Today, I am proud to launch The Reach Group, a collective of professionals working with Indigenous communities and Industry on the path to reconciliation and mutual prosperity. The Reach Group is the evolution of BCT Projects, which I began in 2016 to work with communities and companies interested...

BCT Projects is a founding member of the First Nations Capacity Fund. Every day, we and other members of the Fund are proud to walk with our friends and colleagues of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc, the Secwépemc Nation, and Indigenous communities across this province. We acknowledge and bear witness...

This program was funded by the First Nations Capacity Fund Last year, Kevin Ned had an idea. As the Employment Training Facilitator for the Westbank First Nation, Kevin had been hearing community members talk about their eligibility for employment opportunities in the oil and gas sector. It’s an...

Two years ago, I created BCT Projects in response to seeing, year after year, companies and Aboriginal communities struggle to get on the same page and find opportunities to work together. Meaningful engagement is difficult when these groups come to the table with different priorities and...

Last week, I was proud to witness the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MOU) between one of my clients, Interfor, and the Penticton Indian Band (PIB). Under the MOU, Interfor and the PIB have agreed to enter “a respectful and ongoing relationship regarding the stewardship of the land and...

The Xaxli’p community slides into a long-term opportunityJust over a year ago, the Ten Mile Slide on Highway 99 near Lillooet closed the highway for eight days, cutting off an important route linking local communities to Cache Creek, Kamloops and northern BC. The slide happened on a portion of the...

Arrow and Nisga’a Pacific Ventures LP Form New Joint-Venture Arrow Transportation Systems Inc. is one of Canada’s oldest and most respected transportation, distribution and materials handling companies. Hauling whales to wood chips, Arrow trucks have crisscrossed the North American landscape for...

When leaders at EECOL Electric (EECOL) and Pacific Electrical Installations (PEI) decided to create a First Nations Capacity Fund, they had big hopes for what the program could accomplish, and no idea they’d see immediate results. The reality was, within a couple of weeks of funding their pilot...

I describe the magic of BCT Projects as the ability to bridge and build relationships between First Nations and Industry. We find communities and companies that want to work together for all the right reasons, help them see and hear the world from the other’s perspective, and support both to...

For the past 10 years, I’ve been working through the complexities and difficulties that exist between Industry and First Nations.  More often than not, these challenges have stood in the way of progress, development, partnership and growth. In most cases, the barriers have not been calculated,...