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Building Together: Indigenous Partnership and Equity in Canada's Major Projects

Join Indigenous leaders, business executives, investors, government, and industry partners to discuss how building lasting partnerships is advancing major projects while creating shared economic prosperity for Indigenous communities and industry alike.
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Member Price: $349

Non-Member Price: $499

Presenting Partners:

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The Quay, 100 Queens Quay East, 3rd Floor

In Person

Canada’s next generation of major projects will depend on more than capital, permitting, and construction capacity. The projects getting built fastest right now are the ones where Indigenous partnership shows up as equity and shared decision-making, not just consultation.  

Across the country, Indigenous leaders, governments, investors, and industry are advancing new models for shared decision-making, equity participation, procurement, workforce development, and community benefit. These models are becoming central to infrastructure readiness, investment confidence, and long-term project success. 

Our event brings together leaders across business, government, Indigenous communities, capital, infrastructure, energy, and professional services to explore how partnerships can move from consultation to sustained participation and shared economic outcomes. 

Through panels, lightning talks, fireside chats, and networking, we will focus on practical approaches that support major project delivery while advancing economic reconciliation. 

If you’re building infrastructure, investing in major projects, advising on procurement or ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance), developing Indigenous partnerships, or shaping Canada’s economic future, this is the conversation that connects these priorities.

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Discussions will focus on:

  • Infrastructure and Major Project Delivery: Exploring how Indigenous partnership is essential to infrastructure readiness, project certainty, social license, and long-term economic outcomes. 
  • Workforce and Talent Mobility: Examining how employers, training partners, and Indigenous communities can work together to attract, retain, and upskill Indigenous talent for in-demand roles across major projects and growth sectors. 
  • Access to Capital: Unpacking opportunities to improve capital access for Indigenous communities, support equity participation, and enable Indigenous investment in major projects and the broader economy. 
  • Indigenous Procurement: Exploring how procurement with Indigenous communities can strengthen supply chains and local economies, while fostering long-term partnerships.  
  • Consultation, Consent, and Shared Decision-Making: Moving beyond duty-to-consult toward earlier engagement, meaningful participation, nation-to-nation trust, and long-term partnership models that support shared value.

Attend if you're…

  • Developing or delivering major projects across infrastructure, energy, natural resources, or construction. 
  • Growing a business in the Indigenous economy or looking to strengthen partnerships, procurement, and supply chain opportunities. 
  • Investing in Canada's next generation of projects through project finance, capital markets, institutional investment, or Indigenous equity partnerships. 
  • Advising organizations on procurement, legal, ESG, Indigenous relations, or project strategy. 
  • Leading public policy or economic development to advance infrastructure, workforce development, Indigenous participation, and long-term economic growth. 
  • Working in post-secondary education to support Indigenous talent development, workforce readiness, research, or partnerships with industry and Indigenous communities.