First Nations Training Programs

As a critical part of our commitment to building capacity of our peoples whenever possible we have developed a series of training workshops from over 25 years of experience working for First Nations. This training is most often developed at the request of Indigenous leaders and members and from an Indigenous worldview.

In the past several years our team has become increasingly sought-after trainers in the following areas that ladder learning to support strengthening Nation Rebuilding and good governance for the benefit of current and future generations.

Foundational Leadership Development Training

Defining Leadership (ancestral and contemporary) and values-based leadership
Lateral Violence and Lateral Kindness/Emotional intelligence
Team Development (working as a team, goal setting, problem solving, decision-making)
Empowering Others & Emotional Intelligence
Peace Making, Peacebuilding, and Safety in the workplace (including trauma informed approaches)
Mediation and Negotiation
Systems Thinking & Org. Dev. Strategic Planning
What is UNDRIP/DRIPA and FPIC?
Right Relations (train the trainer for First Nations partners in the public and private sector)

First Nations Government Capacity Building Training

Council and Admin Common Structures, system, roles and responsibilities, and limits (including good governance, governance policies, law and policy making, portfolios & committees, organizational development and advocacy, CCP/Strategic Planning
Monitoring and managing the Administrator, and operations strategically using performance measures, managing agreements/community development projects
Learning Organizations, empowering your team, strengths-based team management, and capacity building (including wage grids)
Nation Rebuilding, participatory governments, and revitalizing ancestral governing systems, laws, and practices
CCP Implementation, measures of success, and systems for monitoring and evaluating performance and progress
Capable Governing Institutions, Rights, Inter-Governmental Relationship Planning, and development
Financial Management 101 for First Nations Leaders
Community Engagement Planning and Policies
Project Management
First Nations Government Certification
Self-Government (including case studies)

Advanced Training

Revitalizing Ancestral Knowledge & Laws (Indigenous community driven research)
Sovereignty, Rights, Responsibilities, and Practical Sovereignty
Local Government Agreements
Community Economic Development & Good Corporate Governance
Institutions that support Nation Rebuilding in Canada, and advancing International Indigenous Rights

Are you ready to empower your community?

Our trainers are here to help, and are committed to building the capacity of our peoples whenever possible – contact us to learn more about our training workshops.