The Indigenous Professional Association of Canada President said companies should reflect on how their governance structures, hiring policies, talent pipelines and workforce education programs align with Indigenous needs.
Chelsee Pettit spent much of the summer collaborating with designers to create and manufacture apparel reflective of the Indigenous values she hoped would be on people's minds when Canada marks its second National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
Pettit has tried her best to accommodate last-minute orders, but she and other members of the Indigenous business community see the trend as a sign of how much more work corporate Canada has to do to turn support for Indigenous communities into a 365-day-a-year effort. Those efforts should begin with educating staff about both long-standing and new traumas Indigenous Peoples face and how to support those affected.
Krystal Abotossaway, president of the Indigenous Professional Association of Canada, said she has seen more companies move toward reflecting on what they can do to improve their corporate culture and support Indigenous communities in recent years. "Some corporations are just not even knowing what the right question is to ask," she said."I think we need to move beyond that, if we're going to really progress as a country."
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