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Finding Your Path Forward
[raw]Drawing on her personal experience as Chief, Chief Negotiator, and Director on several boards, Kim provides assistance to First Nations, government, and industry in relation to negotiation, governance implementation, institution building, change management, policy and law development, project management, and community engagement.
Kim is well-known, particularly in British Columbia with many contacts, giving her a competitive advantage over other consultants. She also has strong communication skills including strong media relations with a long successful history of very positive coverage. In addition, she has a network of people she can draw on, beyond her own skill set, ensuring she could not take a project on that she wasn’t capable of handling.
Deliverables Include
- Research and Analysis
- Reports/Memorandums
- Presentations
- Budgeting and Work Plans
- Communication Tools and Toolkits
- Project Management
- Funding Proposals
- Business Development
- Meeting Coordination and Facilitation
It is important for First Nation leaders to have a plan to complete initiatives for First Nation government and administration to be able to meet community needs. It is also helpful to have advice from someone who has had experience as a leader in a First Nation community. Through Kim’s extensive experience as the leader of a First Nation community, she is able to provide astute advice on governance initiatives and nation building efforts for First Nations.
- Strategic Planning and Visioning
- Risk Management in relation to First Nation rights, title, and accommodation agreements
- Policy and Law Development
- Institution Building
- Constitution Development
- Protocol Development for governance between First Nations or within First Nation hereditary and elected systems
- Strategic Advice and Problem Solving for crisis situations
- Treaty Negotiation or Implementation
Whether it is with internal relationships in an organization or First Nation, or external relationships between First Nations, industry, and government; communication, engagement, relationship building and maintenance are key for successful initiatives. Kim’s career was based on excellent relationship management through her ability to understand the strategic relationships required to advance complex projects.
- First Nation Citizen Consultation and Engagement
- Communication Planning
- Engagement Planning
- Assisting with Key Messaging
- Writing (speeches, pamphlets, newsletters, blogs, video storyboards)
- Negotiation and Facilitation Advice or Services
- Negotiations with external parties (governments and/or industry)
- Liaison Services between First Nations, government, and industry
- Conflict Resolution within the First Nation
- Facilitating Meetings
- Client Relations
- Intergovernmental Relations Advice
- Advice related to federal, provincial, and municipal relations
- Lobbying and Liaising
- Public and Media Relations
- Extensive media contacts to draw on for public information
- Media Handling
- Interview Coaching
- Advice and Management external attendance or internal holding of public meetings and consultation
Whether through the creation of Impact Benefit Agreements or through other economic opportunities, First Nations are pursuing economic development at unprecedented levels. Getting advice based on direct experience on the development of First Nation land and their traditional territory is critical for ensuring success.
- Advice on setup of corporations
- Knowledge about appropriate board governance of economic entities
- Impact Benefit Agreement advice or implementation assistance
- Corporate Strategic Planning and Visioning
- Business Development and Marketing Plan Development, advice, or assistance
- Risk Management
- Board Participation or Advising Services
- Skills Development Advisory Services
- Corporate Social Responsibility
Kim is a sought after speaker and has spoken at many conferences, classes, and forums nationally and internationally. She has first hand experience in many topics ranging from personal leadership, economic development, the Tsawwassen First Nation treaty experience, self-governance, reconciliation, and Aboriginal relations. She is adept at making controversial topics approachable.
- Reconciliation Models
- First Nation/Canadian Relations and the impacts of colonization
- Tsawwassen Treaty and Self-Governance
- First Nation Economic Development
- Leadership
- Engagement
- Treaty Negotiations
- Industry/First Nation Relations – finding common ground
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