JP Gladu, founder of the consultancy Mokwateh, is ensuring that reconciliation is more than a corporate catchphrase. The new issue of Forward magazine profiles the work Gladu is doing to make Indigenous voices part of companies’ business strategy. Also in this issue of Forward, read about how Actua’s Indigenous youth leaders see the future, how First Nations Bank and BDC have teamed up to finance Indigenous businesses and meet the Indigenous leaders spearheading Canada’s path to clean energy. All this and much more in volume 2, 2025 of Forward magazine!
At a time when reconciliation risks becoming a boardroom buzzword, JP Gladu is working to ground it in action. Gladu, founder of Mokwateh, a consultancy he founded to advance Indigenous opportunity through...
A Conversation with Actua’s Indigenous Youth Leaders
By Brittany S. Lavallee
Across Turtle Island and throughout Canada, Indigenous youth are not waiting for their turn to lead. They are building futures rooted in community, carried by ancestral knowledge and fuelled by curiosity and purpose. Through Actua’s National Indigenous Youth in STEM (InSTEM) program, young people are...
Indigenous Leadership in Canada’s Clean Energy Future
By Brittany S. Lavallee
Indigenous communities across the world are uniting to engage in powerful conversations and knowledge-sharing, reshaping our understanding of a clean energy future. As Minor Chief Steven Crowchild of the Tsuut’ina Nation in Alberta explains, both his Nation and rural Indigenous communities...
At 21 years old, Chloe isn’t your typical executive, but she’s exactly the kind of leader economic reconciliation needs. As a Montreal-based Indigenous hairstylist with over 300 clients, Chloe’s salon chair has become more than a workspace, it’s a site of care, trust and transformation. In a world where...
Building Trust Through Meaningful Indigenous Partnerships
By Floyd Black Horse
Major Canadian companies are moving beyond symbolic gestures to build meaningful partnerships with Indigenous communities – supporting entrepreneurship and amplifying Indigenous voices through high-profile platforms...
On June 12, 2025, at HEC Montreal, the second cohort of the Economic Reconciliation program by First Nations Executive Education (FNEE) unveiled 12 impactful projects aimed at advancing long-term prosperity in Indigenous communities. Launched on Feb. 17, the four-month journey brought...
How First Nations Bank and BDC are Financing Indigenous Futures
By Floyd Black Horse
A major Indigenous investment initiative has been launched by the First Nations Bank of Canada (FNBC) and the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC), with $100 million in capital earmarked to support the growth of First Nations, Métis and Inuit economies...
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