Our Services

Community Engagement & Consulting Services

At Mishiikehn Consulting, we offer culturally informed consulting services and professional development opportunities that support genuine engagement and long-term partnerships.

Our community engagement suite of services include but is not limited to;

Engagement session facilitation
Indigenous Stakeholder Engagement Planning
Indigenous Talent Acquisition Planning
Indigenous Rights & Responsibilities for Governance
Policy & Procedure Development, Review & Assessments (Indigenous Inclusion)
Sector Specific Cultural Competency (Beginner, Intermediate & Advanced)
Development of meaningful & authentic Indigenous Advisory Committees

Culturally Informed Consulting

We center Indigenous worldviews, knowledge systems, values, and protocols in all our services. It's more than simply including Indigenous perspectives—it is about working with Indigenous communities in ways that are respectful, reciprocal, and rooted in cultural integrity.

Here are our Consulting objectives:

Grounding our work in Indigenous Knowledge & Values

Consultants draw on Indigenous teachings, languages, ways of knowing, and lived experience. This includes understanding relationality (how all things are interconnected), land-based knowledge, and community-defined priorities.

Community-Led and Relationship-Centered

Rather than imposing external frameworks, we prioritize community voice and leadership. Our approach is based on trust, long-term relationships, and consent, not transactional or extractive methods.

Respect for Protocols and Cultural Practices

This means following community-specific cultural protocols—like how to enter into agreements, conduct meetings, or seek guidance from Elders—and ensuring those practices are honored throughout the project.

Ethical and Reflective Practice

Consultants often emphasize self-location (acknowledging who they are and where they come from), and engage in ongoing reflection about power, privilege, and responsibility. Ethical practice includes respecting data sovereignty and ensuring community benefit.

Decolonizing Approaches

Culturally informed Indigenous consulting challenges colonial assumptions embedded in institutions or systems. It seeks to shift power dynamics and co-create solutions that align with Indigenous worldviews.

Cultural Competency Training

Indigenous Cultural Competency Training is important for everyone, regardless of ethnicity, creed, age or profession. Cultural Competency fosters:

Respectful and meaningful engagement with Indigenous peoples
Increased awareness of the historical context and ongoing issues that shape Indigenous experiences
A shift in perspectives and attitudes towards decolonization, reconciliation, and cultural revitalization

Our training is offered to professionals in all sectors. Mishiikehn Consulting delivers Cultural Competency Training that is specialized and designed to increase knowledge, awareness, and understanding of Indigenous cultures, histories, and worldviews. The goal is to promote respectful, ethical, and effective interactions with Indigenous peoples and communities. Our training helps participants build the skills necessary to work in ways that are culturally responsive to the needs, rights, and perspectives of Indigenous peoples.

The three levels of competency that our sector specific training covers includes but is not limited to:

Understanding Indigenous Histories and Colonization
Recognizing the Diversity of Indigenous Peoples
Indigenous Worldviews and Ways of Knowing
Addressing Power, Privilege, and Allyship
Building Strong, Ethical Relationships with Indigenous Peoples
Practical Tools and Resources

To help participants apply their learning in practice, training provides:

Case studies and scenarios for practicing respectful interactions
Resources like reading materials, videos, and contacts within Indigenous communities
Practical tips for navigating Indigenous relations in the workplace or community settings

Our Cultural Competency training provides an inclusive, respectful, and supportive learning environment where individuals feel secure to explore, question, and deepen their understanding of Indigenous people, culture and Knowledge. —without fear of judgment, discrimination, or harm.

Meeting people where they are at is essential to our shared learning environment.

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Professional Development Sessions

Walking Together: Strengthening Relationships with Indigenous Peoples through Learning

These professional development sessions offer an opportunity to engage in meaningful learning that centers Indigenous histories, perspectives, and worldviews. Participants will explore how these ways of knowing can be respectfully integrated into our work—whether in classrooms, community settings, organizations, or daily interactions.

Why It Matters

Reconciliation is not just a concept—it’s a commitment to change. This session focuses on transforming institutional policies, practices, and personal beliefs to build spaces rooted in respect, understanding, and reciprocal relationships with Indigenous Peoples.

Who Should Attend

This session is for anyone—educators, administrators, youth workers, public servants, and community leaders—who wish to grow their cultural competency and support those around them in building relationships grounded in:

Intercultural understanding
Empathy
Respect for Indigenous knowledge systems

What You’ll Experience

Participants will engage with Indigenous knowledge through:

Culturally relevant learning resources
Reflective exercises and group discussions
Actionable strategies to support equity and inclusion in professional settings

Take the First Step

Whether you’re just beginning this journey or continuing your learning, there is a session for you. All our sessions are meant to help participants build awareness and capacity to walk forward in a good way—with humility, openness, and respect.