‍Our RAP consists of 4 Major Pillars:

• Building awareness amongst our employees, associate consultants, clients, and Industry partners on Indigenous history and current issues.
  
  Awareness, Understanding and Respect
  
  Awareness of First Nations peoples and their culture in Canada is the first step, and with understanding grows respect. Ongoing communication with our Indigenous partners helps the Group identify areas of improvement in our corporate and social lives as we mutually benefit from a respectful working environment.
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• Engaging and promoting partnerships with Indigenous communities and organizations with an emphasis on enhancing relationships, scaling capacity, and deepening trust through economic development and Indigenous employment opportunities.
  
  Importance of Attentive Communication
  
  Opening lines of communication to diverse communities is essential. Whether it is employees, clients, stakeholders, community members or Indigenous partners, we take the time to listen, absorb and thoughtfully communicate with each other to create mutually beneficial opportunities.  
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• Developing emerging Indigenous leaders through dedicated internship programs and partnered arrangements. We will foster real-world skills-building exercises and knowledge-transfer to and from Indigenous youth to develop the economic potential of the future workforce.
  
  Commitment to Progressing Lasting and Positive Change for All
  
  The Samuel Group of Companies commits to the ongoing reconciliation of history, culture, community and commerce between our organization and our Indigenous partners for generations to come. The organization will track its progress and produce reports reflecting the milestones.
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• Involving Indigenous organizations and programming in our events to strengthen the Canada-Indigenous intercultural bridge.
  
  Clear Vision and Direction for All
  
  Through active communication, learning and implementing respectful corporate policy, our goal is to create an organization that mutually benefits our communities. We are achieving this by creating sustainable employment, a respectful work environment, and learning from and promoting different cultures and practices in our work, corporate products, and industry reach.

‍Reconciliation Actions & Indigenous Engagement.

The Samuel Group of Companies is committed to advancing the reconciliation process of history, culture, community, and commerce between our organization and the Indigenous peoples of this land for generations to come. The Group pledges to:

• Maintaining a written Indigenous engagement policy, including Indigenous employment, use of Indigenous suppliers, support for training programs or other practical Indigenous engagement measures; with First Nations bands.
• Increasing our corporate and workforce diversity and inclusion over time, considering both employment and supply chain by increasing employment and training opportunities for women, visible minorities, and underrepresented groups.
• Recognizing Treaty Rights and providing Indigenous educational cultural competency tools and opportunities to learn to all employees (i.e., The Fundamentals of OCAP® Course provided through Algonquin College).
• Creating corporate policies that align with and respect the cultural, societal, community practices and needs of Indigenous Peoples.
• Organize community-building events such as site visits, workshops, mentoring, information sessions and job fairs with Indigenous partners at Samuel Group Headquarters and local communities.
• Create and administer an internship or co-op program for Indigenous peoples and youth, namely the Internship in Strategic Consultancy forIndigenous Peoples (ISCIP)
• Partner with Indigenous-owned or operated businesses for professional services and or contracting support.
• Proactive outreach to First Nations and Indigenous bands to introduce potential avenues of academic research and development and government relations collaboration.
• Attend, sponsor, or help organize Indigenous community events on and off local reservations.
• Identify and support business opportunities for Indigenous communities that can be mutually collaborated on.

 We look forward to collaborating with Indigenous communities, clients, and partners to fulfill the goals established in our 2022-2025 Reconciliation Action Plan.