Indigenous Leaders: No more missed opportunities – SooToday.com

January 12, 2024

Renée Boucher wants to make ‘Indigenous Connections’ between communities and industry

Renée Boucher wants Indigenous communities to be full participants in the Canadian economy.

In the few years she’s worked in industry, Boucher has seen what she calls “missed opportunities” for communities to benefit from the major projects taking place in their territories.

Hiring targets can be set either too high or too low when companies don’t fully understand where a community’s training gaps are. Smaller communities can struggle just to hire the employees needed to run programming. And many communities simply don’t have the capacity to engage in the business opportunities that are outlined in impact benefit agreements (IBAs).

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