Hatlie Group
Cultural Services and Consulting
About us
We bring intentional conversations and tools for decision making to help your organization on the path of change.
Hatlie Group‘s extensive experience and professional network is matched by a comprehensive understanding of non-profit and public sector operations and governance, along with current trends and best practices to support success in cultural organizations of all sizes and scopes.
With our holistic approach to sustainability, we work with non-profit and public sector community-focused organizations to clarify strategy and direction, strengthen operations, and support effective and efficient governance practice.
Hatlie Group‘s extensive experience and professional network is matched by a comprehensive understanding of non-profit and public sector operations, and governance, along with current trends and best practices to support success in cultural organizations of all sizes and scopes.
With our holistic approach to sustainability, we work with non-profit and public sector community-focused organizations to clarify strategy and direction, strengthen operations, and support effective and efficient governance practice.
The Team
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LAURA KURYK | Project and Engagement Coordinator
Laura earned her Bachelor of Arts Degree with Distinction in History and Museum and Heritage Studies at the University of Calgary, which fostered a passion for social history and the evolving narratives and representations of different communities in our past, and the collective responsibility to challenge traditional ways of working, thinking, and being, to create a better present and future. Her background includes museums, history, research, the non-profit sector, and customer service, with previous work and volunteer experience gained at Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, Fort Calgary, Simon Fraser University Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue, Four Feet Companion Foundation, and the University of Calgary Undergraduate History Journal.
As an avid volunteer in the community, Laura actively seeks out opportunities to spend her time contributing to causes that align with her personal interests and values. As Hatlie Group’s Project and Engagement Coordinator, Laura applies her ethics of integrity and adaptability, to consistently achieve the priorities and expectations of clients and their project goals
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TERESA BOETTCHER | Research and Facilitation Coordinator
Teresa has been working in administration for museums and non-profits for the last fifteen years, including time well spent with the Government of Alberta Historic Sites and Museums, the Alberta Museums Association, The Military Museums, the Glenbow Museum, and Heritage Park Historical Village. Teresa has direct experience with various approaches to strategic planning, particularly with how the leadership and team dynamics of the groups involved, contribute to the process itself. Teresa volunteers on the Board of Directors for Corps Bara Dance Guild. She holds a Master of Public Administration specializing in Leadership, Motivation, and Team Building, from the University of Victoria, as well as a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Medieval European and Western Canadian History, with a Management and Society Minor, from the University of Calgary. Teresa’s two greatest passions are learning and contributing to society in a meaningful way. It is through these passions that she strives to make each organization that she works with grow towards its greatest potential.
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SHARON McDUFFE | Administrative and Communications Assistant
Following the completion of her Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Classics from the University of Alberta, Sharon spent a decade in Scotland and Ireland, fueling her passion for the historic environment and the conservation of museum artefacts. With over twenty years of office administration under her belt, Sharon has supported various non-profit and governmental organizations abroad, including the Scottish Society for Conservation and Restoration, Built Environment Forum Scotland and its Historic Environment Review Taskforce, the Architectural Heritage Society of Scotland, and the Major Projects Team within Historic Scotland’s Properties In Care department, which oversees the country’s finest visitor attractions.
Through volunteering at the Glasgow Museums Resource Center, and the Royal Armouries in Leeds, Sharon gained valuable experience in the handling of museum collections, and the conservation of metals and leather. Following training in goldsmithing, bladesmithing, and leather repairs, she was an Instructor at the City Arts Centre in Edmonton for several years, and continues to produce new work.
Sharon holds her Certificate in Museum Studies with the Alberta Museums Association, and places great value on the power of creativity, the health of our planet, and professional integrity.
What makes us tick
Vision
Contributing to true impact in community, we help organizations build capacity to support positive change.
Values
Our culture of trust embodies integrity, openness, competency, and respect.
Our approach is systems-based, collaborative, and iterative, facilitating change together.
Our dedication to our work requires that we bring our whole selves to the table, offering the best of each of us in all we do.
Our passion and purpose inform all areas of our life.
Our actions demonstrate compassion and caring for our team members and clients, and build on their strengths.
Our excellence is based on expertise, creativity, commitment to quality, and a willingness to push boundaries.
Hatlie Group partners are honoured to live in Treaty 6, the traditional meeting grounds, gathering place, and travelling route to the Cree, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Dene and Nakota Sioux and the territory of Métis Region 4, and Treaty 7, home of the Blackfoot Confederacy (comprised of the Piikani, Siksika, and Kainai Nations), as well as the Stony Nakoda and Tsuut’ina Nations, and Métis Region 3. We acknowledge all the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples who have chosen to make Alberta their home.
