Practice Areas

Six disciplines, delivered with executive rigour.

Engagements are scoped to your mandate, your timelines and your capacity — whether that is a focused review or a multi-year transformation.

Advisory team collaborating in a strategic planning session.
01

Indigenous Governance

Governance frameworks, policy and bylaw development, and council effectiveness rooted in Nation-specific law and custom.

We support Chiefs and Councils, tribal councils, and treaty organizations in strengthening governance systems — from constitution and election code development to policy suites, board and council orientation, delegation frameworks, and conflict-of-interest regimes. Our work honours inherent jurisdiction while meeting the accountability standards required by funders and partners.

  • Governance reviews and self-assessments
  • Constitution, election and membership codes
  • Council and board orientation programs
02

Organizational Excellence

Operational reviews, structure design, and performance systems that let teams deliver consistently and with confidence.

We assess how organizations are structured, staffed and managed, then design practical improvements: clear reporting lines, role clarity, financial and HR policy, service standards, and performance measurement. Recommendations are sequenced so leadership can implement them within real budgets and real capacity.

  • Organizational and operational reviews
  • Structure, role and workflow redesign
  • Performance measurement frameworks
03

Indigenous Procurement

Procurement strategy, set-aside navigation, and supplier readiness for Indigenous businesses and public buyers alike.

We advise federal and provincial departments, Crown Corporations and Indigenous businesses on procurement that delivers real economic outcomes — target setting, Indigenous benefit and participation plans, set-aside and directed-contract navigation, bid readiness, and supplier development pipelines that survive audit and scrutiny.

  • Indigenous procurement strategies and targets
  • Benefit and participation plan design
  • Supplier readiness and bid support
04

Economic Development

Own-source revenue strategy, business structures, and partnership models that build lasting community wealth.

From economic development plans and feasibility assessments to development corporation design, separation of business and politics, joint-venture and impact-benefit negotiation support, and capital partnership advisory for Nations pursuing large-scale development opportunities — we help Nations and organizations convert opportunity into durable, community-owned revenue.

  • Economic development strategies
  • Development corporation design and governance
  • Partnership, JV and IBA advisory
  • Capital partnership and investor engagement advisory
05

Strategic Planning

Community-informed strategic and comprehensive community plans with the discipline to actually be delivered.

We facilitate planning that hears from Elders, youth, membership and staff, and translates that voice into a clear direction with priorities, owners, timelines and indicators. Deliverables are built to be used — plain-language plans, one-page roadmaps, and reporting tools leadership can bring to the table.

  • Strategic and comprehensive community plans
  • Facilitation, engagement and visioning sessions
  • Implementation roadmaps and reporting tools
06

Community Capacity Building

Training, coaching and succession planning that leaves capability inside the community, not in a consultant's binder.

We build capacity deliberately: leadership and management training, staff mentorship, proposal and reporting skills, and succession planning for critical roles. Every engagement includes knowledge transfer so that the organization is more capable at the end of our work than at the start.

  • Leadership and management development
  • Staff coaching and mentorship
  • Succession and workforce planning
07

Campaigns & Public Affairs

Strategic communications, stakeholder mapping, and campaign planning for leaders navigating complex public decisions.

We help leaders and organizations plan and execute campaigns that move public opinion, build coalitions, and advance policy priorities. From issue framing and message development to stakeholder mapping, media strategy, and government relations, our approach is disciplined, research-informed, and respectful of the communities and institutions involved.

  • Campaign strategy and message development
  • Stakeholder mapping and coalition building
  • Government relations and public affairs planning
Monument Valley Navajo Tribal Park, Arizona and Utah, USA.

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