About the participants:

• Katlan Holman is a conflict specialist with over 15 years of experience in contentious negotiations and strategic relationship building. She has worked with over 85 Indigenous communities in Canada and the US, negotiating agreements, working together on community development, and providing consultation for resource development projects. She focuses on how to bring people together for a shared future in an environment of historical and often violent grievances where identities and relationships are more impactful than interests. She is a skilled negotiator, trained mediator, and sought after strategic planner with clients from government, large business, the energy industry, property development, and NGOs. In addition to her consultancy, Katlan runs a research institute that focuses on complex social issues, designing empirical based data collection and uncovering strategies to navigate the complicated constellation of forces behind the issues.

• Chief Gibby Jacob, whose ancestral name is Kákeltn Siyám, carries the title of hereditary Chief and is a member of the Squamish Nation located in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Chief Gilbert "Gibby" Jacob is an exceptional leader who dedicated over three decades of his life to standing up for his people and a critical player in numerous local, national, and international dialogues. Chief Jacob bore witness to the generational disruptions caused by the residential school system and the profound loss of an ancient lineage. He is a man with quiet power and was twice recognized as a significant member of society and honoured with Vancouver Magazine's Power 50 Award. Chief Gibby founded Treasure Box Entertainment in 2023 with filmmaker Andy Keen, with an idea to record precious knowledge and transfer valuable teachings to the next generation..

• Caoimhe Laird is a human rights researcher from Thompson Rivers University. She has done recent research on how Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) is integrated into Canadian Resource Development, specifically as it relates to reconciliation across business practice. She currently writes for Resource Works as an expert on Indigenous integration into CSR. Caoimhe grew up in Treaty 7 territory in Calgary, Alberta and holds a great affinity for the natural beauty of Western Canada.

• Patti Derbyshire is a Sr. Consultant – Research, Learning and Equity Systems at Rise Consulting Ltd, an Indigenous-owned national management consultancy. A non-Indigenous team member, Patti holds enduring and continuing relationship in Siksikaitsitapii/ Blackfoot Confederacy where she was invited to ceremony and taught by Elder Frank Weasel Head (Miiksskim) some 30 years ago. She is currently a guest on the unceded territories of the qiqéyt and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nations alongside the North Fraser Métis community. Her current projects involve dialogues with Indigenous and sector leaders about the operationalization of the UN Act in Canada and what this means for corporate Canada and Call-to-Action #92 in the coming decade. She upholds obligations to xʷməθkʷəy̓əm at the Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden at UBC, to the Indigitalization Lab at SFU, and on projects contributing to 2SMMIWG strategy and action, supporting northern and remote persons and communities who seek equity and access to forensic DNA services and cultural care following sexual violence.