ABORIGINAL RELATIONS
Stratos is experienced in supporting relationships between Aboriginal organizations and communities, and external groups such as industry, NGOs and federal and provincial governments. We see opportunities to build upon a foundation of respect and trust in order to enable dialogue and to support Aboriginal communities and organizations, while working with them to promote sustainable land and resource management.
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Service Offering: Aboriginal Relations Check Up
Stratos helps organizations promote Progressive Aboriginal Relations. Stratos collaborated with the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) to make major enhancements to its Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program. Using this leading framework for assessing Aboriginal relations practices, Stratos can help you evaluate the status of your Aboriginal relations programs and take targeted action to improve performance.
Our Aboriginal Relations Check Up services are designed to assess your Aboriginal relations performance, diagnose your organization's strengths and challenges and identify a change strategy to improve performance. It includes:
1. An Aboriginal Relations Assessment and Scorecard
2. A Workshop to discuss Assessment findings
3. An Action Report
If you are interested in this service, please contact Matt Loose mloose@stratos-sts.com or Julie Pezzack at jpezzack@stratos-sts.com.
Our Clients and Projects
Client: Assembly of First Nations
Project: Managing Sustainable Change
Stratos supported National Chief Shawn Atleo in his vision to re-invigorate and strengthen the Assembly of First Nations (AFN) to ensure it remains sustainable over the long-term while continuing to serve First Nations' citizens throughout Canada. Our team collaborated with the AFN leadership to undertake a management review to improve organizational sustainability. Our team collected data on the AFN's organizational culture and processes and applied a change management methodology to analyze the results. With AFN, we identified and implemented a set of priority recommendations which strengthened its management systems.
Client: Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Project: Enhancing the Progressive Aboriginal Relations Program
The Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) engaged Stratos to enhance its Progressive Aboriginal Relations (PAR) program designed to advance corporate Aboriginal Relations and provide certification at the gold, silver and bronze levels. The PAR program explores Aboriginal Relations performance in four areas - employment, business development, community investment, and community engagement. Stratos supported CCAB with major program changes in 2011 to align the PAR program with leading practices in corporate responsibility. As a result, CCAB expects an increase in participation in PAR and an improved standard of Aboriginal Relations in Canada.
Client: Mining Association of Canada
Project: National and Community Engagement
On behalf of the Mining Association of Canada (MAC), Stratos led regional and community consultations on developing an Aboriginal engagement policy for the mining industry and developed a national advisory panel with a multi-interest design team. Our firm continues to facilitate MAC's Community of Interest Panel meetings
with First Nations, Métis and Inuit representation, first initiated in 2004. As a result of this work, Aboriginal communities have expressed appreciation for outreach efforts by the industry and there is strengthened confidence and reputation among key
stakeholder groups.
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