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Katy Thorne of Tk̓emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation was was announced as the 2024 recipient of the National First Nations Water Leadership Award at the Assembly of First Nations' National Housing and Infrastructure Conference held in Calgary, Alberta.

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Co-creating Solutions With Rural Communities Through Creativity and Innovation

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Digital Ethics - Avoiding Ethical Missteps in AI - Franziska Poszler, Technical University of Munich

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A next-gen training platform designed to convey a real-world understanding of drinking water disinfection approaches for these communities.

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Community Circle focuses on co-creating sustainable water health solutions with Indigenous and rural communities, bringing together partners to create ecosystems that solve unique water-health challenges and improve economic well-being.

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Our Approach is Different

When presented with a water quality challenge, we design for strong community ownership. This means gradual change, deliberate management, and successful handoffs.

We pay special attention to the challenges that innovation can place on each community and highlight areas that must not be compromised. Needed experts are recruited early and intentionally.

We ensure our insights are independent, objective, and tailored to each community’s goals and priorities to build trust and confidence.

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Our Services

Collaborative Building

We bring together partners to create science, technology, and innovation ecosystems that solve unique Indigenous water-health challenges and improve the community’s economic well-being.

Team Development

We develop “project fusion teams” to help with community technology adoption through four key stages: problem identification, requirements building, solution exploration and piloting, and supplier selection.

Solution Integration

We integrate the solution technology, regulatory compliance, and operation onto one digital platform for a comprehensive resource that helps ensure the long-term sustainability of the solutions.

Program Administration

We administer a range of innovative programs designed to bring people together to address the many facets of water-health in Indigenous and rural communities.

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Our Goals

Co-Creation

Provide a framework to help guide Canada in the formulation of water-health policies that create value for Indigenous communities.

Traceability

Increase the traceability of the supply chain to report transparently on justifications and potential risks.

Innovation Ecosystem

Build a science, technology, and innovation ecosystem that improves water-health, and economic well-being of communities.

Raising Awareness

Create a scalable engine for innovation and implementation of customized community solutions.

Collective Action

Engage with rural Indigenous communities and strategic partners in collective, on-the-ground action.

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Partnerships

No single individual or organization possesses all the knowledge needed to truly solve the fundamental problems that are often unique to each indigenous and rural community.

We partner with more than 50 experts from national and international governments, industries, and NGOs.

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Government Agencies

We support federal, provincial, and local governments to optimize government services, costs, and resources while putting good governance in place. This keeps momentum going for modernization efforts and improves the experience for Indigenous peoples.

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Local Communities

We act as a hub, connecting local communities with the information, partners, and tools they need to solve problems. Through data, community engagement, and risk mitigation techniques, we help to increase the communities’ confidence in their solution technology decisions. This ultimately leads to a more empowered community that can contribute directly to its own economic success.

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Small-Medium Enterprises

We bridge the gap between rural communities and businesses. We help reduce challenges for businesses entering the rural market and speed up product development to better serve these communities. We seek to create Indigenous-led start-ups focused on water-health infrastructure and social capital.

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Scientific Communities

We search for promising scientific, technological, and policy advancements happening globally, balancing the opportunities against potential risks. We then translate these breakthroughs into practical solutions that can be adapted and implemented at the local level.

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Our Process

We take an iterative approach to problem-solving that encompasses five phases.

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Awakening

Participants learn to recognize and shed their assumptions.

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Discovery

Identify the value opportunity and articulate a community plan and scope of the partnership.

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Story

Build a compelling case around the need to change and potential outcomes.

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Engagement

Assess groups affected by the initiative, who will commission the change, who will deliver the change, recipients of the change, and oversee and audit the impact of the change.

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Rewards & Risk

The community and project partners share in the risks and sustainable success.

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Community water systems: Climate vulnerabilities and resilience opportunities

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Conducting Pilot Study of Potential Treatment Options

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First Nations Water Systems Locator

This map shows First Nations water systems in British Columbia and Yukon. Our goal is to secure funding to create a peer network directory of all different water systems so operators can share and learn best practices.

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