The Firelight Group

Firelight is the largest Indigenous-owned consultancy working with Indigenous Nations and organizations across Turtle Island. Since 2010, the company has been trusted to do high quality work that centres Indigenous knowledge and values to protect rights and advance self-determination. Starting as a group of 8 founding partners, Firelight has grown to a diverse, expanding team of over 100 professionals committed to guiding principles of relationships, accountability, quality, and responsibility.

Firelight provides a range of research, engagement, negotiations, advisory, and training services to support the rights and interests of Indigenous and local governments in Canada and across Turtle Island. The company operates across six core service areas: Mapping and GIS, Indigenous Health, Indigenous-Led Assessment, Livelihoods, Indigenous Negotiations, and Stewardship. Over the past 15 years, they have worked with over 500 clients on more than 2,000 projects, delivering Nation-driven research and technical support that provides timely and effective results. The company also hosts the Indigenous Mapping Collective and its annual Indigenous Mapping Workshop, which has trained more than 2,500 Indigenous mappers since 2014.