What We Offer
With over 30 years of experience working alongside communities, Indigenous Nations and Tribes across Canada and the U.S., KatalystNow delivers expertise in: Corporate Indigenous Inclusion Strategies, development of major project Indigenous Nation & Community Engagement Plans, capacity for Indigenous Nations in workforce and contracting, and facilitating access to Indigenous-led cultural awareness training.
Corporate Indigenous Inclusion Strategies
KatalystNow has extensive experience in developing and implementing effective, meaningful, Indigenous Inclusion Strategies for a variety of corporations. Our strategies are practical, deliver results and are fit for purpose.
Components:
Cultural Understanding: Facilitate Indigenous-led cultural awareness training.
Economic Participation: Indigenous contractor inclusion, workforce inclusion, and equity ownership.
Engagement/Consultation: Provide client capacity in project engagement and consultation.
Community Involvement: Establish meaningful, sustainable relationships through engagement, community investment and involvement.
Capacity Support for
Indigenous Communities
Our depth of both lived Indigenous and corporate experience, supports Nations and Tribes in their efforts to engage corporations.
Workforce Development: KatalystNow supports workforce leads from Nations and Tribes, along with corporate Human Resources, to develop effective workforce inclusion plans, resulting in sustained employment at all levels.
Indigenous-affiliated Contractor Inclusion: Through extensive experience working with corporate supply chains, KatalystNow is able to effectively position Nation-owned and affiliated contractors to engage in procurement processes.
Indigenous-Led Cultural Awareness Training
KatalystNow supports clients by providing, as well as advocating for, Indigenous-led cultural awareness training. By utilizing our network of cultural providers throughout Canada, we are able to provide clients access to cultural awareness relative to their areas of operation.
Indigenous Nation & Community Engagement Plans - Major Projects
KatalystNow has in-depth experience in creating and successfully implementing Indigenous Nation & Community Engagement Plans on a variety of major projects, including LNG terminals, major pipelines, offshore exploration and oil sands expansions.
Establishment and implementation of concise Engagement Plans, effectively identifying project risks, mitigations and opportunities in support of successful regulatory approvals.