Carissa Halton: The Full Story

Carissa Halton is an award-winning writer and author. Her essays have been anthologized and have won provincial and national magazine awards.  Her writing has appeared in many publications including: Today’s Parent, Alberta Views, Azure and Postmedia Newspapers.  Little Yellow House; Finding Community in a Changing Neighbourhood is her first book and was a finalist for the 2019 Edmonton Book Prize. 

As a speaker and trainer, her narrative style and voice reflects storytelling forms she developed as a long time tour guide and historic interpreter. Sharing stories, discovered with curiosity, empathy, and humour, guides her work as a professional speaker. She is proudly represented by the Speaker's Bureau of Canada.

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Her leadership and community advocacy have spanned multiple sectors. She has worked as an inner-city non-profit managing director, a political advisor to government ministers, and communications consultant. Each step of her career has introduced her to passionate people making a big difference in their community.

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Through her boutique consultancy, Halton Strategic, she supports teams, organizations and individuals to strategically plan for the future and  communicate in a complex world. Sshe believes good public policy and successful programs start with engaging the people who are impacted the most, and she's IAP2 trained. Halton Strategic is a proud member of the Lodgepole Consulting Collective, a consultancy bringing policy advisors, economists and governance and public engagement specialists together to help organizations build thriving communities.

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Carissa serves on the boards of Right at Home Society and Alberta Labour History Institute. Carissa lives with her children and husband in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.