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INDIGENOUS RELATIONS AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
Relationships first. Business second.
Building and maintaining relationships with Indigenous governments, First Nations leadership, councils, communities and organizations, with respect and collaboration at the centre.
Indigenous government relations
Building and maintaining relationships with Indigenous governments, First Nations leadership, councils, communities and organizations, with respect and collaboration at the centre.
What we can do: prepare both sides, support meetings and keep commitments on record. What requires a formal mandate: speaking for a Nation, negotiating on its behalf or representing its leadership. We act in those roles only with written authorization.
- First Nations government engagement
- Leadership and council relations
- Indigenous community priorities
- Consultation support
- Strategic partnerships
- Government-to-government relationship support
- Community participation
- Project engagement planning
- Indigenous-led governance initiatives
- Partnership-development frameworks
When to call us.
- Your company or agency works on Treaty 8 territory and wants a real relationship with the Nations whose land it is, and you want to start the right way.
- Or you lead a Nation or an Indigenous organization and want support managing the requests that arrive from industry and government.
Built for the people who carry the file.
- First Nations and Indigenous governments
- Indigenous organizations and development corporations
- Companies working on Treaty 8 territory
- Public bodies building government-to-government relationships
What we do, and what requires a mandate.
What we can do
- Prepare your team before first contact
- Help both sides plan and document meetings
- Keep a record of commitments and follow-up
- Draft partnership frameworks for legal review
What requires a formal mandate
- Speaking for a Nation or its leadership
- Negotiating on a Nation's behalf
- Representing a Nation to industry or government
- Using a Nation's name in public materials
We act in the second column only with written authorization from the Nation.
How the work moves.
- 1ListenPriorities, governance and protocol, on the community's timeline.
- 2PrepareHistory, context and a clear, honest offer.
- 3Agree on the pathAn engagement plan both sides accept.
- 4EngageMeetings, written follow-up and a commitments record.
- 5SustainThe relationship continues after any agreement is signed.
What you receive.
- Engagement readiness briefing
- Engagement plan
- Briefing notes for both leaderships
- Commitments record
- Partnership-development framework
Engagement readiness
Preparation and a plan before first contact.
By quote
Engagement support
Meetings, follow-up and a commitments record.
By quote
Monthly advisory
Ongoing relationship support.
By quote
Prices are in Canadian dollars. GST is extra.
What people ask.
Do you speak for any Nation?
No. Each Nation speaks for itself. We help both sides prepare, meet and follow through.
Who is your client?
We tell both sides at the start who our client is.
Is our information kept confidential?
Yes. We sign a confidentiality agreement before any documents are shared.
Does this replace the duty to consult?
No. The duty to consult is a legal process that belongs to the Crown. Our work supports good relationships alongside it.
Discuss Indigenous Government Relations
Call, email or send a request. We reply within one business day.