Indigenous Consultation & Engagement
Are you ready to engage with an Indigenous community but aren't sure where to start? Do you understand the differences between consultation and engagement?
What are your key challenges?
- Knowing how to consult with Indigenous communities?
- Understanding the differences between consultation and engagement?
- Understanding how to assess risk during a consultation?
- Knowing how to anticipate questions and know how to respond?
- Understanding the intention of engagement and consultation?
- Understanding the importance of building relationships?
- Understanding the business case for engagement?
- Understanding the importance of cultural protocol during engagement?
Who should take this course?
- Everyone who needs to fulfill legal and regulatory requirements for consultation
- Federal, provincial, regional, and municipal government staff
- Those who wish to build a strong engagement strategy
- Indigenous Relations or Affairs staff
- Senior executives, managers and board members
- Line managers
- Project managers
- Project team members
This should be a standard course for all of our employees working with Aboriginal Peoples, communities & issues. Teachings such as this bridges people and brings good things. Gets everyone involved.
J.C. • Environment Canada
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I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this topic, and highly endorse others to experience for themselves the quality of the training.
A.J.