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We help organizations better understand, support and partner with Indigenous people, businesses and communities.
Through strategic Indigenous partnerships and Indigenous education, we help organizations:
Effective Indigenous engagement strategies focus on building the relationship. Only when trusting, positive relationships are established, can project or development considerations be explored.
We help organizations better understand, support and partner with Indigenous people, businesses and communities. Our approach to community engagement is grounded in respect. We respect the rights of Indigenous Peoples. We respect cultural differences. We understand and appreciate the ongoing impacts of colonialism, and the influence of these impacts on engagement and partnership.
We also have a keen appreciation for the mutually beneficial economic opportunities that exist between Indigenous people, organizations and communities and non-Indigenous ones.
Through strategic Indigenous partnerships and Indigenous education, we help organizations:
Our Indigenous Partnership consulting services include:
Our adaptable learning modules – which were designed and developed using wise practices and employing the ADDIE model – include:
We help senior leaders, organizations and teams to better engage and partner with Indigenous people, communities and businesses through online and in-person industry-specific intercultural education programs that align with the goals of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action.
Our comprehensive in-person and/or online education programs help people and organizations better understand, support and partner with Indigenous people, businesses and communities. Indigenous education is a critical first step towards organizations growing their Indigenous business-related revenues, increasing and diversifying their talent pool, improving their supply chains, managing and mitigating intercultural risk, and meeting their Truth & Reconciliation-informed corporate social responsibility goals.
All of our training programs also include sector-specific content for your organization.
We often recommend hybrid approaches to learning (online and in-person), which maximizes learning and broad participation.
At Miikana, we understand that many organizations would like to improve their Indigenous Relations, for the right reasons, in the right way. One of the questions that we are regularly asked by forward thinking organizations is: “how do we know that we are ready to be a better partner to Indigenous people, organizations and/or communities?”.
The answer we often give is that being a great partner is an ongoing process that requires a commitment every day, and that there is a thoughtful set of goals and metrics that have been developed by one of our partners, the Canadian Council on Aboriginal Business (CCAB), via their Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) Program, that provides a good framework to evaluate your organization.
Generally speaking, the PAR program is a corporate social responsibility program which certifies corporate performance in Indigenous relations at the Bronze, Silver or Gold level. PAR certification provides a high level of assurance to Indigenous communities because the designation is supported by an independent, third party verification of company reports and the final company level is determined by a jury composed of Indigenous business people. This certification provides a true competitive advantage for organizations who achieve the highest standards.
For more information about the CCAB PAR program, please use the following links: overview, value and benefits, applicant guide, and companies in the program.
Miikana has partnered with CCAB in the development of a unique PAR Support Program for PAR committed organizations. In addition to our years of experience in working with Indigenous people, communities and organizations, our team is well versed with the PAR program, its certification criteria, best practices for PAR companies, and the evaluation process.
This allows us to effectively support organizations as they go through their PAR improvement processes in areas such as;