An innovative solution for companies looking to expand their business!

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An Innovative Solution for Companies Looking to
Expand Their Business!
The ITFC economic inclusion network is offering a
very unique solution to assist Canadian
companies, big or small, identify existing and
emerging business opportunities with Indigenous
communities all across Canada. We have
developed a pan-Canadian network of community
based Indigenous Liaison Officers, (ILOs)
subject matter experts who can provide relevant
insights within a specific category or area of
interest. In over 700 communities and in over 75
different categories, the network will provide an
invaluable resource for Canadian companies to
develop opportunities for growth and
collaboration. Recently an executive in the
Toronto area told us that they were preparing for
a meeting in Ottawa on the traditional territory
of the Algonquin people and needed help drafting
the appropriate greeting. Using our network, the
executive was able to search for an Indigenous
Liaison Officer in Ontario and more specifically
an ILO within the category Community and
Cultural Protocols. The two-hour, 200
engagement of an Indigenous Liaison Officer was
an investment well worth the time it took to
gain the respect of the elders and leadership
with whom the company is now working with and
for! For the Indigenous Liaison officer, they
were able to connect with an employer that could
benefit from their local knowledge, enhance
their digital competencies and strategically
position themselves within a new market for
further engagement. A process made simple. In
the example above the executive had become a
Seven Generation Member of the ITFC network.
Just so you know, the seven-generation member
option was incorporated into the pricing
structure for members based on the Indigenous
Seven Generation Philosophy a concept that
basically says that the actions we take today
should benefit generations to come.
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Our way of incorporating this philosophy is to
offer lifetime membership to those wanting to
make an investment in real change. Back to the
example A Seven Generation Member receives 1000
complimentary credits they can use to engage
Indigenous liaison Officers. The executive had
two choices, they could have posted, from their
dashboard, an opportunity requesting help which
at that time would have been sent to relevant
ILOs or search the platform for someone that
had already existed and met their qualifications.
If the executive had chosen to post the position,
they would have been able to describe the
deliverable, the remuneration the ILO could
expect, the time that they estimated The
Indigenous Liaison officer would have to commit
to. The executive would then and then publish
within the network. The ILO would be based on
their parameters and filters would receive an
alert and notification of the opportunity. To
become part of this incredible network you do not
have to be a Seven Generation Member, go to
www.itstimeforchange.ca and discover your options.