Our dedicated team at SunMoonSeed Alliance is a diverse group of passionate individuals committed to fostering positive change and healing on a global scale. Comprised of traditional and contemporary doctors, humanitarians, environmentalists, educators, experts, and artists, we work in lifelong collaboration with indigenous civilizations.
Architecte et chercheure, Marilène Blain-Sabourin développe depuis plus de dix ans une pratique axée sur la conception et la coordination de projets architecturaux, culturels et touristiques ancrés dans les réalités territoriales et culturelles des communautés, particulièrement en contexte autochtone. Détentrice d’une maîtrise en architecture (Université de Montréal) et d’une maîtrise en géographie (Université Laval), elle adopte une approche fondée sur la coconstruction, la médiation culturelle et l’intégration des savoirs autochtones.
Elle a réalisé de nombreux mandats en collaboration avec des communautés innues, anicinapeset mi’gmaq, tant en développement touristique et patrimonial qu’en conception d’équipements collectifs et de projets en santé. Elle agit présentement comme gestionnaire de projet et médiatrice culturelle pour des projets d’envergure, dont Kina8at, un centre de transmission culturelle et touristique réunissant 11 nations autochtones, où elle assure la coordination des parties prenantes, l’animation de comités d’aîné·e·s et la traduction des visions autochtones dans l’architecture et le design du lieu.
Parallèlement à sa pratique professionnelle, elle poursuit un doctorat en géographie portant sur la patrimonialisation comme levier de soutien au tourisme durable en milieu autochtone. Ces acquis sont aujourd’hui transposés dans son rôle de consultante auprès de la WYSS Academy au Kenya, où elle anime des ateliers de cocréation avec les communautés Masaï afin de soutenir des pratiques durables ancrées dans le territoire et culturellement pertinentes.
Fort d’une expérience professionnelle diversifiée qui l’a entraîné au Québec et à l’étranger, elle souhaite transposer cette expertise au service d’une démarche collaborative, qui place l’humain et le paysage culturel au coeur de la conception du projet. C’est entre autres pour cette raison que, depuis 2013, elle s’implique au sein de plusieurs conseils d’administration, dont Architecture Sans Frontières Québec, Desti-NATIONS, RECO et Quartier Artisan.
Evan Wise is a founder and director of the SunMoonSeed Foundation. His work is rooted in a lifelong interest in culture, land, and community, shaped by a history in agriculture, anthropology, and music.
Evan’s path into activism began through volunteering with Amnesty International, where he was first introduced to global human rights work. That early experience grew into a broader commitment to environmental protection, animal welfare, and social justice movements. His approach is influenced by the principles of voluntarism and non-violence, and a belief that meaningful change grows through cooperation and respect.
Since 2019, Evan has been traveling regularly to the Amazon to spend time with Indigenous communities in Brazil, particularly the Huni Kuin. Through these relationships he continues to learn from and support ways of living that centre community, cultural continuity, and connection to the natural world.
Evan’s work with SunMoonSeed is inspired by the belief that by healing from the past and reconnecting to the living wisdom of diverse cultures, we can imagine and build a more meaningful, sustainable future.
Dr. Byron Maclean is a father, traditional medical doctor, activist, teacher, and student committed to indigenous Nations and advancing medical, climate, economic, and social justice. He works to bridge the gap between ancient and modern civilizations, restoring the missing links in humanity’s timeline lost to colonial atrocities, while addressing the intergenerational impacts of capital-driven human and environmental rights violations that continue to affect our people and planet.
At 21, Byron began his initiation at a sacred site in South Africa under the guidance of Yawa Bane from the Huni-Kuin Civilization and other traditional healers from First Nations of South Africa, Asia, Europe, and the Americas. He spent seven years studying indigenous medical technologies in isolation and building deep, lifelong relationships with indigenous communities globally. From this transformational study, Byron co-facilitated medical ceremonies, established the JHB City Growth, Health, and Development Initiative, launched a dispensary and consultation centre, and worked extensively with South Africa’s largest environmental NGO.
Byron went on to collaborate with remarkable leaders, including the former general secretary of COSATU House, cabinet ministers from Mandela’s government, secretary-general of Greenpeace and Amnesty International, South Africa’s Public Protector, and other activists, Int NGOs, and political leaders. He was entrusted with overseeing the healing institute he initiated at and led sustainable community development programmes within the sacred valley, finding solutions with the communities most devastated by intergenerational, colonial genocides and environmental atrocities.
For over a decade, Byron has been instrumental in developing multifunctional healing and education centers across South Africa, Europe, Canada, Brazil, and the UK. He also works to preserve epicenters within indigenous territories globally, integrating intergenerational wisdom, ethics and principles.
Dr. Byron Maclean is director of SunMoonSeed Alliance, SunMoonSeed Foundation, and Kushma Art Advisory. These intergenerational solutions-driven organizations are in partnership with a global network of indigenous alliances and activists, bridging ancient and modern civilizations, addressing the colonial and capital-driven human and environmental rights violations and helping to develop ethical, positive change for our people and planet. Byron guides the organizations with loving dedication to the teacher plants, the participants, and indigenous nations around the world.
Jasmine has long been driven by a curiosity about the human spirit and a desire to understand why people — and societies — are the way they are. Seeking to explore human behaviour within broader systems, she first pursued studies in business, completing a Bachelor’s degree in Organizational Behaviour and Psychology and a Master’s in International Business focused on cross-cultural management. Over time, this exploration revealed that her deepest interest lay not only in understanding systems, but in supporting the healing and well-being of the people within them.
She is currently completing a Master of Education in Counselling Psychology and is working towards obtaining her psychotherapy permit. Alongside her clinical training, Jasmine has developed a strong interest in the broader social, ecological, and historical dimensions of mental health. Her master’s project on decolonization, together with three years of work with a non-profit organization supporting Inuit communities responding to health crises, has shaped her perspective on how psychological well-being is deeply connected to collective histories, systemic inequities, and community resilience.
These experiences have led her to believe that meaningful mental health work must extend beyond individual therapy to engage with social and communal pathways to healing, and she is particularly interested in community-based approaches that support mental, physical, and spiritual well-being. She believes that conversations about healing must also include a commitment to justice, reconciliation, and the strengthening of communities most affected by centuries of colonization, genocide and ecocide.
Matouga Mohamed is a Montréal-based Coordinator and advocate dedicated to advancing Indigenous and humanitarian rights. Drawing on a professional background in risk management, she brings a grounded, strategic, and forward-looking approach to her work, supporting the development of resilient systems and transformative pathways for social and environmental wellbeing.
Inspired by the power of intergenerational change, Matouga is deeply committed to the mission of the SunMoonSeed Foundation to help amplify Indigenous voices, wisdom, and leadership. Through this work, she contributes to strengthening collective efforts toward planetary healing and more balanced, just futures.
