Related-world Strategic Planning - February 2027
Related-world Strategic Planning - February 2027 supports Indigenous leaders and community staff in culturally grounded planning training to create, implement, and evaluate executable strategic plans.
Funder: Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity
Due Dates: January 5, 2027 (Application) | February 21–26, 2027 (In-person program)
Funding Amounts: Partial fee assistance; participants pay at least 25% of the $3,718 + GST program fee
Summary: Supports participation in culturally grounded training on creating, implementing, and evaluating strategic plans for Indigenous communities and organizations.
Key Information: Financial assistance is limited to Indigenous participants or those working for Indigenous communities and organizations.
Description
Banff Centre’s Indigenous Leadership program brings Nations together to share strategic planning tools, techniques, and experiences toward collective futures. It approaches planning through Indigenous world views: as an everyday practice connecting generations, Nations, and species, rather than simply a technical exercise or a single event. Limited financial assistance helps eligible participants pay program fees.
Participants learn to create, implement, and evaluate simple, executable strategic plans. Creative and cultural processes connect planning with a community or organization’s vision, mission, teachings, goals, and objectives. With guidance from an Elder, participants share traditional and spiritual wisdom while connecting with the land and cultural teachings. Group work explores plan development, putting plans into action, and strategic planning’s place within the wider planning ecosystem.
