Prairie Métis and settler perspectives and knowledge. Guests living and working on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Vancouver area, BC]; the Lekwungen-speaking Songhees and Esquimalt nations (Victoria, BC); Amiskwaciy Waskahikan in Treaty 6 territory (Edmonton, AB); and the traditional land of the Three Fires Confederacy, the Odawa, Potawatomi, and Ojibwe. The Three Fires Confederacy shares this land with its neighbours, the Lunaapeew of the Eelünaapéewi Lahkéewiit (Delaware) Nation and the unceded territory of the Bkejwanong (Walpole Island) First Nation.


HOC EXCHANGES

We’re a team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals who are passionate about individual, family, community, and workplace well-being. We have experience working with public, private, and non-profit sectors as well as Indigenous communities, entrepreneurs, and writers.

Our main areas of focus:

lead educational content in workplace and family well-being, inclusion and belonging, and Indigenous recruitment and retention. We lead in-person workshops, virtual webinars, and we now have virtual self-paced courses available at Elevate by Edified Projects. These courses are available pay-by-course or all-access with an annual subscription.

evaluate programs, considering impact for the intended audience.

review and develop organizational procedures, plans, and policies for Indigenous communities.

create custom tools for employee recruitment and retention.

review documents, including copyediting, proofreading, and sensitivity reading.

write articles, reports, strategies, and grants.

Our approach values community resilience, transparency (agile methods), reciprocity, and positive, supportive relations.

IDBC EXCHANGE

 

 

 

Alicia Hibbert, PMP, MA
Founder and Managing Director
Editor, PMP and Scrum-Certified Project Manager, & Facilitator. Member of the Indigenous Editors Association and a Certified Aboriginal Business from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business.

 

Becca Shortt, MA

Citation Editor and Fact-Checker, Evaluator, & Facilitator

 

Monica Naber, M.C., R. Psych (AB)

Organizational Mental Health Strategic Consultant & Facilitator. Registered psychologist and certified facilitator for the Gottman Institute’s 7 Principles for Making Marriage Work.

 

SI EXCHANGE

 

 

Action Canada Fellowship

Alberta Medical Association

Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency

COYA

Destination Toronto

Indigenous Editors Association

Indigenous Wellness Clinic Royal Alexandra Hospital

McClelland & Stewart

McGill-Queen’s University Press

 

Medicine Wheel Publishing

Natural Resources Canada (Government of Canada)

Pawaatamihk: Journal of Métis Thinkers

Penguin Random House

Pilimmaksaivik (Federal Centre of Excellence for Inuit Employment in Nunavut)

Pivot Hub (Simon Fraser University)

Prosper Canada

Rupertsland Institute

 

Servus Credit Union

Simon & Schuster

Tundra Books

UBC Press

University of Alberta Department of Family Medicine

University of Florida Press

University of Manitoba Press

University of Toronto Press

Viking Books