ABMers operate within spheres, synergistic groups where connections run deep, dialogue is constant, and opportunities emerge.

Networking transforms into collaboration, partnerships spark innovation, and opportunities are built, not just found.

Members refine business models, calibrate offerings, and align strategies to increase relevance, efficiency, and impact when working for or alongside Indigenous governments and development corporations.

Decision-makers representing Indigenous communities share best practices, find expertise, and partners to achieve their objectives. 

ABM Spheres

1. Art, Entertainment, Lifestyle
2. Cleantech & Renewables
3. Education & Training
4. Environmental Stewardship, Emergency Management, and Resilience
5. Finance
6. Food Security
7. Forest Value Chain
8. Governance
9. Community Wellbeing 
10. Land Development, Infrastructure and Housing
11. Ocean and Freshwater Resources
12. Procurement
13. Technology & Innovation
14. Tourism, Hospitality, Retail

ABMers participate in weekly Online Connectors to stay actively engaged.

These dynamic, speed-dating-inspired sessions facilitate highly productive, one-on-one meetings that spark lasting friendships, evolve partnerships, support business and strengthen the ABM Community.

Hosted on ABM’s proprietary platform, each Connector features up to five pre-scheduled, private 20-minute video meetings designed to turn intentions into meaningful conversations. With scheduling taken care of, the focus stays on building trust and sparking collaboration, not chasing calendars.

Matchmakers open doors and guide introductions, drawing on long-standing relationships and deep knowledge of the “Indigenous space”.

This is a community of thinkers who challenge old narratives, broaden horizons, and push each other toward better leadership.

Here is what’s coming up.

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We seek to provide dialogue and connection in retaliation against the colonial attitudes that strive to maintain the status quo of inequality.

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- November 25 to 27, 2025
- Tk'emlúps te Secwe̓pemc Territory
- Thompson Rivers University, Kamloops, BC

ACG brings the energy of ABM to life in person.

Over three days, decision-makers come together in an intentionally designed environment that fosters meaningful dialogue and connections, leading to tangible outcomes ranging from new friendships to mutually beneficial partnerships.

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Indigenous governments and development corporations participate in ABM to achieve their goals, always at no cost, and engage based on their priorities and availability. Our relationships with these decision-makers are highly valued and central to ABM’s work, ensuring that Indigenous stewardship and economic interests are prioritized.

Every company that joins ABM is carefully vetted for cultural competency and relevance, ensuring that connections are trustworthy and purposeful.
The result is a community where Indigenous leadership engages with opportunities knowledgeably developed by ABM Members in ways that are reciprocal, not extractive.

Our approach fosters collaborations that are informed, meaningful, and enduring, never reducing Indigenous governments and development corporations to a sales lead or procedural hurdle, but recognizing them as leaders in shaping sustainable and prosperous futures.

If you represent an Indigenous government or development corporation, work with us to shape and access opportunities on your terms.

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Indigenous Economic Pathways (IEP) is a grassroots Indigenous not-for-profit organization that drives Indigenous-led economic development through sector-specific events that promote collaboration, sustainability, and reconciliation.

ABM and IEP collaborate to produce four in-person events annually.

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