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Industry

Community

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Working With Industry

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Our Impact
in Numbers

$250 Million+

in awarded grant
funding 

$2 Billion+

in completed construction projects

300+

partnered communities

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Our Impact in Numbers

$250 Million+

in awarded grant funding 

$2 Billion+

in completed construction projects

300+

partnered communities

Turning Community Priorities into Funded Projects

Work With Us

We support communities in identifying, securing, and stacking federal and provincial funding to advance priority projects and long-term capacity building. Our team manages the full grant lifecycle, providing strategic guidance from funding alignment and project readiness through to proposal development and submission.

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Indigenous Advancement Consulting

  • Indigenous engagement and partnership strategies

  • Community readiness and relationship assessments

  • Indigenous participation and benefits planning

  • Advisory support for Indigenous-led and joint-venture initiatives

  • Alignment with federal, provincial, and corporate Indigenous relations frameworks

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Network Building and Connections

  • Indigenous Communities

  • Indigenous Companies

  • National & Provincial Partners

  • Government Departments

  • Foundations & Non-Profits

  • Business & Sales Channels

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Indigenous Procurement 

  • Indigenous procurement strategy development

  • Supplier identification and matchmaking

  • Policy alignment with Indigenous procurement targets

  • Reporting and impact measurement

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Indigenous Policy Development

  • Indigenous relations and engagement policies

  • Procurement and partnership policies

  • Internal governance and accountability frameworks

  • Policy alignment with Truth & Reconciliation Calls to Action

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Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan Development

  • Reconciliation strategy and roadmap development

  • Stakeholder and community engagement

  • Action planning across the workforce, procurement, and partnerships

  • Monitoring, reporting, and continuous improvement

CCIB PAIR program

Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB) Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations (PAIR) program assistance

  • Readiness assessments and gap analysis

  • Support across all PAIR certification levels

  • Documentation and submission support

  • Ongoing advisory through accreditation maintenance

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Environmental Social Government (ESG) Action Plans

  • Indigenous inclusion within ESG frameworks

  • Social impact and reconciliation metrics

  • Indigenous partnership and procurement integration

  • Reporting aligned with investor and regulatory expectations

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Grant Writing

  • Grant Proposal Writing

  • Wage Subsidy Grant Writing and Management

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RFP Submission Support

  • Indigenous participation and value-add development

  • Indigenous content writing and compliance

  • Partnership structuring and documentation

  • Review and refinement of final submissions

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