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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

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The Quay, 100 Queens Quay East, 3rd Floor

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The next $100B in Canadian infrastructure will be built differently. The question isn't whether – it's how. Find out before the models are set without you.

Canada is entering a new era of nation building – energy, infrastructure, critical minerals, transportation. Indigenous partnership is no longer the question. The question is how these deals get done: the relationships, the investment models, and the procurement strategies that turn a shared principle into a financed, moving project, with the certainty and speed every side needs. The models for how it works are being written right now, and the projects that move will be the ones that get there first.

On September 29, the Board brings developers, investors, government decision-makers, and Indigenous business leaders to one table – every side of the deal – to work through what it takes to move from commitment to commercial partnership: equity participation, capital access, procurement opportunities, and projects ready to move. The room where the how gets figured out.

If you're building infrastructure, investing in major projects, advising on procurement or ESG (Environmental, Social and 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. 

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