It may be the first day of spring, but summer will be here before we know it and summer brings with it a very important day: National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21. 

National Indigenous Peoples Day is the perfect day to commemorate the rich cultures, histories and contributions of the First Nations, Métis and Inuit of Turtle Island and Inuit Nunangat!  We have a few tips and tricks to help you prepare for the best National Indigenous Peoples Day ever.

Internal communications is dynamic and requires strategic thinking, flexibility, consistency, transparency and the hero of building trust (drum roll please …) - two-way communication.  When done right, internal communications aligns employees and company goals, drives engagement, productivity and cohesion. 

Whether you’re stepping into a new job, changing roles in your organization or just feel like you’re hitting a wall in your internal communications role, don’t scroll too quickly. Let’s help you succeed with these four tips!

I attended the AI for Good Global Summit to present alongside my peers at TELUS. As one of their Indigenous Advisory Council members, they offered an opportunity to talk about our work together and also share pipikwan pêhtâkwan’s project, wâsikan kisewâtisiwin. With 15,000 attendees from across the globe, each day was packed with speakers, workshops, meetings, robotics demonstrations, networking opportunities, and much more.

Language shapes us; it’s the foundation of everything we are. Language is math, art, and the essence of empathy — of community-building and love. Every time we walk into a book shop, a library or a cafe and pick up a new book we open ourselves up to a sense of radical, rudimentary affinity for the human spirit. In the west, under colonial rule, our education in language is often learned formally: a set of rules, style guides and isolation.