Services

Expert counsel for the tables that shape projects.

We provide expert advice and lead engagement, consultation, and negotiations with governments, organizations, the public, and First Nations on major resource development, community development, and infrastructure projects. Our practice spans strategic advisory, intergovernmental relations, and communications.

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Fractional advisory retainers.

Senior advisory, on call. A retainer gives your team standing access to strategic counsel, intergovernmental engagement support, funding strategy, and communications guidance, without the cost of a full time hire. Available to every sector we serve.

Funding & Grants

Funding strategy that funds delivery.

Funding works best when it is strategic, not reactive. We align opportunities with your priorities, partnership readiness, and the capacity to deliver, then build submissions that hold up through approval and reporting.

A

Identify

Targeted funding scans matched to eligibility, timing, priorities, and readiness, so effort goes where it can win.

B

Prepare

Proposal writing, workplans, budgets, and submission coordination assembled to a funder's exact standard.

C

Manage

Reporting structures, milestone tracking, renewal planning, and funder ready updates that protect the next ask.

Our funding work has translated into multimillion dollars secured across governments, businesses, organizations, and First Nations, directed at planning, infrastructure, training, culture, and environmental priorities.

Services by Sector

The same discipline, shaped to your table.

The core work we deliver for each of the four sectors we serve, drawn from one integrated practice and scoped to each governance context.

Governments
Public Sector

Culturally informed strategy for reconciliation and intergovernmental files.

Intergovernmental Relations

Government to government relationship building, engagement frameworks, and the agreements that support participation while enabling project certainty.

Policy, Protocol & Engagement

Corporate and administrative policy, engagement protocols, honoraria guidance, and comprehensive engagement strategies that honour community cultures and values.

Communications & Public Affairs

Issues management, public communications, and reputation strategy on high profile files.

Council to Council Preparation

Agenda design, briefing notes, speaking points, protocol guidance, and relationship continuity between meetings.

Reconciliation & Indigenous Relations Strategy

We assist governments with reconciliation initiatives through culturally informed strategy aligned with leadership direction, UNDRIP, DRIPA, and TRC Calls to Action.

Cultural Awareness & Training

Organization wide cultural competency programs developed with Elders, Knowledge Holders, and expert trainers.

Reconciliation is more than a policy. It is a shared commitment that creates lasting, positive change.
First Nations
Nation Side

Capacity, governance, and funding that strengthen self determination.

Policy & Governance Development

Nation side policies, consultation procedures, lands and natural resource frameworks, and the departmental processes that put them to work.

Intergovernmental Engagement

Representation and support in engagement with federal, provincial, municipal, regional, and First Nations governments, including cross border and transboundary tables.

Funding & Grant Strategy

Scans, proposals, budgets, and renewal planning aligned to community priorities and capacity.

Consultation Readiness

Referral systems, intake tools, response templates, tracking, and preparation for governments and proponents.

Communications & Council Support

Briefing materials, speaking notes, community communications, and Council and membership engagement content.

Capacity & Negotiation Support

Negotiation strategy, capacity approaches, and the technical preparation that strengthens your position at the table.

Together, we are not just bridging gaps. We are building pathways. Pathways to self determination. Pathways to sustainable growth for generations to come.
Businesses
& Project Teams

Engagement, funding, and negotiations that move major projects forward.

Engagement & Negotiations

Stakeholder mapping, early engagement planning, issue tracking, and leading consultation and negotiations for resource, community development, and infrastructure projects.

Funding & Capital Strategy

Identifying and securing funding, grants, and co investment, with the proposals, budgets, and partnerships that unlock project capital.

Risk & Executive Advisory

Strategic support for complex, multi jurisdictional matters that benefit from a steady, experienced hand.

Partnership & Benefit Design

Frameworks that turn commitments into measurable, reportable participation and durable working relationships.

Regulatory Engagement

Support on consultation responses, regulatory submissions, and the timing and sequencing of approvals.

Stakeholder Communications

Audience strategy, messaging, and communications across investor, community, and government audiences.

Organizations
Mission Driven

Plans, funding, and capacity that move intention into accountable action.

Strategy & Planning

Roadmaps that translate intention into governance, action, and accountable milestones your board can stand behind.

Funding & Grant Strategy

Securing funding through scans, proposals, budgets, and workplans aligned to your mission and capacity to deliver.

Capacity & Training

Leadership sessions, staff training, and facilitation that build internal confidence and a shared language.

Program & Reporting Design

Workplans, measurement frameworks, and funder ready reporting that connects activity to outcomes.

Reconciliation Planning

Practical roadmaps that move reconciliation commitments into governance, action, and measurable progress.

Communications & Engagement

Stakeholder engagement, messaging, and communications that build trust with members, funders, and partners.

Indigenous Participation Plans

Clear pathways for participation and accountability.

An Indigenous Participation Plan sets out how employment, procurement, training, community benefit, and shared accountability will actually happen. Built with care, it strengthens relationships, sharpens project outcomes, and creates measurable pathways for participation.