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Indigenous HR & Employment Strategy
These services focus on aligning HR practices with cultural protocols and the specific needs of Indigenous workforces.
Capacity Building & Training: Developing and delivering culturally relevant training and leadership programs tailored for Indigenous employees and community members to enhance skills and career pathways.
Recruitment and Retention: Creating specialized talent acquisition strategies to attract and retain Indigenous talent, often in partnership with community organizations. This includes developing culturally appropriate onboarding and mentorship programs.
Workforce Policy Development: Crafting HR policies, codes of conduct, and employee handbooks that are mindful of Indigenous cultural values, traditions, and local protocols.
Indigenous Employment Strategy (IES): Developing long-term plans for non-Indigenous organizations to meet employment targets for Indigenous peoples, ensuring genuine inclusion and support beyond simple quotas.
Cultural Competency & Reconciliation
These services focus on building respectful workplace environments and fostering meaningful relationships.
Cultural Sensitivity Training: Providing mandatory training for all staff (Indigenous and non-Indigenous) on history, protocols, and cultural awareness to foster respectful and inclusive work environments.
Relationship Building: Advising on best practices for developing and maintaining authentic, mutually respectful relationships with local First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities, moving beyond transactional engagement.
Reconciliation Action Plans (RAPs): Guiding organizations in developing formal plans and strategies to respond meaningfully to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission's Calls to Action, specifically those related to business and economic development.
Indigenous Small Business Support
These services are aimed at empowering Indigenous entrepreneurs and community-owned businesses.
Governance & Business Structure: Advising community economic development corporations or new entrepreneurs on optimal legal structures, governance models, and corporate by-laws.
Economic Development Strategy: Assisting communities and organizations with feasibility studies, market assessments, and strategic planning for new or expanding business ventures.
Access to Funding & Capital: Guiding Indigenous businesses through applications for specific government grants, funding programs, and financing opportunities dedicated to Indigenous economic development.
Compliance & Partnership Agreements
These services ensure legal compliance and structure agreements between parties.
Impact and Benefit Agreements (IBAs) HR Support: Advising Indigenous communities on the HR and training components of IBAs with resource developers to ensure local members gain maximum employment and training benefits.
Procurement & Supplier Diversity: Helping Indigenous businesses meet requirements to become certified suppliers and assisting non-Indigenous corporations in developing Indigenous procurement strategies to meet diversity targets.
Legal and Regulatory Guidance: Ensuring organizations operating on or near Indigenous lands comply with relevant federal, provincial, and Indigenous-specific laws and regular
