Our Blog - Shared Value Solutions

What it Means to be a Best for the World 2019 Changemaker

We're Hiring! Multiple Positions Open Now

Announcing New eBook: Indigenous Planning Starter Kit

SVS Presenting at the Ontario Aboriginal Lands Association Conference

Indigenous Planning: Funding Your Land Use Plan

The Secret Ingredient to Indigenous Planning: Pick the Right Community Champion

Summer Listening: Gwayakotam Podcast - Episode 3

Eagle Eye Digest: Climate change funding, Qikiqtani Inuit Apology, and Investments in the Far North

Summer Listening: Gwayakotam Podcast - Episode 2

Summer Listening: Gwayakotam Podcast - Episode 1

Eagle Eye Digest: Stewardship Funding, Protected Areas in the Arctic, and more!

Eagle Eye Digest: Lutsel K'e caribou stewardhip, 2019 Indigenous Guardians projects announced, and more

Eagle Eye Digest: $4.3-million Inuit Guardians fund, Indigenous Guardians combat climate change, and more

SVS and Magnetawan First Nation presenting at Canadian Institute of Planners Conference July 4th, 2019!

Indigenous Planning: Six Examples of Creative Engagement that Work

Indigenous nations prepare for high waters: Floodplain Mapping

Eagle Eye Digest: $50 million fish conservation fund, BC Indigenous protected area, and more

Indigenous Planning: How to Use Video for Maximum Impact

Eagle Eye Digest: Indigenous marine planning, Blueberry River back in court, and more

Indigenous Nations Lead the Way in Marine Planning: How to Get Involved

We're Hiring: Surface Water Resources Specialist

Indigenous Planning: Five Crucial Elements Every Land Use Plan Needs

Eagle Eye Digest: Elsipogtog Aboriginal Title, Indigenous planning, and more

Indigenous Planning: Three Questions to a Clear Vision

Indigenous Land Use Planning: Background Info Check List

Eagle Eye Digest: Indigenous planning, colonized food systems, marine protected area oil ban, and more

Indigenous Planning Cheat Sheet: Five Types, Tips and Resources

We're Hiring: Wildlife Biologist, Ecologist or Related Specialty

Call for Submissions: Braiding Indigenous Knowledge and Western Science

Recommendations for Bill C-69: Remember UNDRIP

Eagle Eye Digest: Qikiqtani protected area MOU, Ontario budget, UNDRIP incoming, and more

What's in Ontario Budget 2019 for Indigenous Governments and Northern Ontario?

Still Time for Input to Bill C-69: Senate Submission Info

Eagle Eye Digest: James Bay Cree to“unlock” value in private homes, Top court halts Taseko drilling, again…and more

First Nations Land Governance and Economic Development Conference This Week in Winnipeg!

Eagle Eye Digest: Federal budget promises $4.5B, Qikiqtani food sovereignty, and more

We're Hiring: Intermediate Project Manager for Environmental Planning, Negotiations and Regulatory Support

Eagle Eye Digest: Indigenous Guardians and resource development, new Ontario Indigenous internship program, and more

Announcing New eBook: Indigenous Guardians and Mining & Pipeline Projects

It's Complicated: Indigenous Government-Company Relationships and IBAs

Eagle Eye Digest: BC commits to UNDRIP, Indigenous species at risk recovery, and more

See you soon at #PDAC2019

Eagle Eye Digest: Bamkushwada wins East-West Tie, BC fish farming lawsuit, and more

We're Hiring: Fisheries / Aquatics Biologist

Eagle Eye Digest: #Indigenomics, Participant funding deadline Jan. 28th and more

We're Hiring: Book Keeper/Administrative Assistant

Shared Value Solutions Welcomes New Board Chair Roman Ciecwierz

Eagle Eye Digest: Mikisew earthquake, Manitoba mining exploration agreements, and more

Ringing in the New Year with New Faces at SVS

Mikisew Earthquake Shakes Up Project Impact Assessments

Eagle Eye Digest: Indigenous protected area funding, wild rice comeback, and more

