Willow Springs Strategic Solutions

03/05/2026

Had a nice time at Felice's WSSS baby shower! Look forward to meeting the next team member in a few short weeks!

10/12/2025

Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science and environmental research company that works with and for Indigenous communities in Alberta and elsewhere in Canada.

10/06/2025

We're hiring! If you're interested or know someone who might be please check out the ad and/or share it with your networks.

  Researcher – Willow Springs Strategic Solutions  Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is seeking a candidate to fill a challenging position within a social science and environmental research company that works with and for Indigenous communities in Alberta and elsewhere in Canad

09/16/2025

Privileged to be able to attend ACFN's Decolonizing Land and Water Summit with Peter Fortna and Sabina Trimble, facilitating a conversation with ACFN Knowledge Holders Alice Rigney and Jimmy Deranger about the book: Remembering Our Relations: Dënesųłıné Oral Histories of Wood Buffalo National Park. Their lived experience is at the core of decolonization.

If you would like to download your own copy of this co-developed, open access research project, published by University of Calgary Press, you can visit the link below or ask for it at your favourite independent bookstore.

Elders and leaders remind us that telling and amplifying histories is key for healing. This is an ambitious collaborative oral history project that shares the story of Wood Buffalo National Park and the Dënesųłıné peoples it displaced.

09/10/2025

Some of the work Timothy David Clark has been involved with in partnership with Gillian Donald, Janais Turuk, McMurray Métis and many others. Congratulations everyone involved with this great achievement!

Willow Springs Strategic Solutions is proud to have supported and contributed to the creation of the Impact Assessment Guide & Toolkit for Indigenous Communities , and we extend our congratulations to everyone who played a role in bringing it to life. By helping bridge gaps and foster colla

08/22/2025

It is always our pleasure to contribute to the Conklin Culture Camp. One of our favourite events of the the year!

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We wish to thank our generous sponsors, volunteers, members, and several businesses who have contributed to our most cherished annual event, the Conklin Métis Culture Harvesting Camp of 2025! It was a GREAT success and we couldn't have done it without you.

08/15/2025

Excited to be with our friends the Fort McKay Métis Nation at their Metis Days celebration signing Peter Fortna's recently completed book. If you can't make it down, remember you can buy or download your own copy from the University of Calgary Press by following this link: https://press.ucalgary.ca/books/9781773855929.

08/03/2025

Today on our site we have a roundup of the last four conversations of Season Five of NiCHE Conversations with
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Season Six of NiCHE Conversations will begin in September!
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07/27/2025

Pleased to have provided evidence in the Wayne Cunningham v Sucker Creek First Nation 150A, 2025 FC 1174 which upheld the First Nation's Customary Election Regulation.

An analysis, as well as a link to the decision, can be found on the Witten LLP news page. In their decision, Justice Strickland specifically relied on our expert report to inform the Court (para 123).

If you require historical evidence in a legal proceeding, please do not hesitate to reach out.

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07/19/2025

A podcast about the history of colonialism and Wood Buffalo National Park.

07/09/2025

A kind review of Peter Fortna's Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History by Maegan Ellis featured on ActiveHistory.ca. Remember you can download a copy of the book for free from University of Calgary Press or purchase from your favourite bookstore.

Ultimately, The Fort McKay Métis Nation: A Community History makes a vital contribution to Métis historiography and to the growing body of scholarship that centers Indigenous voices in historical r…

06/17/2025