Fiona is Senior National Advisor / kā-nīkānīt* with Deloitte Indigenous, advising on Deloitte’s work with Indigenous businesses and communities, and providing overall guidance to firm leadership around issues that matter to Indigenous peoples. She is also a passionate champion of Deloitte’s Reconciliation Action Plan, the first of its kind in corporate Canada.

She is a proud nehithaw-iskwew (Woodland Cree woman) and member of Lac La Ronge First Nation, Treaty 6 Territory, northern Saskatchewan, now living in beautiful Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia), on the unceded, traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq.

Fiona’s career spans four decades and two provinces, with leadership positions in the media, public, and private sectors. She has held roles as facilitator, organizational leader, writer, communications / marketing practitioner, and volunteers her time to mentor new Canadians and Indigenous youth.

She is the chair of the 2023 North American Indigenous Games, set to be the largest multi-sport and cultural gathering in Atlantic Canada’s history. She sits on the board of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and the 2025 Canada Games. She has also chaired the renowned Halifax Comedy Festival; was president, International Association of Business Communicators-Maritime Chapter; has held director positions on several non-profit boards in both Halifax and Calgary, and continues to volunteer her time with charities, including the Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia (Community Grants Selection Committee) and the BMO Ride For Cancer event in support of the QEII Foundation (Leadership Cabinet). Atlantic Business Magazine named Fiona as one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2021 and she was named by PowHERhouse Impact Media Group as one of their top ten 2021 Changemakers.

She is married to Dr. Michael Parsons, an environmental geochemist and research scientist, and is a devoted and proud mother to Ella, who is attending Dalhousie University.