Truth and Reconciliation
Emerge is committed to uplifting Indigenous voices, respecting traditional lands, and working with communities towards reconciliation.
We are all treaty people.
Emerge Reconciliation Strategy
Goal #1 - Provide the committee charged with coordinating activities and reporting on progress toward achieving our 2024 Reconciliation Plan with the time and resources to ensure our goals are accomplished.
- Quarterly Reconciliation meetings are scheduled and regularly attended by all committee members. Completed
- Report submitted to the City of Winnipeg to share progress toward achieving 2nd-year goals as a partner of the City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord. Completed
- Submit our 3rd-year Reconciliation plan as part of the City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord, and participate in a public signing ceremony. Completed
- Use our dedicated Truth & Reconciliation page to communicate year-two results and share annual progress toward 2024 Reconciliation goals. Completed
Goal #2 - Achieve team understanding about intermediate reconciliation concepts through education and conversation.
- In 2024, all team members have read or watched the educational content as assigned and confirmed it using our internal activity tracking sheet. Completed
- All team members will have participated in an educational workshop organized by the company. Completed
Goal #1 - Provide the committee charged with coordinating activities and reporting on progress made toward achieving our 2023 Reconciliation Plan with the time and resources to ensure our goals are accomplished.
- Monthly Reconciliation meetings are scheduled and regularly attended by all committee members. Completed
- Report submitted to the City of Winnipeg to share progress made toward achieving 1st-year goals as a partner of the City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord. Completed
- Submit our 2nd-year Reconciliation plan as part of the City of Winnipeg’s Indigenous Accord, and participate in a public signing ceremony. Completed
- Use our dedicated Truth & Reconciliation page to communicate year-one results and share quarterly progress toward 2023 Reconciliation goals. Completed
Goal #2 - Achieve team understanding about intermediate reconciliation concepts through education and conversation.
- Each quarter, all team members have read or watched the educational content as assigned and confirmed it by documenting it using our internal activity tracking sheet. Completed
- All four quarterly all-staff meetings will have a dedicated 30-minute reconciliation focus. 2/4 Completed
- All staff will have participated in an educational workshop organized by the company. Completed
Goal #3 - Research and develop an Indigenous Inclusion Policy
- Emerge will have developed and implemented an Indigenous Inclusion Policy by Feb 2024 (end of Q4 FY24). Incomplete
Goal #4 - Support Indigenous communities through community involvement and procurement
- Organize or identify at least one opportunity for staff to participate in an Indigenous community organization volunteer opportunity or an Indigenous-led event. Completed
- Procure at least one service from a local Indigenous-owned business. Completed
- Enhance our Indigenous business directory to make it easy for our team to procure from Canadian-based, Indigenous-owned businesses or Indigenous-centered social enterprises. Incomplete
Goal #1 - Implement & communicate 2022 reconciliation strategy
- Submit our Reconciliation Strategy and Plan as part of The City of Winnipeg Indigenous Accord and participate in public signing ceremony Completed
Goal #2 - Achieve understanding about local Indigenous history, culture, and impacts of Colonialism
- Submit our Reconciliation Strategy and Plan as part of The City of Winnipeg Indigenous Accord and participate in public signing ceremony Completed
Goal #3 - Engage Indigenous people through hiring
- All Emerge sub-committee members will have completed an educational course. Completed
- Every Emerge team member has read the Truth and Reconciliation Committee of Canada's 94 Calls to Action. Completed
- All staff will have participated in an educational workshop organized by the company. Completed
- Emerge will have organized or identified at least 2 opportunities for staff to participate in an Indigenous community organization volunteer opportunity or Indigenous-led event. 1/2
Goal #4 - Support Indigenous communities through community involvement and procurement
- Emerge will create a directory to make it easy for our team to procure from Canadian-based Indigenous-owned businesses or Indigenous-centered social enterprises. Completed
- Emerge will have procured at least one service from a local Indigenous-owned business.Ongoing
We recognize that the Emerge Head Office is based in Treaty No. 1 Territory - Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada on the ancestral and current-day lands and waters of the Ojibway, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Denesuline Peoples, the heartland of the Métis Nation and home to many Inuit. Emerge also has staff based in other parts of Canada who are working and living in the traditional land of many other Indigenous peoples.
We also gratefully acknowledge that Winnipeg's water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.