Our Reconciliation Action Plan
Indigenous Relations at Raise
Raise is committed to building and sustaining prosperous and mutually beneficial relationships with Indigenous communities across Canada and the US based on respect, awareness, and meaningful action.
Our journey towards reconciliation with Indigenous peoples in Canada has been a long road of learnings, and steadily continues.
Raise is incredibly proud to achieve the PAIR Bronze accreditation.
We began formally building Indigenous relations and partnerships way back in 2018, and now, in 2024 this recognition of how far we have come is a significant milestone.
Raise’s Engagement and Reconciliation Action Plan
Our 2024-2027 Engagement and Reconciliation Action Plan specifies our goals and targets across the four drivers outlined in Canadian Council for Indigenous Business’ Partnership Accreditation in Indigenous Relations Program.
Our Commitments
- We will continue to commit time and money to increase representation of Indigenous peoples at Raise.
- Our leaders will continue to reinforce our organizational focus on building and maintaining mutually-beneficial relationships with Indigenous nations and communities.
- We are committed to the development of meaningful business relationships with Indigenous-owned businesses.
- We will support, develop and sustain positive and progressive relationships with Indigenous communities, groups and stakeholders.
Our Key 2024-2027 Targets
- At least 95% of our employees receive Indigenous cultural awareness training.
- Indigenous representation in our internal full-time workforce is at least 5%.
- Increase our spending on goods and services provided by Indigenous-owned businesses is at least 3%.
- Execute our roadmap to fully integrate Indigenous relations into our business strategies.
- Deepen our engagement with and support for our Communities of Interest (COIs) by using our established communications plan, and regularly seeking input and feedback, at least quarterly.
- At least 20% of our Meaningful Work Foundation Grants will go to Indigenous charities each year.
- Increase company awareness of and involvement in Indigenous cultural events and celebrations throughout the year.
Raise 2024-2027 Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation Action Plan.
Report Highlights:
- Letter from our CEO & Partnership Lead
- Our reconciliation action pillars
- Our goals
Publication Date: September 16, 2024
Number of Pages: 12
Raise’s Indigenous Recruiter Training Program
Raise is committed to providing sustainable Indigenous employment and career development opportunities throughout our organization. Through positive and mutually beneficial relationships with our Indigenous neighbours, we will continue to create social and economic benefits through partnership and collaboration.
In 2022, we launched the industry’s first Indigenous Recruiter Training Program (IRTP). Read more about the IRTP here, and watch a video series with one of our Indigenous recruiters from the program here.
Partnerships
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Raise’s Diverse Supplier Network
We have created a Canada-wide Diverse Supplier Network to serve our client base and help Indigenous and diverse-owned suppliers grow their business. Leveraging Raise’s close relationships with local communities, diverse-owned partners, as well as our client relationships and links with other supply chain networks, this network gives our clients access to diverse suppliers and diverse procurement.
For more information, or to express interest in joining the Network, reach out to Kate Siklosi, Director of Partnerships.