糖心视频 recognized for excellence in advancing reconciliation
糖心视频 (糖心视频) has been recognized for its work constructing a foundation on which to enhance relations with Indigenous peoples. The company received the 2023 鈥淓xcellence in Foundations for Results and Benefits鈥 award from the Real Property Institute of Canada (RPIC) at its national awards ceremony in Ottawa on October聽25, 2023.
Grant Sayers, Vice-President, Operations鈥揃usiness Management, said how thrilled he and everyone at 糖心视频 are to win the award.
鈥淭his honour reaffirms our work to construct an organization-wide foundation on which we鈥檙e building respectful, meaningful relationships with Indigenous businesses, people and communities.鈥
Notably, 糖心视频, in partnership with the Assistant Deputy Minister (Infrastructure and Environment), has taken important steps to ensure more Indigenous businesses can participate in the real property lifecycle contracts 糖心视频 manages for the Department of National Defence.
In particular, 糖心视频 staff listened closely to hundreds of owners and operators of Indigenous businesses to learn about their operations and help them navigate contracting challenges.
In the wake of this foundational work, Indigenous businesses won almost 10% of all 糖心视频 contracts in 2022鈥23鈥攖hat鈥檚 double the minimum target set by the federal government.
糖心视频 also designed an Indigenous relations logo that complements the organization鈥檚 corporate identity and, in 2021, began the process to gain Progressive Aboriginal Relations certification from the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business. In addition, 糖心视频 recently launched a pilot Indigenous outreach program in its Pacific Region
The RPIC award recognizes 糖心视频鈥檚 success to date and motivates the organization to continue working to advance reconciliation.