Pavitra Malihi is Canopy's Business Systems Analyst, based in Ontario. With a background in process optimization and consulting across industries, including real estate technology, manufacturing, and education, Pavitra specializes in making invisible work visible — surfacing the friction that slows teams down and building systems that earn people's trust. She brings a human-centered approach to every implementation, believing that the best solution is one people actually use.
More about me
I'm someone who finds joy in bringing people together. My dream is to host a weekly dinner party with good food, great conversation, and the kind of lively debate that keeps everyone at the table too long. I'm a curious, collaborative person who takes the work seriously but not myself. I believe the best teams move fast, laugh hard, and aren't afraid to ask the obvious question out loud.
Why forests are important to me
Forests have always been my reset button. Growing up as a city kid, the pockets of forest I could find were the places where I could quiet everything down and come back to myself. There's a specific moment I keep returning to, light filtering through a forest canopy overhead, and that feeling of pure, wordless awe. Now I read bedtime books to my kids about animals and their habitats, and I find myself having to explain, gently, why some of those places are disappearing. Working at Canopy means those conversations at bedtime and my work during the day are finally pointing in the same direction.
Why Canopy
Canopy is unlike any organization I've worked with, genuinely solutions-driven, urgency-fuelled, and full of people who care deeply about the same things I'm trying to teach my kids to care about. I'm excited to dig into real, complex problems alongside a team that brings both rigour and a good belly laugh to the work.
Ask me about
Cooking for little humans, building muscle, my plant babies, the meditative power of a good puzzle, and what it's like growing up at the intersection of cultures.
What ruffles my feathers
Closed-mindedness
My animal alter ego is the Burrowing Owl. Small, sharp-eyed, and comfortable getting close to the ground. They thrive by paying attention to what others miss. It makes its home in unexpected places, adapts quickly to new environments, and has a reputation for being quietly tenacious. Also, it has excellent instincts for finding what's hidden just beneath the surface.