Eagle Eye Digest: Mine closure IBA strategies, 2019 AFSAR funding, and more

Indigenous Governments and Mine Closure: Five Negotiation Strategies

Head-in-the-Sand Technical Reviews Can Screw-Up Indigenous IBAs: Impact Benefit Agreements

Eagle Eye Digest: Lest we forget, eight powerful IBA strategies, a new era of Indigenous stewardship, and more

Indigenous Oversight: Eight Powerful IBA Strategies for Mining Projects

Eagle Eye Digest: Bill C-68 & C-69 Update, A Tale of Two Pipelines, and more

Fish, Water, Energy, Environment Legislation: C-68 and C-69 Update

FPIC Conference 2018: Empowering Our Future - See you there!

Indigenous Environmental Oversight of Pipelines: A Tale of Two Pipelines

Shared Value Solutions is Hiring!

We'll be at the Ontario Association for Impact Assessment (OAIA) conference Oct 17-18. See you there!

Eagle Eye Digest: QIA Mary River IIBA, Edéhzhíe Dehcho protected area, and more

What it Means to be a 2018 Best for the World: Changemaker

Eagle Eye Digest: Long term Indigenous Guardian funding, Atikameksheng baby turtle rescue, and more

Finding Long-Term Funding for Indigenous Guardian Programs

Eagle Eye Digest: $20 million Indigenous nation building fund, Indigenous environmental assessments, and more

Eagle Eye Digest: TMX approval quashed, Indigenous climate change funding, and more

Conference Announcement: NALMA National Gathering in Whitehorse, YK

Eagle Eye Digest: Indigenous pipeline guardians, Shubenacadie river showdown, and more

Indigenous Pipeline Guardians: How the Dehcho Asserted Their Role as Stewards of the Mighty Mackenzie

Eagle Eye Digest: Indigenous Guardian funding, northern research sovereignty and more

Trending: Indigenous Guardian Programs - NWT Announces $760K Funding

Eagle Eye Digest: $3 million of climate change adaption funding, Indigenous Guardians reclaim the land, and more

WE'RE HIRING: Terrestrial Ecologist/ Biologist

Nine Reasons Indigenous Guardians Always Get In On Regulatory Projects

Eagle Eye Digest: Massive Alberta land claim, federal call for Indigenous Guardians and more

Conference Announcement: Northern Housing Summit in Sioux Lookout!

Eagle Eye Digest: First Nations vote on $1.1 billion treaty deal, Indigenous forest management funding, and more

Manitoba Risks the Honour of the Crown and Indigenous IBAs in Canada

Eagle Eye Digest: Up to $3 million for Indigenous economic development; pipeline duty to consult; more!

Eagle Eye Digest: $2.5M for Nunavut fisheries, #TrackingTransMountain, and more

Eagle Eye Digest: Ontario shares mining revenue, new Indigenous climate change adaption funding, and more

Eagle Eye Digest: Innu mining rights, Inuit IBAs, and Haida eco-tourism

Eagle Eye Digest: Climate change staff grants, Indigenous marine response and more

Eagle Eye Digest: Bill C-69 comment window, Indigenous resource management and more

We're Hiring! Wildlife Biologist/Wildlife Ecologist

Eagle Eye Digest: #Budget2018 funding highlights, OEB Fails and more

See you at #PDAC2018 next week in Toronto!

#Budget2018 and Indigenous Guardians: Funding and Policy Highlights

Indigenous Rights and Ontario’s Long-Term Energy Plan: Early OEB Fail

Eagle Eye Digest: IBA innovations, new funding, a whole lotta legislation and more

UNDRIP and FPIC: Is Canada Fakin? A Whole Lotta Legislation Goin On!

We’re headed to Wendake for the First Nations of Québec and Labrador Sustainable Development Institute’s IBA Conference.

