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Indigenous economic development consulting in Saskatchewan

From our Aberdeen office, we partner with Saskatchewan First Nations and Métis communities on energy, agriculture, forestry, and AI, carrying projects from feasibility and funding through to community ownership.

Office
Aberdeen, Saskatchewan
Communities
First Nations & Métis (Treaty 4, 6)
Provincial programs
SIEF, net metering, franchise waivers
Our role
Lead development partner to a SK First Nation
Working in Saskatchewan

Where our deepest partnership lives

Saskatchewan is home to our most ambitious work. We serve as lead development partner to a Saskatchewan First Nation advancing a portfolio of interconnected projects across energy, agriculture, and innovation, the kind that get built and stay owned. From our Aberdeen base, that partnership shapes how we work everywhere.

Saskatchewan rewards consultants who understand its specifics: the provincial utility's rules, the net metering framework, and the financing routes open to First Nation-owned businesses. We have negotiated a precedent-setting electricity utility franchise waiver between a provincial crown corporation and a First Nations government, turning community energy spending into community-owned revenue. Every engagement is governed by OCAP® principles, so data, decisions, and ownership stay with the community.

What we do for Saskatchewan communities

  • Community-owned energy: hybrid microgrids, solar and storage, and utility structuring including franchise waivers
  • Net metering and distributed-generation strategy under Saskatchewan's framework
  • Controlled environment agriculture and vertical farming for year-round local food
  • Forestry, reforestation, and land-use planning
  • Applied AI for community-owned energy and agriculture, governed by Indigenous data sovereignty
  • Funding strategy across the Saskatchewan Indigenous Enterprise Foundation (SIEF) and federal programs

What we have done in Saskatchewan. We negotiated a precedent-setting utility franchise waiver for a First Nations government, led a hybrid community microgrid from feasibility through detailed engineering design, drove a community vertical farm from feasibility through business case and technology procurement, and secured Canada's first Indigenous CanExport Community Investments grant.

How We Help

From a Saskatchewan priority to an owned enterprise

Prove the economics

Investment-grade feasibility and business cases tuned to Saskatchewan's utility rules and markets.

Secure the capital

A funding stack drawing on SIEF and federal programs, layered with debt and equity, and the right structure.

Build and hand over

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

Common Questions

Saskatchewan questions we hear most

Do you only work with one Saskatchewan community?

No. We are lead development partner to a Saskatchewan First Nation advancing a portfolio of interconnected projects, our deepest engagement, and we also work with other First Nations and a Métis community across the province.

Which Saskatchewan funding and utility programs do you work with?

Provincial financing through the Saskatchewan Indigenous Enterprise Foundation (SIEF), Saskatchewan's net metering framework, and the full slate of federal programs. We have also negotiated a precedent-setting utility franchise waiver between a provincial crown corporation and a First Nations government.

Where in Saskatchewan are you based?

Our agriculture and growing practice is based in Aberdeen, and we work with communities across the province. Our CEA expertise comes from operating a 90,000 sq. ft. greenhouse complex at commercial scale.

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Have a Saskatchewan project, or just an idea?

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