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The Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase is proud to celebrate a new addition to our event programming,The Gathering: Reconciliation in Action.
Join us for an Indigenous-led program focused on practical tools, cultural insights and shared learning on reconciliation in action.
The Gathering offers a unique one-of-a-kind experience allowing attendees to experience a full-day program facilitated by Indigenous speakers, moderators, panellists, and keynote speakers.
The Gathering is an opportunity to engage, learn, and listen to Indigenous perspectives, celebrate Indigenous success, and recognize Indigenous partnerships helping to shape the future of Canada.
IPSS 2025 is happy to welcome, stay tuned for the list of more speakers that will be announced each week.
- Keynote speaker: Crystal Smith, former elected Chief Councillor Haisla Nation
- Guest speaker: Elaine Alec, founder, Naqsmist Storytellers
- Guest panelist: Angela D’Amato van den Hout, CEO Nan wúújǫ anawúúdle Restoration Society
WELCOME: IPSS 2025 ADVISORY COUNCIL
- Deanna Lewis, Elected Councillor, Squamish Nation
- Dallas Smith, President and Chairman of the Board, Nanwakolas Council Society,Tlowitsis Nation
- Crystal Smith, Former Chief Councillor Haisla Nation
- Isaiah Robinson, Deputy Chief Councillor Kitasoo Xai’xais Nation
- Angela Grier, M.Ed, Registered Provisional Psychologist, Former Councillor Piikani Nation (Blackfoot)
- Justin Napoleon, Former Chief of Saulteau First Nation
- Lana Eagle, Indigenous Relations Strategist, Whitecap Dakota First Nation
The IPSS Advisory Council is proud to welcome Lana Eagle, Indigenous relations strategist.
Lana Eagle is an Indigenous relations strategist advising companies on how to better engage and work with Indigenous communities and to find a pathway forward through a Reconciliation framework.
Lana is a member of the Whitecap Dakota First Nation in Saskatchewan. In her more recent experiences, Lana served as a Director of AME BC, and a Director and Chair of the Central City Foundation.
She serves on the Board of Geoscience BC as Chair, and she is also co-chair of the Indigenous Affairs Committee of PDAC where she is also an elected member of the PDAC board. Lana is also an Independent Director on the Board of Kodiak Copper.
Lana is a sought-out speaker and lecturer on the topic of “Indigenous Engagement and Reconciliation in Canada”. She is also the 2018 recipient of PDAC’s Skookum Jim Award and the 2018 recipient of one of 100 Inspirational Global Women in Mining Award, sponsored by Women in Mining UK.
Guest Speaker Feature: Elaine Alec (teɬkənitkʷ), Founder, Naqsmist Storytellers
Naqsmist Storytellers Inc. helps leaders and organizations cultivate emotional safety, relational accountability, and systems that last.
Founded by Elaine Alec from the syilx and secwepemc Nations, Naqsmist is rooted in decades of Indigenous governance, leadership, and community planning. We bring the Cultivating Safe Spaces framework into workplaces, governments, and communities to help people move from fear to trust, urgency to responsibility, and isolation to collective wellness.
Naqsmist Storytellers
We don’t teach extraction. We teach relational leadership practices that allow projects to move forward responsibly.
- Cultivate safety → so communities and leaders can even come to the table.
- Strengthen accountability → so words and actions align.
- Regulate under pressure → so negotiations don’t spiral.
- Hold relationships as the outcome → not just the deal.
The shift: the goal isn’t to “get consent.” The goal is to build the conditions where consent and collaboration are possible.
The Indigenous Partnerships Success Showcase (IPSS) is an annual event responding to the growing demand for practical guidance on how First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities and their enterprise partners can work together, in common purpose, for shared success.
This year, we will welcome 180 delegates to the IPSS 2025 executive leadership summit. Delegates will have access to Indigenous-led partnership rooms that allow opportunity for business and community.
Additionally, IPSS will host 300 attendees for The Gathering: Reconciliation in Action, a full-day Indigenous-led program. The day concludes with the IPSS 2025 Gala Dinner & Awards Night celebrating the IPSS Shared Prosperity Awards.
Connect with us today and discover how you can be a valued IPSS 2025 sponsor by emailing us at [email protected]
How can you Become a Sponsor or Program Partner?
Align your organization with one of Canada’s most impactful gatherings on economic reconciliation and shared prosperity. By sponsoring IPSS 2025, you’re not just investing in an event — you’re contributing to a national movement built on respect, collaboration, and shared prosperity.
Why Sponsor IPSS 2025?
- Direct Access to Decision‑Makers
Engage directly with corporate executives, Indigenous leadership, government officials and investors actively seeking partnership and co‑investment opportunities. - Demonstrate Leadership in Economic Reconciliation
Showcase your commitment to Indigenous economic sovereignty and responsible social impact, earn credibility with investors, regulators and communities. - Long‑Term Relationship Building
Develop long-term partnerships with Indigenous enterprises and industry peers that extend well beyond a single event, driving sustainable business growth and community impact. - Where Policy, Investment, and Indigenous Leadership Converge
Emerging national and provincial policy directions—such as Indigenous procurement, equity participation, co-investment mandates, and reconciliation frameworks—are converging with Indigenous economic leadership, where sovereignty is exercised through Nation-led development, ownership structures, and long-term wealth creation.
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IPSS Shared Prosperity Awards Nominations are Open!
IPSS Shared Prosperity Awards
The IPSS Shared Prosperity Awards will honour individuals and organizations helping to advance economic reconciliation, Indigenous sovereignty, and shared prosperity for all Canadians.
Award nominations are open until November 3, 2025.
Award winners will be chosen by our IPSS 2025 Council and awarded during the Gala Dinner & IPSS Shared Prosperity Award Show, November 13, 2025 at the Vancouver Convention Centre West.
We acknowledge we are on the unceded territories of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh Nations and are grateful to be able to live, work, and play on these lands.
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