CONFERENCE MATERIALS & Insights
Featured Materials
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The Next Seven Generations: Our Shared Future Primer
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The VRGM Findings and Report
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The VRGM PRIMER
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OCA Findings and Report
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The OCA Conference Primer
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The Values Driven Economy Post Conference Report
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2023 Conference Primer
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Critical Mineral Roundtables
FNMPC 2026 Conference insights
Cenovus and Gowling WLG describe watching FNMPC grow firsthand, from a handful of Nations in BC to a coalition spanning the country, Gowling WLG as a Sustaining Partner since the program’s earliest days. Both point to an alignment FNMPC itself recognized, between the work Cenovus was already doing with Indigenous communities and FNMPC’s own mandate.
Both call it a partnership they don’t take lightly, the kind FNMPC’s Sustaining Partners program is built to deepen, and one that shows up every April at the Annual Conference.
Rohitesh Dhawan, CEO of ICMM, on the business case for partnership with First Nations: investors and mining companies need to prove they can deploy capital responsibly, and the industry’s track record on projects built on time and on budget hasn’t been strong. For member Nations, that track record is exactly where your value sits: strong relationships with your Nation are what derisks a project from permitting through operations.
What keep Air Canada and Vale Based Metals coming back to FNMPC is the depth of the conversations. They’re connecting with Nations and partners who are ready to talk through real opportunities and real solutions, the kind of exchange that goes well beyond a handshake and a business card.
The breadth is what sets it apart: leaders and decision makers from across Canada and globally, all in the same room, at the same conference. And those conversations don’t end when it wraps. They turn into follow-up meetings, new relationships, and real progress on projects.
Direct access changes how you work. WSP in Canada and Air Canada describe hearing straight from First Nations leaders about what industry gets right, what it gets wrong, and where expectations are shifting on equity, environmental oversight, and Indigenous participation. That feedback shapes how teams are trained and how clients are advised, moving from transactional engagement toward governance-first approaches.
Dave Forestell, Vice President, Operations Services, US Natural Gas at TC Energy, on Canada’s generational opportunity in energy and critical minerals: nearly every major project sits next to First Nations, making collaboration essential. Government is finally catching up to what First Nations have said all along: partnership means hiring and contracting, but it also means equity ownership in the projects. For member Nations, that shift from being a stakeholder to being an owner is the whole point.
FNMPC 2025 Conference insights
CIBC
TMX Group
Arcadis
Torys
Cenovus Energy
Air Canada
WSP Canada
Colliers Project Leaders
Gowling WLG
Financial tools and strategies to prioritize economic reconciliation efforts
The evolution of capital markets to meet demand for investments that align with Indigenous rights and reconciliation
Leveraging Indigenous competitive advantage to rebuild Canada
Insights to create successful Indigenous partnerships
FNMPC 2025 Speaker insights
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Indigenous communities impact on the cross-national transportation and value chain
Tracy Robinson, President and CEO of CN leads one of the most critical elements of transportation…
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How can wellbeing of Indigenous peoples ensures sustainable enterprises and operations for all stakeholders
For nearly four decades, Dr. Joseph Kalt, Ford Foundation Professor of International Political…
Explore fnmpc 2024 conference themes
Indigenous nations aren’t just part of Canada’s net-zero future—they’re leading it. Advancing strategies and projects by articulating Indigenous perspectives concerning investment standards and sustainable business practices.
Supporting Indigenous Nations to access competitively priced capital is a core element of advancing Indigenous economic reconciliation.
Basing major project planning and implementation on Indigenous leadership and values can lead to more sustainable and ethical outcomes.
Indigenous free, prior, and informed consent on critical mineral supply projects is key to the success of critical mineral projects getting approved and built.
FNMPC 2024 LinkedIn Live Series
Exclusive conversations that help set the stage for the FNMPC 2024 conference, Our Collective Advantage: Indigenous Consent (OCA).
Past Material
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Toward Net Zero by 2025: Post-Conference Report
The Toward Net Zero by 2050 conference hosted by the First Nations Major Project Coalition (Canada) and First Peoples Worldwide (US) on April 25-26, 20221, in Vancouver, Canada convened professionals interested in the Indigenous-led net zero transition.
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TVDE 2023 Conference Primer
All net zero projects, such as clean energy projects, electrical transmission lines, and battery mineral supply projects, will be built on Indigenous lands. Centering Indigenous nations’ values and partnerships in proposed developments strengthens projects by improving outcomes that are not only important to First Nations, but increasingly to ESG-focused investors.
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2022 Event Primer
Canada and the United States must achieve net zero carbon neutrality by 2050 or risk contributing further to the catastrophic consequences of global climate change. This conference primer explores four important areas of transitioning to net zero that are, or may increasingly become, important to Indigenous nations in the United States and Canada.
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Roadmap in Investing to Canada: Indigenous Inclusion in ESG
This post-conference report summarizes major findings from the First Nations Major Projects Coalition Indigenous Sustainable Investment Conference, presented online on March 18 – 19, 2021.