Working Effectively With Indigenous Peoples®

We took our signature Indigenous Awareness training program to a whole new level when we developed Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® based on participant needs and requests. Extensive field testing confirmed that any training should be designed to help individuals work effectively with Indigenous Peoples rather than just raise awareness. In this Training, our goal is to help you get beyond Indigenous awareness to practical skills and tools that can be applied everywhere.

Practical on a national scale
Even before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) delivered its recommendations all levels of government and the corporate sector were expanding their Indigenous relations knowledge and skill sets, and were actively looking for people with those skills. Now with recommendations like the #57 & #92 there is even more of an appetite to implement and show action.

Professional Development and Training for Public Servants
#57. We call upon federal, provincial, territorial, and municipal governments to provide education to public servants on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.

Business and Reconciliation
#92.iii. Provide education for management and staff on the history of Aboriginal peoples, including the history and legacy of residential schools, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Treaties and Aboriginal rights, Indigenous law, and Aboriginal–Crown relations. This will require skills-based training in intercultural competency, conflict resolution, human rights, and anti-racism.

This training gives you the opportunity to differentiate yourself from the crowd, boost your career, and help employers fulfill the requirements of the TRC calls-to-action.

Did you know?

Our Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® training is a BC Law Society accredited educational activity. 

For Alberta lawyers, consider including this course as a CPD learning activity in your mandatory annual Continuing Professional Development Plan as required by the Law Society of Alberta.

Who should attend this training:

• Those just starting out to those who have been working with Indigenous Peoples for years.
• Government representatives from federal, provincial, and local governments.
• Business representatives from mining, forestry, oil and gas, and other sectors.
• Senior executives, managers and board members.
• Line managers, project managers and project team members.
• Communications and community relations staff.
• Properties and lands staff and policy makers.
• Human resources and customer services staff who work directly with Indigenous Peoples or on teams that work directly with Indigenous Peoples.

FAQs:

1. If I take Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® do I also need to take Indigenous Awareness?
   
   No, the first half of Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® incorporates Indigenous Awareness.
   
   

2. Do I need to take Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® before taking Indigenous Consultation & Engagement, How to Negotiate with Indigenous Peoples, and Creating an Indigenous Engagement Plan?
   
   Yes, because Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® is the foundation for the other courses.
   
   

3. How long is the course?
   
   Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® is six hours of learning.
   
   

4. Why is Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® in italics or bold and the other course titles are not?
   
   The course name and phrase Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples® is a registered trademark owned by Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. (ICT), which means that we own the sole right to use that trademark. The use of that trademark is your security that you are receiving our groundbreaking course. Anyone other than ICT using the trademark is doing so in violation of our trademark.