Nick Couture is a registered professional engineer (P.Eng) and climate facilitator with a collective 7 years of experience distributed across systems engineering, group facilitation, grief work, product management, sales engineering, marine data collection, industrial construction, and wind energy design. He holds certificates in climate psychology, truth and reconciliation action, and business strategies for a better world. Additionally, he has been a life-long student of environmental philosophy, regenerative economics, social enterprise development, earth listening, world religion / spirituality, and improvisational creative practice (dance, music,
comedy).
Positionality
I am a white cisgender male settler living on and working from the unceded traditional territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen) speaking peoples, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. I grew up in Winnipeg Manitoba on Treaty One Territory and went through post secondary education under a westernized system at the University of Manitoba. I acknowledge potential gaps in my understanding of systems change work as a result of the highly privileged position that I come from and am actively learning, growing, and porous to feedback related to my work and how it is being carried out.
Personal Mission and Relational Philosophy
I am striving to do everything I can to help people find a deeper sense of well-being, meaning, and grounded hope within an ever complexifying world. On a broader scale, my mission is to gently and humbly nudge society towards a paradigm shift which mitigates the worst effects of the climate crisis (polycrisis) on both the living earth and humanity. Finally, I am striving to help build resilience within our communities so that we can adapt to what we cannot mitigate. These ambitions are underpinned by concepts of de-colonization and a deep sense of caution around my own positionality, self-image, narratives, and that which I have yet to learn.
I work with all people meeting them where they are at, with compassion and a curiosity to learn where everyone is coming from. I work with understanding that most humans, regardless of position, privilege, or opinion at some level just want to feel safety, connection, and love, thus seeking to work without judgement.