Eagle Eye Digest: Environmental assessment overhaul, Indigenous environmental funding and more

Eagle Eye: Indigenous Action and Canada's Draft Impact Assessment Act

Eagle Eye Digest: Ground-breaking Impact Benefit Agreements and language revitalization funding

Indigenous Impact Benefit Agreements That Broke New Ground in 2017

Eagle Eye Digest: Watershed rights, oil sands jurisdiction and climate change funding

Eagle Eye: Federal Funding - Indigenous Communities and Climate Change

Reflections on the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association (CAMA) 2017 conference

Energy and Reconciliation: Ontario’s Best Laid Plan?

Eagle Eye: November 2017 Funding Scan - Indigenous Funding

Ontario Municipalities and Duty to Consult Obligations: Three Key Issues

Water for Life: Theatre for Living Youth Workshop at #CAMA2017Toronto

Find the Funds to make your Land Code Community Dreams a Reality

Come join us at the 25th Annual Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association Conference in Toronto, November 12th-14th

Land Code Communities – 5 Ingredients of Effective Environmental Management Plans

Incorporating and Considering Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessments in Canada – We want to hear from you!

Ontario Fiddles with Indigenous Forestry Rights: Seven Demands

Eagle Eye: September 2017 Funding Scan - Indigenous Funding

5 Ways to Become a #BestForTheWorld Company: What We've Learned at SVS

Enhancing Pollinator Habitats at Waste Management Sites

Incorporating and Considering Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Assessments in Canada – We want to hear from you!

Eagle Eye: July 2017 Funding Scan

Indigenous Consent: Prosperity, Stewardship, Jurisdiction

Moving Towards Self-Governance and Management of First Nations Reserve Lands: Land Code Communities

Traditional Knowledge Interview Training: Anishinabek/Ontario Fisheries Resource Centre

Eagle Eye: May 2017 Funding Scan

Tired of NEB Pipeline Whack-a-Mole? There's an App for That!

We're Hiring: Archaeologist / Cultural Heritage Specialist

Eagle Eye: Spring 2017 - Funding, News and Updates

What does the 2017 Federal Budget mean for Indigenous Peoples

Canada launches new $325M Atlantic Fisheries Fund

Eagle Eye: March/April 2017 Funding Opportunities Scan

The 2017 Shared Value Indigenous Internship Program - Apply Now!

We're Hiring a Senior Land Use Planner - Indigenous Land Use Planning

See you at PDAC 2017 next week in Toronto!

We're Hiring! Senior and Junior Land Use Planners

The Climate Change Solutions Deployment Corporation - Indigenous Fit?

Six Nations Precedent: Indigenous Jurisdiction and Pipelines in Canada

Eagle Eye: $361,500+ Available -January 2017 Funding Opportunities Scan

What's happening with Energy East? An update on the NEB Hearing Process

Partnerships in Procurement Report: A Must Read from Mining Shared Value

We Stand in Solidarity with Aroland and Ginoogaming First Nations' Court Challenge vs. TransCanada Pipeline "Integrity Digs"

Community Cultural Values Mapping: Does it Work?

Energy East Pipeline to Nova Scotia: Will First Nations Have a Big Say?

Indigenous Commercial Fisheries - the Next Reconciliation Revolution

SVS is the proud recipient of the 2016 Downtown Guelph GREEN BUSINESS AWARD

Anwaatin "We are #StewardshipWarriors" #IndigenousOffsets Infographic

We’re going to The Canadian Institute’s Aboriginal Consultation Atlantic Conference Next Week in Membertou, Nova Scotia!

Join us at the Canadian Aboriginal Minerals Association Conference in Ottawa, November 6-8

November 2016 - Eagle Eye Newsletter: Funding and Other Adventures

We're going to be at the Northern Ontario Tourism Summit! Nov 14-17, 2016 in Sudbury

Eagle Eye: October 2016 Funding Opportunities Scan

We're Hiring a Funding Proposals Coordinator

Reporting from the Field: ImagineNative Indigenous Film Festival in Full-Swing at the TIFF Bell Lightbox!

