Marie-Soleil Lacoursière
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Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
Operations Manager
Yellowknife, CA
Profile Verified by The Marque
Last Updated: 22 Sep 2026
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In Their Own Right
Biography
Marie-Soleil Lacoursière is a highly regarded, sustainability-focused leader with over a decade of multinational management experience, yet with Northern expertise.
Marie-Soleil is firmly rooted in Canada's North while having a solid background in international business and technology in the resource sector. She has worked for some of the largest players in the mining industry, around the world and across commodities, and has been responsible for strategic portfolios reaching $3Bn annually, with heavy digitalization, automation, Internet of Things, and electrification components, enabling her to have a unique perspective on the challenges and opportunities faced North of 60.
She is also a certified Board Candidate with CDI.D designation from Corporate Directors International and GCB.D sustainability for board directors designation through the Competent Board Institute. Marie-Soleil is an active board director, notably, on the board of the Business Development Bank of Canada.
Innovation, Indigenous relations, continuous improvement, inclusion, strategic business and sustainability are common threads throughout Marie-Soleil’s career.
Committed to lifelong learning, her professional experience is complemented by university studies in business, operations management, mining technologies, Arctic affairs and a Master’s in Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas. She recently completed her Master’s thesis on the emerging topic of the Social License to Automate in the mining industry, a concept that she is pioneering globally.
Marie-Soleil has worked in Mexico, Germany, Australia, West Africa and across the Americas. She is trilingual French, English and Spanish, and proficient in German.
The Record
Background
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2025 — Present
Operations Manager
Aurora Village
Aurora Village is North America's premier aurora viewing site, welcoming tens of thousands of visitors from around the world annually. Aurora Village is a key contributor to the Northwest Territories' economy.
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2020 — 2025
Global Account Manager
Sandvik
Sandvik is a high-tech and engineering company with 2022 revenue of US$10.4bn. As Global Account Manager Marie-Soleil managed Sandvik’s global business with Newmont, Agnico Eagle and Kinross. Her responsibility spanned 14 countries over 4 continents and included oversight on the roll-out of cutting-edge technology in the areas of automation, electrification, digitalization and Internet-of-Things.
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2014 — 2017
Contracts Team Leader
Dominion Diamond Ekati Corporation
The Ekati mine is internationally recognized as a world-class supplier of top-quality rough diamonds. Marie-Soleil managed the team responsible for the sourcing, contracting and management of an annual supply portfolio of over $300M. Her scope of responsibility included the creation of sustainable business opportunities for Northern businesses and ensuring adherence to obligations under IBAs.
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2010 — 2014
Operations Manager
Arctic Energy Alliance
The Arctic Energy Alliance is an organization promoting the adoption and implementation of energy renewables and energy efficiency in Canada’s North. In this role Marie-Soleil managed the operations and led large-scale energy projects in the North. She also advised the Government of Nunavut’s Energy Secretariat on energy-related matters.
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2006 — 2010
Business Development Manager
Drake International
Drake International is a global human resources company offering talent management solutions to large organizations, helping to increase productivity.
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2005 — 2006
Project Analyst
LexisNexis
LexisNexis is a subsidiary of information giant RELX group (previously Reed Elsevier) that creates and markets digital solutions. In this role Marie-Soleil reported to the COO of LexisNexis operations for Continental Europe and led a variety of continuous improvement and operational efficiencies programs. Marie-Soleil resided in Germany between 2004 and 2006 and is proficient in German.
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2017 — 2020
Various roles
Sandvik
Marie-Soleil has acted as Sandvik's Regional Commercial Manager for North America where she was responsible to the management of a commercial portfolio exceeding $600M per year. She was also Project Manager for the integration of Newtrax Technologies into Sandvik following its acquisition. Newtrax is a leading provider of Internet-of-Things and analytics technology for the mining industry.
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2025 — 2026
Senior Manager of Global Supply Chain
Kinross Gold Corporation
Kinross is a Canadian-based senior gold mining company with a diverse portfolio of mines and projects and 2023 revenues of $4.2Bn. Its diverse portfolio includes mines and projects in the United States, Canada, Brazil, Chile and Mauritania.
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Formative Years
Education
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UiT The Arctic University of Norway
Master's in Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas
2014 — 2023
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University of Saskatchewan
Master's in Governance and Entrepreneurship in Northern and Indigenous Areas
2014 — 2023
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University of the Arctic
Arctic Studies Program
2012 — 2015
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McGill University
Graduate Diploma in Operations Management
2007 — 2010
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Universidad del Valle de Mexico
Undergraduate Degree in Business Administration (completed in Spanish)
2003 — 2006
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College Jean-de-Brébeuf
International Baccalaureate
Areas Of Focus