Indigenous Engagement
Are you ready to engage with an Indigenous community but are unsure where to start? Do you understand the differences between consultation and engagement?
What are your key challenges?
- Understanding the intention of engagement?
- Understanding the importance of building relationships?
- Understanding the business case for engagement?
- Understanding the role the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples plays in the engagement process.
- Understanding the importance of cultural protocol during engagement?
- Understanding the differences between consultation and engagement?
- Understanding how to engage in a respectful, effective and successful way?
Who should take this course?
- Federal, provincial, regional, and municipal government staff
- Indigenous Relations or Affairs staff
- Senior executives, managers and board members
- Line managers, project managers, project team members
- Policy Makers and Indigenous facing administrators
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
Did you know?
These courses are BC Law Society Continuing Ed certified for CPD purposes.
I cannot emphasize enough the importance of this topic, and highly endorse others to experience for themselves the quality of the training.
A.J.