About Us
We love what we do.
We are working vigilantly so that Indigenous People have equitable access to jobs, training and education opportunities in response to the TRC’s Call to Action #92. As an ally, we are motivated to help Indigenous Job Seekers to connect with opportunities for work and find a fit for themselves within progressive companies that support Indigenous inclusion, employment and retention. We aim to do all that we can, and inspire others to do the same.
Our story
Hello! We are The Connect Partnership Group (CPG).
Our executive team is made up of seasoned event producers that have worked with the industry sector for over 30 years. With this experience came a passion to make social change and an inspiration to do better. We recognized there was an important gap that required a bridge and there was a lack of opportunities to learn, share knowledge and connect with communities and Indigenous Peoples in a meaningful way.
This desire to make change and connect people in meaningful ways is what formed The Connect Partnership Group. We knew our passion to do better required allyship, advocacy and action. We formed an Indigenous leadership council to guide our work – Forward Summit (Indigenous Economic Reconciliation) and Workforce Forward (Indigenous HR Inclusion Strategies Conference) were born. We also helped our partners use digital technologies to replace in-person Indigenous job fairs during the pandemic, which resulted in our team launching inclusity.ca.
Our portfolio of events looks to make change, inform, build meaningful connections, advocate for truth, reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples and communities. We knew with our connections to Corporate Canada we had to bridge the gap with Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s 94 Calls to Action and so we have been hard at work producing events on issues and opportunities we care about.
Indigenous Employment Experience
Employment is challenging for both hiring companies and Indigenous job seekers. The past years during the pandemic have made this even more challenging: unable to meet in person, relying on technology to make connections all while navigating your personal health and wellness and that of your family. Inclusity has been developed to solve a problem and help Indigenous People overcome employment challenges. As an organization, we have spent the last year working to develop a proven platform for Virtual Job Fairs. Our experience and success delivering Virtual Job Fairs for First Nations and Métis Communities inspired us to want to help more people and create a platform that could help thousands of Indigenous People connect with the right employers. Inclusity.ca is a hub of resources and collaborative partners dedicated to Indigenous Employment.
Meet our team
Meet the team that is behind the scene making the impossible possible for inclusity. Our inclusity team is energetic, relentlessly resourceful and we are all inspired to learn, teach and come to work with the understanding that the events we work on are supporting change and progress. We all believe that a job fills your pockets…but our work adventures and passion fills our soul.
We are a nimble and motivated group of doers that work to make an impact. Please contact us today to get involved. Don’t just take our word for it… our work speaks for itself.
Ryan Murray
General Manager & Event Director
Have any operational questions about future events? Are you a community want want to promote to Indigenous Job Seekers? Connect with me.
Miki Reeder
Business Development
Are you hiring? Contact our team regarding sponsorship & packages.
Cintia Lutz
Head of Operations, Events, Job Seeker Relations
Ruby Kaur
Marketing Director
Are you media? Are you participating and need support with your marketing tool kit? Contact me!
Our work
We’ve been at this for awhile and we love what we do. We are content and event producers and we also help our partners deliver events to reach their business objectives. We have networks with thought leaders, industry and we are always striving to connect people, ideas and learnings with one another – Indigenous economic reconciliation, technology, health and wellness – we consider ourselves champions on these causes.
