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Skills Based Indigenous Relations Training Essential to Reconciliation
As providers of a suite of Indigenous relations training, we are frequently asked if we offer “blanket exercises.” The short answer is “no, we...
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Recession Proof Your Career With Indigenous Relations Training
In an earlier article, we took a look at why companies should protect their Indigenous relations strategy in a recession. In this article, we offer a...
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Indigenous Peoples Are All the Same, Right?
A frequent misconception is that Indigenous Peoples are all the same in Canada but there is a clear diversity amongst Indigenous Peoples. Linguists...
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Indigenous Elder Definition
In this article, we provide the definition of Indigenous Elder and answer some specific questions people ask us in our Working Effectively with...
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The UN Declaration and Reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples in BC
During the 2019 federal election, the U.N. Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (the Declaration) was included in four (absent from the...
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6 Suggestions for Effective Negotiations with Indigenous Communities
Effective negotiations with Indigenous communities require your team to have a deep understanding of the community with which you hope to work. This...
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National Indigenous History Month - Why It’s Important
June is National Indigenous History Month - a time for all Canadians - Indigenous, non-Indigenous and newcomers - to reflect upon and learn the...
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What are the Elements of an Effective Indigenous Joint Venture?
Canada’s historical reputation is of a country where living conditions were good, and there were ample economic opportunities - a “land of milk and...
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Meaningful Consultation with Indigenous Peoples
The announcement on August 30, 2018, that the Federal Court of Appeal had quashed the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion due, in part, to faulty...
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Some Indigenous Protocol Examples
We are at an interesting juncture in Canada in terms of Indigenous relations. On the one hand, there is an awakening and awareness on the part of...