Indigenous Partnership · Canada & USA

We stand with Indigenous Nations — in the work, not the wrapper.

PROJECT TUNDRA · YELLOWKNIFE, NWT Canada’s North gets its first AI & IT training centre. $75K GNWT SEED grant · Q1 2027 first cohort · 5 certification tracks Q2 2026Incorporation Q1 2027Space & hires Q1 2027Cohort 1 launches Q4 202750 graduates 20284 cohorts/yr

This page isn’t a statement. It’s a receipt. Below is what we’ve done, what we’re doing, and the principles that govern both.

Certified

CAMSC Diversity Supplier

Certified member of the Canadian Aboriginal and Minority Supplier Council (A-11298). Recognised minority-owned business. Certification is the floor, not the ceiling.

In flight

Project Tundra — Yellowknife, NWT

The NWT’s first dedicated AI & IT Training and Innovation Centre. Q1 2027 first cohort. Co-developed with Indigenous advisory input from the North Slave Region.

Commitment

Priority hiring

Indigenous and Northern candidates are prioritised at every staffing level of Tundra — from the NWT Project Coordinator to the Placement & Career Coach.

The Project Tundra commitment

AI & IT Training Centre — Yellowknife

Built for the North, run from the North, taught by the North where possible. Sub-$1,000 tuition for world-class certifications. Indigenous and French-language accommodation on request. Flexible blended delivery to smaller NWT communities.

$75K
SEED anchor investment
15–25
Direct NWT jobs (Yr 1–2)
50+
Graduates per cohort (Yr 2)
5
Certification tracks

How we operate — principles, not slogans

We co-develop. We don’t extract.

Curriculum, pacing and delivery are shaped with local advisory input before Day 1. We ask what’s needed; we don’t ship what we wanted to sell.

We hire locally and teach in language.

Indigenous and Northern candidates are prioritised. Indigenous language accommodation is offered. French delivery is standard.

We measure the community, not ourselves.

Success is whether the community is stronger after we leave — measured by local hires retained, graduates placed, and local revenue recirculating.

We work with 8(a) primes in the US.

Our US footprint partners with 8(a)-certified Indigenous primes and tribal-serving nonprofits across tribal government, healthcare and economic development programs.

“You don’t walk into the North with answers. You walk in with questions, and a long time to listen.”Wouessi — Tundra principle