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9 Terms to Avoid in Communications with Indigenous Peoples
Language has the power to respect and honour, or, hurt and offend and that is particularly true when working across cultures. Within that frame of...
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Communications with Indigenous Leaders - Letter Writing Tips
When communicating cross-culturally there are certain sensitivities around the language used in the letter and expectations placed on the recipient...
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3 'R's of an Effective Indigenous Pre-Engagement Strategy
The foundation of meaningful engagement with an Indigenous community is trust. Earning that trust will take time, consistency, and transparency. The...
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Smudging to Indigenous Protocol - Our Top 10 Articles in 2017
In 2017, we had just over 816,000 visitors to our blog Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® looking for information on a wide variety of...
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7 Tips on Building Relationships with Indigenous Peoples
The quality of your relationship with an Indigenous community will be measured by the effort invested and the integrity of your team. You have to...
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Indigenous Relations at the Victoria International Airport
Airports - we all travel through them but how often do we actually ponder the Indigenous relations aspect of the operation? These transportation hubs...
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Indigenous Racial Profiling by Retailers and Tips to Avoid It
Recently, in the media, there has been a discussion of racial profiling of Indigenous and other consumers. In this article we talk about the...
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Reconciliation and Donating to Indigenous Organizations
December is typically a month in which many Canadians look for ways to provide some financial assistance to not-for-profit organizations that help...
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Why Are There Stereotypes About Indigenous Peoples?
Following every training session we ask learners if they would kindly take the time to fill in a survey about the training. We find these surveys...
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Why Should You Learn to Pronounce Indigenous Names?
It’s becoming more commonplace for formal meetings to begin with an acknowledgement of the traditional or treaty territory on which the meeting is...