Indigenous Employment Equity & Workforce Development Action Plan
A practical guide from Community Futures Treaty 7 to help Treaty 7 employers build the organizational capacity to attract, engage, and retain Indigenous talent.
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Purpose
Why This Action Plan Exists
This Action Plan helps employers across all sectors build the organizational capacity required to attract, recruit, engage, retain, and advance Indigenous talent. Rather than a simple recruitment checklist, it offers practical strategies that strengthen workplace inclusion, workforce sustainability, and economic reconciliation across the Treaty 7 region.
Through its implementation, CFT7 seeks to increase employer awareness of Indigenous talent, support workforce planning, connect employers with Indigenous talent sources and community partners, and facilitate respectful, culturally safe partnerships between employers and Treaty 7 communities.
A Living Document
This Action Plan will be updated regularly to reflect new learning, perspectives, and labour market shifts. It will be posted on the CFT7 website and promoted across its social media channels for the next several years.
Prepared for Community Futures Treaty 7 by RealEyes Capacity Consultants — June 2026
~63,000
Indigenous people live in the Treaty 7 region — First Nations and Métis combined
47% vs 74%
Employment rate for Indigenous peoples on-reserve compared to non-Indigenous Canadians (2021)
11
CFT7 Career Centres across Treaty 7 — 4 urban and 7 First Nation locations
What’s Inside the Action Plan
Twelve sections, organized around three practical questions: what is the context, what are we hearing, and what can employers do.
SECTIONS 1–3
Understanding Equity
Defining employment equity and the settler-colonial context shaping today’s labour market outcomes.
SECTION 4
Indigenous Voices
Lived experience from Indigenous job seekers, workers, and Elders across Treaty 7.
SECTION 5
A Shared Vision
What more than 50 Treaty 7 employers and HR professionals told us about barriers and priorities.
SECTIONS 6–7
Inclusive Workplace Foundations Vision
Policy, psychological safety, and the TRC Calls to Action for employers.
SECTIONS 8–9
Building Capacity
A five-step framework for readiness, recruitment, and reciprocal relationships.
SECTIONS 10–12
Measurement & Success Stories
Indigenous procurement, a quarterly equity dashboard, and stories from CFT7 career centres.
Quarterly Equity Dashboard
A ready-to-use tracking sheet for the measures recommended in Section 11 — from applicants and hires to leadership participation and community partnerships. Employers download it and update it each quarter.
Community Partners & Resources
Career centres and training partners across Treaty 7 that employers and job seekers can connect with directly.
Indigenous Inclusion Example Policy Template & Guide
An editable policy template informed by the TRC Calls to Action and UNDRIP, ready for your organization to adapt to its own workplace and community relationships.
Bring This Action Plan to Your Workplace
Contact CFT7 to learn about companion training and how to get started.
(403) 251-9242