ImagineNative Film Festival has begun! The largest indigenous film and media arts event in the world!

Funding Opportunity for Indigenous Stewardship Warriors

We're Hiring an Environmental Scientist - Water Resources Specialty

We're going to First Nations Land Governance and Economic Development Conference October 11-13. Hope to see you there!

Northern Ontario First Nations Environment Conference in Thunder Bay, October 4th to 6th We’re going! Are you?

Eagle Eye: $1.6 million available for 2016-2017 - Lands and Economic Development Services Program

Eagle Eye: Up to $150,000 - Fisheries Act Review and Navigation Protection Act Review - DEADLINE THIS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 23

Eagle Eye: Up to $233,000 for Indigenous Participant Funding - EA & NEB Review

Eagle Eye: August 2016 Funding Opportunities Scan

Pipelines and Indigenous Jurisdiction: Husky Energy oil spill

Eagle Eye: July 2016 Funding Opportunities Scan

Fish, Canoes, Pipelines – Un-gutting Canadian Environmental Assessment

We're Hiring: Water Resource Specialist- Intermediate

We're Hiring: GIS Specialist- Contract

We're hiring: Part-time Transcribers

3 Surprising Facts About Fish Protection and Pipelines in Canada

UNDRIP and FPIC, ASAP: Seven Steps to Implementation

Catalyzing positive social change and community well-being through theatre

FAQ: Paid 8-Month Position for First Nation, Métis or Inuit Intern

Anwaatin Comments on Draft Ontario Climate Change Act - Bill 172

Quebec's New Low Carbon Energy Policy: Five Take Homes

Trudeau Vows to End Boil Water Advisories for First Nations across Canada- Five Lessons Learned from One Community’s Success

Paid 8-Month Position for First Nation, Métis or Inuit Intern with SVS

Free, Prior and Informed Consent - FPIC, Mining and Indigenous Peoples

Clean Energy for Rural, Remote and Indigenous Communities

Call for an Indigenous Knowledge & Climate Change Centre of Excellence

2016 Aboriginal Community Energy Plan Project Funding Now Available!

7 Implications of New Environmental Assessment Processes for Indigenous Nations

Changes Coming to Canada’s Pipeline Review Processes

Eyeing the Overhaul of Canada's Environmental Assessment Process

Apply NOW: 6 Steps to Apply to the Aboriginal Fund for Species at Risk

We're Hiring: Fisheries Biologist

We're Hiring: Impact Assessment Specialist- Intermediate

Archaeology and Indigenous Rights and Interests

$10,000 Funding for Indigenous communities on Self-Governance & Free, Prior and Informed Consent (FPIC)

Indigenous Environmental Monitoring: Why Bother?

$4.6 Million Available: Aboriginal Fund for Species at Risk

Funding available to become Keepers of the Earth through First Peoples Worldwide

First Nation Water Innovation: Fighting Bad Water and Winning

We're Hiring: Marketing Consultant at Shared Value Solutions

Funding Available to take EcoAction in your community!

We’re Hiring: Wildlife Biologist, Ecologist or Related Specialty

Funding Available to Become a Great Lakes Guardian!

Aboriginal Edge: Confrontation OR Aboriginal and Industry Partnerships

We Are Stewardship Warriors

The New Ontario Aboriginal Procurement Program: 9 Questions Answered

Ontario Cap and Trade: Aboriginal Rights and Interests

Five Game-Changing Ontario Natural Gas Innovations On the Horizon

$230 Million Rural Ontario Natural Gas Economic Development Program

Tackling Complex Social Problems Through Positive Deviance

UPDATE: Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge in Environmental Assessments

$90,000 per Aboriginal Community Energy Plan Project Now Available!

Energy Pioneer's Legacy Injecting Billions into Ontario's Economy

Ontario Climate Action Innovation: Landfill Gas Fuels Recycling Plant

Energy East: How the National Energy Board (NEB) process works, and how to work it

$1.2 Billion P3 Canada Fund Available for First Nation Infrastructure

The Mining Company of the Future: 5 Canadian Drivers

B-reakthrough for Net Zero Economy: BCorps + The B Team

Aboriginal and Industry Partnerships - Investors Speak Loudly!

