Culturally Informed Facilitation Training Part II: Building Understanding of Identity and Power Dynamics

  • Posted by Clayton Schroeder
  • On October 21, 2024
The purpose of the session was to strengthen our facilitation practices, and our abilities to serve diverse clients, and collaborative processes, across cultural and power differences. We met at the Creekside Community Centre in the neighborhood now known as False Creek. This gathering place is located on the lands of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) […]
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Culturally Informed Facilitation Training Part I: Reflections on Power and Privilege

  • Posted by Clayton Schroeder
  • On June 19, 2024
This session was an opportunity to look back at past reconciliation sessions and reflect on how our own understandings of reconciliation have perhaps shifted and what that’s meant for us, personally and professionally. Many of our past sessions have looked outwards and focused on learning from the world around us. This session was an opportunity […]
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Takaya Tours

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On June 8, 2023
On June 6 2023, the Compass team gathered on Tsleil-Waututh First Nation territory in North Vancouver for a cultural tour led by Takaya Tours. We had the opportunity to listen to ancient knowledge and wisdom, exploring the beautiful ancestral grounds of Whey-ah-Wichen (which we learned is the name for Cates Park, and means “Faces the […]
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How can we support implementation of the DRIPA Action Plan?

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On June 4, 2022
Following on our May conversation, our June Reconciliation conversation did a deeper dive into the Service Plans and Budgets of a number of ministries (e.g., Ministry of Land, Water, and Resource Stewardship, Ministry of Forests, Ministry of Indigenous Relations and Reconciliation). Our hope was to gain more insight into how the implementation of DRIPA is […]
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What is the DRIPA Action Plan all about?

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On May 4, 2022
In May, we reviewed the DRIPA Action Plan. The Action plan was released in March, and outlines 89 specific actions that government ministries will take to create a better province for Indigenous Peoples in B.C. As part of our homework for the session, we reviewed the Plan, and identified the Actions we thought were particularly […]
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Reflection on the role of prayer and ritual in deliberative decision-making

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On January 20, 2022
In our January reconciliation session, we tackled a question that many of us have been thinking about lately: what is the role of prayer and ritual in deliberative decision-making? How can we help create a welcoming, safe space for Indigenous partners to share customs, rituals, ceremonies (including prayer) in meetings and projects? We had a robust […]
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Continuing Our Reconciliation Conversation

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On January 16, 2022
For the next year, Compass is engaging in a company-wide reading and discussion series on reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Each month, we choose a different topic or reading as the focus of our learning and discussion. In November and December, we discussed two books: 21 Things You May Not Know About the Indian Act, by […]
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Land Acknowledgments

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On November 26, 2021
For the next year, Compass is engaging in a company-wide reading and discussion series on reconciliation with Indigenous peoples. Each month, we choose a different topic or reading as the focus of our learning and discussion. This month, we read some of the  many, many, many different perspectives on land acknowledgments. Land (or territorial) acknowledgments […]
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On September 28, 2021
This year, Canadians will be honouring Canada’s first National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, on September 30th. This is a day for honouring the victims and survivors of residential schools, their families, and communities. Compass employees will be taking some time to read, learn, and reflect in the spirit of the day. We encourage all […]
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Open Discussion: History of Nechako Reservoir

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On August 3, 2021
We’ve been discussing how important it is to learn more about the local context and history of our projects to gain new perspectives and deeper understandings in our work. One place where this has been made clear recently is on the Nechako river, where some of us at Compass are assisting in the development of a water use plan for the Nechako Reservoir. This video shares some of the history of the Cheslatta Carrier Nation, whose traditional...
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Welcome to the Blog

  • Posted by Compass Resource Management
  • On July 28, 2021
In recent months at Compass, we’ve had many conversations about how to do better as individuals to respect Indigenous peoples and facilitate reconciliation in our work. We’ve realized that it’s important to both demonstrate and actionable improvements as a company, and, to take time for listening, learning, and reflecting. This blog represents our commitment to […]
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