25-hour online self-paced Indigenous Engagement training app NOW AVAILABLE.

Indigenous Insight is a mentee developer, recognizing the importance of intentional mentorship and leadership development.

Initiate Expression of Interest Process

This Indigenous Engagement Online Training app is written from a authentic First Nation perspective - that of a First Nation Indigenous status Indian who has lived his entire life on an Indian reserve; is of a family directly impacted by Canada's Indian Residential School System; and has made colonial decisions under Canada's Indian Act.

The first step to registering for this Indigenous Engagement Online Training course is completing & submitting this short online survey:

Indigenous Engagement ONLINE Survey

This training programs will teach you what you need to learn as opposed to what you want to learn or hear. Certificate of completion provided.

Indigenous Insight is a certified Canadian Council for Indigenous Business (CCIB) Indigenous Engagement & Cultural Awareness trainer and verifier.

Tuition Cost per person is $350.

Registration fees are negotiable when registering multiple learner. For example:

SMALL BUSINESS (<50 employees) $300 per registrant.

MEDIUM SIZED BUSINESS (51>249 employees) $250 per registrant.

LARGE BUSINESS (>250 employees) $150 per registrant.

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Is Indigenous Engagement Training for You?

This on-line Indigenous Engagement training program will be beneficial to you if you fall into any of the categories groups below:

Non-Indigenous manager, director, coordinator in corporate or business development roles who need to deepen their understanding of Indigenous engagement.
A member of Indigenous relations committees who want to move beyond symbolic gestures and play a real role in addressing Canada’s history with Indigenous Peoples.
A person in a leadership position within a corporation, other organization/association, or any level of government seeking to build a stronger, more informed Indigenous awareness culture—but unsure where to begin.
A non-Indigenous professional working within a First Nation band administration and wanting to engage more respectfully and effectively.
Any First Nation individual looking to deepen their understanding of their Nation’s colonial and assimilation history with Canada.

A person of Inuit or Métis ancestry wanting to learn more about First Nation peoples.

The content in this online self-paced training program can be triggering for settler-Canadians so we prepare learners for that reality. Discomfort is necessary for reconciliation in the context of Canada’s colonial history.

About Indigenous Insight

Indigenous Insight is a 100% Aboriginal-owned company based on the lands of the ɬaʔamɩn (Tla’amin) Nation.

Canada’s education system has not prepared settler Canadians for Indigenous engagement of any sort. Most are not prepared to set foot on any Indian reserve. This is not the fault of settler Canadians. Canada's education system is at fault. The perspective brought foward here is built entirely from a First Nation perspective, from a status Indian, one who has lived on an Indian reserve his entire life, is of a family directly impacted by Canada's Indian Residential School System, and from one who has made decisions under the Indian Act.

We provide Indigenous engagement, cultural awareness training, and Aboriginal Rights and Title advisory services to businesses, organizations, corporations, and all levels of government. With 637 recognized First Nations across Canada, navigating this space requires real knowledge of communities, their governance, and their decision-making processes.

While some Nations thrive, many still face the economic and social consequences of centuries-long colonial recessions. Indigenous Insight confronts this reality head-on.

Our approach is direct, factual, and unfiltered — ensuring the truth comes first in Canada's Truth and Reconciliation equation.

About KWAST-en-ayu (L. Maynard Harry)

KWAST-en-ayu is a member of the Tla'amin Nation (TN), Coast Salish culture, located on the west coast of Canada. Maynard was bestowed with his ancestral name on May 10, 2003 by Tla'amin Elders immediately before his nation signed the Sliammon First Nation - Corporation District of Powell River 'Community Accord'.

For non-Indigenous peoples to be successful in this program, critical thinking and evolution of thought are required. Maynard's respect and teachings have been sharpened from 30+ years of direct exposure to decision-making under Canada's Indian Act, actually living on a Indian Reserve and being of a family directly impacted by Canada's Indian Residential School System.

Maynard’s has worked in the Indigenous economic/business development space for many years, in multiple capacities and truly understands the massive distinctions between Indian Reserve economies when compared to those within cities, towns, municipalities and provinces. His in-depth knowledge of the history and culture of Aboriginal peoples, their traditional land and resource practices and archaeological footprint comes from years of working closely with traditional land and resource use experts and Elders.

Maynard was a guest presenter at Ch'nook Indigenous Business Education (UBC's Sauder School of Business) and was invited to participate on UBC's Indigenous Procurement Committee.

KWAST-en-ayu's work in reconciliation has been recognized locally (Freedom of the City) in 2008 and nationally (Queen Elizabeth III Diamond Jubilee medal, 2013).