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Fiona Kirkpatrick Parsons
Senior National Advisor / kā-nīkānīt
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 nīhīthaw-iskwīw (Woodland Cree woman) with Scottish settler heritage and a member of Lac La Ronge First Nation, Treaty 6 Territory in northern Saskatchewan, now living in beautiful Kjipuktuk, Mi’kma’ki (Halifax, Nova Scotia), on the unceded, traditional territory of the Mi’kmaq.
When Fiona first joined Deloitte in 2016, she led the marketing team for Deloitte’s Atlantic practice and spearheaded Deloitte Canada’s initial steps on the path of reconciliation. Fiona’s career spans four decades and two provinces, with leadership positions in the media, public, non-profit, and private sectors.
Board and Volunteer roles:
- Board member, 2025 Canada Games in St. John’s, NL (Canada Games Council Appointee)
- Chair, 2023 North American Indigenous Games
- Other past board roles: Chair, Halifax Comedy Festival; President, International Association of Business Communicators-Maritime Chapter; and director positions on several non-profit boards in both Halifax and Calgary.
- Currently volunteers with Mental Health Foundation of Nova Scotia (Community Grants Selection Committee since 2021) and the BMO Ride For Cancer in support of the QEII Foundation (Leadership Cabinet) since 2017.
- She also volunteers her time mentoring Indigenous youth and young professionals, entrepreneurs, and new Canadians.
Recognition:
- Atlantic Business Magazine named Fiona as one of Atlantic Canada’s Top 25 Most Powerful Women in Business in 2021
- Named by PowHERhouse Impact Media Group as a top ten 2021 Changemaker;
- 2021 Atlantic Honoree from Women Against Multiple Sclerosis.