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Indigenous economic development consulting in British Columbia

We help BC First Nations turn clean energy, diesel reduction, and economic priorities into funded, investment-grade projects, and carry them through to community ownership. Federal funding work is delivered Canada-wide, with on-site work as a project needs it.

Coverage
Federal funding work, delivered Canada-wide
Communities
First Nations across BC, including remote & off-grid
Provincial programs
BCICEI, First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund
Specialty
Diesel reduction & community-owned energy
Working in British Columbia

Federal expertise that travels, programs we know

British Columbia has built one of the strongest Indigenous clean-energy ecosystems in the country, and many BC First Nations face the exact challenge we are built for: remote, diesel-dependent communities that want clean, community-owned power. The funding is there. The hard part is turning it into a project that gets built and owned.

That is the gap we close. The federal programs that anchor most projects, ISC CORP, the Strategic Partnerships Initiative, CanExport Community Investments, and federal clean-energy funding, apply in BC exactly as they do where we are based. On the provincial side, we work with the BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative, delivered by New Relationship Trust with PacifiCan and the Province of B.C., and the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund. Every engagement is governed by OCAP® principles, so data, decisions, and ownership stay with the community.

What we do for BC communities

  • Diesel reduction and community-owned clean energy: hybrid microgrids, solar, and storage from feasibility to commissioning
  • Feasibility studies and business cases built to BCICEI, BC Hydro, and federal program standards
  • Funding strategy that stacks provincial and federal sources into one capital plan
  • Controlled environment agriculture and food security for remote communities
  • Forestry, reforestation, and land-use planning
  • Applied AI for community-owned energy, governed by Indigenous data sovereignty

What we bring. Our delivered track record is on the Prairies, a precedent-setting utility franchise waiver, a hybrid community microgrid taken from feasibility through engineering, Canada's first Indigenous CanExport grant, and a $5M ERA-supported net-zero engagement. The engineering discipline and federal program knowledge behind that work apply identically in British Columbia.

How We Help

From a BC priority to a commissioned, owned asset

Prove the economics

Investment-grade feasibility and business cases tuned to BC's programs, utility, and remote-community realities.

Secure the capital

A funding stack drawing on BCICEI, the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund, and federal programs.

Build and hand over

Procurement, project management, and training that ends with the community owning and operating the asset.

Common Questions

British Columbia questions we hear most

Do you work with BC First Nations if you are based in Alberta and Saskatchewan?

Yes. Most of our work, feasibility studies, funding strategy, business cases, and federal applications, is delivered Canada-wide, with on-site work scheduled as a project needs it. The federal programs that anchor these projects, such as ISC CORP and CanExport, apply in BC exactly as they do on the Prairies.

Which British Columbia funding programs do you work with?

Provincial and Indigenous-led streams including the BC Indigenous Clean Energy Initiative, delivered by New Relationship Trust with PacifiCan and the Province of B.C., and the First Nations Clean Energy Business Fund, alongside the full slate of federal programs. We right-size and stack them into one capital plan.

We are a remote, off-grid community. Can you help reduce diesel?

That is squarely our work. We have designed hybrid microgrids and community-owned energy from feasibility through detailed engineering, and BC's diesel reduction stream plus federal clean-energy funding are built for exactly this.

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Have a BC project, or just an idea?

Tell us what you want to build. We will give you an honest read on whether it works and how to fund it.

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