First Nations often need to balance competing values and interests in reasserting their rights. We help you develop strategies to improve your decision-making durability and increase authority over lands and waters, including:

• Communications strategies to increase message penetration among Crown governments,
  membership, and local affected parties.

• Negotiating strategies that tie outcomes to community priorities.

• Implementation strategies that ensure resources are directed in the most effective way possible.

Through our years of experience working in complex situations, we bring a balanced approach to help clients navigate:

• Conflict resolution

• Decision-making processes

• Team development

We create messages that resonate with identified audiences though public facing materials, such as:

• Press releases, op-eds, reports

• Research articles

Working closely with leadership and through extensive membership engagement, we help clients build the tools they need to govern effectively, including:

• Governance frameworks that increase transparency and durability of decisions

• Constitutions and Self-Government Agreements

• Election Code drafting and amendment

• Membership Code drafting and amendment

• Communications and other organizational policies
  

We understand the importance of communicating First Nations cultures and values to non-Indigenous audiences in government and neighboring communities, and deliver:

• Cultural awareness courses, online and in-person

• Educational material