Good News for Ontario Climate Action: Six U.S. Methane Emission Steps

Three New Funding Programs for Aboriginal Community Wellbeing

We Want You to ‘Get Gas’ in 2015! Natural Gas Innovation for Ontario

5 Reasons the Mikisew Legal Victory a Victory for Canada's Environment

Social Intrapreneurship & Creating Shared Value- Reflections from EWB's Pivot Bootcamp

Adaptive Leadership: Gaining Trust with Small, Step by Step Actions

First Nation, Inuit & Métis Peoples are Key to Climate Change Action

Ontario Energy Strategy: Nine New Unconventional Oil & Gas Pipelines

5 Tips for a Successful Job Hunt: Shared Value Solutions

Help Us Celebrate Becoming an Ontario BCorp: One of the First!

Are You An Adaptive Leader? Adaptive Leadership Workshop, November 20/14

Six Hot Ideas for a New Ontario Energy Strategy

What Does a B Corp Look Like?

Are You Watching? TransCanada Pipelines and Aboriginal Interests

Guelph’s New Scandinavian Friend: 10 Benefits for Sustainable Innovation in Ontario

Reflections on the Yata Kati Traditional Knowledge Conference

Traditional Ecological Knowledge Stories from the Field: An e-postcard home

Sustainable Niagara Wine Pairings: Landfill Gas, Sheep & LEDs

Traditional Knowledge Matters- Ensuring Traditional Knowledge Has Real Influence in the Canadian Environmental Assessment Process

Traditional Knowledge Matters- The Importance of Community Support and Agency in the Environmental Approval Process

Traditional Knowledge Matters: From Knowledge to Blueprint

Traditional Knowledge Matters- Methods of gathering traditional knowledge for influence in the environmental assessment and permitting process

Traditional Knowledge Matters- Understanding What Types of Knowledge Have the Most Influence in an Environmental Approvals Process

Ontario Climate Action: North America's First City-wide District Energy Network

Premier Wynne’s Priorities for Ontario: Mining and the Ring of Fire

Premier Wynne’s Priorities for Ontario: Climate Change & Ontario

Premier Wynne’s Priorities for Ontario: Low Cost Natural Gas

Premier Wynne’s Priorities for Ontario: Water & Environment

Premier Wynne’s Priorities for Ontario: Social Entrepreneurship & B Corps

Premier Wynne’s Priorities for Ontario: Aboriginal Community Wellbeing

Premier Wynne’s Key Priorities for Ontario: a B Corporation's View

TransCanada Pipelines Energy East: Aboriginal Communities Speak

Is Your Community Ready? TransCanada Pipelines & Aboriginal Interests

Aboriginal Environmental Monitors & Land Use Planners: BEAHR Training

Reaching a Boiling Point: First Nations Approaches to Water Management

Natural Gas, Ontario's Economy & Aboriginal Economic Development

Welcome Strategic Environmental Assessment Expert Heidi Klein to Shared Value Solutions

Get Engaged with the New Canada and its Aboriginal Communities

Turning the Tide on Groundwater Innovation: A Recap of the GroundSwell Conference

Brewers & Watersheds: Brewing an Ontario Alliance

Global Water Advocate, Alexandra Cousteau to Speak at Public Event in Guelph

Canadian Environment Week: An Opportunity to Learn, Celebrate and Drive Change

What are the Best Ways for Industries to Be Water Stewardship Leaders?

