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INDIGENOUS RELATIONS
Bonin says for any major project in Saskatchewan or elsewhere in the
country, Aecon will look at creating an Indigenous engagement plan that
spells out how the company can encourage hiring and procurement opportunities
for Indigenous communities in and around the project area.
“Because we work in many Indigenous communities as well as within
the Indigenous traditional lands and territories, we’re always looking at
ways to participate with each community,” he said.
“This gives us social license to do our work,” added Bonin. “It’s really
important that in the work we’re doing, we’re recognizing that Indigenous
participation is one of the key aspects of doing the job. It’s just the way
we do business now.”
The Moosomin First Nation in northwestern Saskatchewan is among
the beneficiaries of Aecon’s Indigenous relations program.
Earlier this year, Moosomin started a new company called MediMask
Canada that manufactures surgical and N95 respirator masks. The First
Nation was recently added to Aecon’s preferred Indigenous supplier’s list
as a provider of personal protective equipment.
“We really investigate all the opportunities we can on procurement,”
said Bonin. “That is one of our focuses right now, to look at how we can
do more procurement with Indigenous businesses as we do our projects.”
Building trust
Bonin points out Aecon’s Indigenous relations program is grounded on the
principals of trust, respect and understanding.
“This is the way you build relationships with Indigenous communities,”
said Bonin. “Indigenous communities look to partner with companies
who they can trust, and so when you’re building those relationships,
you need to be as transparent as possible.
“When we start building those relationships, we keep our communications
very open with the Indigenous communities,” he added. “We ensure
that they’re aware of what we’re doing, and then we want the same.
We ask them to be fully transparent as to what their needs are.”
According to Bonin, Aecon’s approach to Indigenous relations has enabled
it to forge strong ties with many indigenous communities.
“I think one of the things that we are most proud of is building those
relationships with the Indigenous communities. We can go into the community
and they know who Aecon is and they know the work that we
do,” said Bonin. “Aecon started down this path well over 10 years ago, so
we’ve learned a lot. We’ve learned how to make our approach scalable
and make it focused.”
Bonin notes that Aecon is often asked to send speakers to construction
industry events to talk about the company’s Indigenous relations
program and what makes it successful.
“Aecon can and has worked with various construction organizations
and associations to encourage Indigenous participation, and to talk
about what we’ve done, what’s worked, and we will continue to do that,”
he said.
Bonin believes some construction companies may be at the point
where Aecon was over a decade ago in terms of their attention to
Indigenous relations, “but there are others that are moving very quickly
and understand that it is an untapped workforce.
“I think that as a whole, the construction industry is evolving, and they
see the Indigenous community as a very strong labour force,” said Bonin.
“That’s going to be looked at in the future because we just don’t have the
numbers of people coming into the trades that we once did.”
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