A mature ecosystem of Indigenous-led organizations and Indigenous Advisors delivers workplace inclusion evaluation, measurement, training, and systems review services across Canada. The most developed of these is Indigenous Works, an Indigenous-led national non-profit established in 1998 (formerly the Aboriginal Human Resource Council), which operates the Leadership Circle for Indigenous Inclusion, the Indigenous Works Employer of Choice certification, and a suite of advisory services including the Inclusion Continuum diagnostic model, the Barometer methodology for systems review, and the Inclusion Assessment. Indigenous Works is ISO 9001:2015 certified and has worked with hundreds of public and private sector employers across Canada over more than 25 years.
The CCIB Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations (PAIR) program provides a parallel framework with Indigenous-led third-party verification, detailed in the assessment of Call 29. Indigenous-owned consultancies such as Bridging Concept and training providers such as Indigenous Corporate Training Inc., which delivers the Working Effectively with Indigenous Peoples curriculum, extend the ecosystem at a firm level. Academic and research-based tools, including the Indigenous Workways Toolkit developed by the University of Windsor, the University of Waterloo, and Conestoga College (2025), and the Native Women’s Association of Canada’s Trauma-Informed and Culturally Appropriate Approaches in the Workplace initiative, complement the practitioner ecosystem.
