Services
What we do
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Strategic and community economic planning
Where your economy comes from, who benefits from it, and who carries it. We provide Nations with answers to these questions and build plans that will sustain the community, including through the loss of a major employer or industry, for future generations.
Includes
- strategic plans
- community economic development models
- economic transition strategies
- Legacy and major-project planning
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Business plans and feasibility studies
Investment-grade analysis of a single venture, from first concept to a capital raise. Plans are written to be read by Chief and Council and by lenders.
Includes
- feasibility studies
- business plans and plan updates
- market and competitor analysis
- financial projections
- governance and board structure
- capital-raise readiness
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Labour market, workforce and training studies
A plan is only as strong as the capacity to fulfill it. We ask whether the community can actually staff, house, move and operate the economy it has chosen, and close the gaps before they stall the work.
Includes
- labour market studies
- education and training needs assessments
- housing and transportation readiness
- career pathways for members and youth
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Land-based and stewardship economies
Economies that pay members to care for the territory: restoration, monitoring, food and medicines. Stewardship is the foundation that comes before extraction and tourism.
Includes
- Land Guardians program design
- land reclamation and native plant ventures
- traditional food systems and land-based knowledge programs
- cultural tourism grounded in Nation protocols
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Investment, funding and equity structures
We find the money that fits the plan and structure it so good plans are executed instead of forgotten. For projects from $10M to $500M, we design the investment, funding and equity structures that let Nations own a meaningful share of what is built on their lands.
Includes
- investment and equity structures for 10M–500M projects
- capital stacks blending equity, debt, loan guarantees and grants
- multi-year funding stacks
- federal and provincial grant applications
- comparable-program research
- funder reporting
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Indigenous procurement and industry partnerships
Our founder authored Canada's national roll-out strategy for the 5% Indigenous procurement target. We help organizations meet it in substance, not on paper, and help Nations secure equity and supply positions on the projects in their territories.
Includes
- procurement strategy and readiness
- partnership and equity structures
- Indigenous supplier development
- reconciliation-in-practice advisory for industry
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Research and development for economic transformation
Four Our Future researches how whole industries can transform to include Indigenous ownership, supply and employment, then tests the new technologies that make it possible. Our research has shaped national strategy and sector-wide plans in British Columbia.
Recent research and development
- National roll-out strategy for the federal 5% Indigenous procurement target
- BC mining supply chain analysis
- Increasing Indigenous participation in shipbuilding
- BC Indigenous non-profit sector gaps analysis
- BC forestry gaps analysis and recommendations
- Technology piloting and usage studies: renewable power, green data centres, manufacturing and emerging technologies
Includes
- industry gaps analyses and supply chain studies
- national and provincial strategy
- technology pilots and usage studies
- policy briefs
- expert evidence
- keynotes and workshops
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Community engagement and capacity workshops
Engagement designed so members shape the plan, not just review it. Through Creators' Eye Studios, a media studio Four Our Future incubated, the community's own voice can be recorded as it builds.
Includes
- engagement session design and facilitation
- open houses
- Business Planning 101 and other multi-day workshops
- documentary and story capture