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We offer a variety of strategies, tactics, and tools to design and foster an inclusive work environment where Indigenous Peoples and non-Indigenous people feel valued and have a sense of belonging.

Our relevant strengths include knowledge and experience in: 

  • Indigenous inclusion and equity audits
  • Human resource strategy, management and operations 
  • Performance management 
  • Cross-cultural awareness 
  • Diversity, equity and inclusion 
  • Organizational culture 
  • Organizational development 
  • Recruitment with care

With a focus on Reconciliation, our practitioners can assist with: 

  • Foundational planning to set strategy and measure impact year-over-year
  • Developing leadership and enhancing governance 
  • Increasing attraction and recruitment
  • Facilitating learning and development
  • Improving engagement, growth, and retention
  • Leadership coaching and development 
  • Employee, leadership, and Board of Directors training sessions and programs 
Workplace

How this advances Reconciliation and Indigenous inclusion in our everyday: 

  • Attraction, recruitment, and retention to increase Indigenous employees 
  • Capacity building through training-to-employment scholarship, mentorship, and internship programs 
  • Health and wellness programs informed by Indigenous culture and traditions 
  • Indigenous inclusion in Diversity, Equity and Inclusion programs

Kind Words

“We knew this work needed to be guided by Indigenous‑led expertise and informed by many Indigenous voices. Without lived Indigenous experience ourselves, we chose not to do this alone. Rise demonstrated a clear plan and partnered with us to walk alongside this journey with care and accountability.”

Amanda Pate, Director of Inclusion and Belonging, Sun Life