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Nation Building Advisory

With a focus on strategy, governance, and operations services, Deloitte’s Nation Building Advisory practitioners serve as advisors to Indigenous Nations, non-Indigenous governments, and corporations pursuing objectives for large-scale transformations for Nations across Canada.

Nation Building Advisory offerings | For Nations

Nation-building strategy
Assess the current state of the Nation and help define a strategic vision, prioritize initiatives, create a road map for economic development, and develop implementation plans to operationalize agreements with corporate partners.

Governance assessment and establishment
Assess the effectiveness of current governance structures, test and validate transformation objectives, and design and implement operating models to execute the strategic vision for effective Nation governance.

Administration, finance, and IT systems
Establish standard operating procedures for back-office functions, automate/digitalize functions, and identify opportunities for cost reduction and efficiency. Implement data management solutions that help the Nation achieve data sovereignty as well as risk management systems that ensure the administrative functions support the strategic vision.

Nation-led solutions for health care, education, and child welfare
Develop a strategic plan for health care, education, and child welfare based on Nation-led solutions, build organizational capability and capacity within these systems, implement data management solutions to achieve data sovereignty, and establish or enhance digital technologies and their infrastructures.

Infrastructure planning and project management
Plan for, and assist in delivering successful major infrastructure projects, including the project management capabilities and governance plan.

 

Nation Building Advisory offerings | For non-Indigenous governments

Program design, implementation, and transfer
Design plans for the transfer of programs from government to Indigenous Nations and Peoples.

Funding strategy
Maximize the impact of funding to Nations.

Indigenous engagement planning and strategy
Foster and strengthen relationships with Indigenous Peoples that are built on trust.

Indigenous contracting and procurement
Work with governments on their strategy, policies, sourcing, and fulfillment of their Indigenous procurement commitments.

 

Nation Building Advisory offerings | For corporations

Indigenous partnership and engagement strategy
Facilitate efforts to enhance relationships with Indigenous Nations to unlock mutually beneficial and agreeable commercial opportunities.

Economic reconciliation
Enhance reconciliation efforts with Indigenous Peoples through economic empowerment and inclusion.

Key contacts

Jolain Foster

Jolain Foster

Managing Partner, Nation Building

As the Managing Partner of Nation Building, Jolain leads a multi-disciplinary team of Indigenous and non-Indigenous professionals dedicated to building strong connections between Indigenous communitie... More