Six Footings for New Aboriginal / Extractive Industry Partnerships

Video: Alexandra Cousteau - Putting Watersheds First

Water footprints: A new way of understanding and addressing our impact on water resources

3 Ways to Celebrate Bike to Work Week in Style

Five Ideas for Engaging Watershed Stewards in Source Water Protection Planning

Five Innovations in First Nation Source Water Protection in Ontario

Five Ways Global Water Ambassador Alexandra Cousteau will Inspire You to Protect Canada's Water

Call to Action: Neskantaga First Nation - #WithNeskantaga

Tim Hudak, Don Richardson, Bob Delaney to Speak at Ontario Power Conference

Four Reasons Why GroundSwell is THE Event of the Spring

Ontario, First Nations to Work Together on Ring of Fire

TransCanada’s Energy East Project Proposal: Navigating the Regulatory Process

TransCanada’s Energy East Project: Mapping Aboriginal Interests in Ontario

Fifteen Key Insights on Traditional Ecological Knowledge and Environmental Change

We're On a Fun Walk to Going Carbon Neutral with Walker Industries!

Aboriginal Rights and Interests: Current Ontario Regulatory Direction for Pipeline Projects

Our Social Media Un-Policy for Creating Shared Value

More to the Picture Than Meets the Eye: Neil Young, Michael Porter, the Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation, and Unconventional Oil & Gas

Our Progress to BCorp

Office Warming: Come Help Us Celebrate our New Space!

Register NOW for Early Bird Rate: GroundSwell: Conference on Groundwater Innovation with Alexandra Cousteau

Alexandra Cousteau Keynotes Groundwater Innovation Conference

Prediction: Local Will Be the New Black for 2014

The Relationship Between Awareness and Action: When does awareness become action?

Join Our Research Network

Open Space Facilitator Training Workshop - January 29th & 30th, 2014

Get On Board for an Innovation "SuperCluster"

Announcing the Canadian Natural Capital Leaders Platform

Win an Early Bird Prize for Signing Up for GroundSwell: Conference on Groundwater Innovation

Learning to Listen: On the Convergence of Indigenous and Scientific Knowledge Systems

Contributions of Aboriginal Traditional Knowledge to Environmental Assessment

Company, Know Thyself- The Importance of Knowing Your Organization’s Social Purpose in Creating Shared Value

At Long Last - A Shared Value Elevator Pitch

London Calling

Engaging With Your Aboriginal Community Neighbours

The Business Solution to Poverty - A no-nonsense, solutions-focused approach to Creating Shared Value : Book Review

Welcome Paul Graham to Shared Value Solutions Ltd.!

We talked CEAA, the Mining Act, Traditional Knowledge and… Hair-dos?!

Are We On Track for Building the Six Components of Great Corporate Culture?

Can You “Figure It Out”?

Top up your glass

Agribusiness-Energy Feasibility Research

Let's Get Real: 7 Critical Steps for Creating Shared Value Strategy

Get Upstream to Protect Culturally Significant Areas Through the New Mining Act

Follow the Money, Follow e3 Plus:

At a B Corp, Everyone is an Entrepreneur

Detour Lake pours first gold bars

“Light on the Land”: 12,000 Years and Counting

Will You Embrace New Aboriginal Realities or Simply Muddle Through?

Guelph consulting firm wants to ‘Have fun. Make Money. Do Good.’

Photos: Our Guelph Office Launch & Office Warming

Kindergarten Supplies and Project Management

Grand Opening of SVS Guelph Office

To BCorp or not to BCorp?

Join us for our Yorkville Company Launch Event!

Bringing Empathy Back into “Development Deadlocks”

Sharing Experiences of Creating Shared Value

Generate Trust Through Small Incremental Actions

A scan of best practices for Aboriginal participation in the environmental monitoring or environmental management of mining

Some Highlights (or Lowlights) of Recent Changes to the Canadian Environmental Assessment Act

Engaging and Negotiating with Aboriginal Communities

"Together We Will Build Shared Value": Corporate Responsibility and Sustainability Reporting Trends

Shared Value & Aboriginal Canada

Value Engineering and Value Analysis

Consultation and Community Engagement

Beyond Corporate Social Responsibility

Community Economic Development

Collaborative Problem Solving

Environment & Natural Resource Management

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