra and Ātea. With over 16 years of experience, she is a published Indigenous, anti-racism, and climate justice researcher, policy advisor, and restorative circle keeper. Larissa is also the Founder and Managing Director of Future Ancestors Services, a next-generation speakers bureau focused on community impact, sustainability, Indigenisation, and disability. The organisation connects and amplifies diverse entrepreneurs tackling systemic challenges.

Her work has earned recognition, including the York University One to Watch Alumni Award, Women of Influence’s Top 25, Corporate Knight’s Top 30 Under 30 in Sustainability, York University’s Top 30 Under 30 Changemakers, and the Pollution Probe Equity in Sustainability Award.

Larissa's career and education demonstrate expertise in climate policy, energy systems, race-based data collection, restorative practice, conflict resolution, and decolonisation in the workplace. This expertise is deeply shaped by her lived experience as an Indigenous and Black woman, a survivor of sexual violence and poverty, a person living with chronic pain disabilities and brain damage, and a young mother of two.

Beyond her professional work, Larissa is an avid rock climber and native plant enthusiast, deeply connected to Kananaskis Country, on the traditional lands of the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Piikani, and Kainai First Nations), the Tsuut'ina First Nation, and the Stoney Nakoda First Nation, as well as the Métis homeland.