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Impact Assessments

Change affects communities through resource development, policy shifts, and economic transitions. Our comprehensive impact assessments help communities and organizations understand how projects, policies, and initiatives affect Indigenous peoples.

  • Research
  • Facilitation
  • Engagement
  • Business Advisory
— Data Management & Analysis

Think of us as modern-day knowledge keepers, helping to store and protect your community's information in ways that honor traditional protocols while leveraging contemporary tools.

— Statistics Canada analysis

— First Nations Community Profiles

— Published literature review

— Policy analysis

— Community-led surveys

— Elder interviews

— Focus groups

— Land use studies

— Traditional knowledge documentation

Socio-Economic Baseline Studies

Socio-Economic Baseline Studies

Mapping Your Community's Story
Like a traditional story map that shows the seasonal rounds of your ancestors, a baseline study creates a comprehensive picture of your community today.

But instead of just marking hunting grounds and gathering places, we map the full spectrum of community life.
  • Community cohesion and social structure analysis
  • Cultural practice and transmission effects
  • Language and traditional knowledge impacts
  • Youth and elder engagement evaluation
  • Gender-specific implications
  • Access to traditional territories assessment

Balancing Tradition and Opportunity - modern economic opportunities need to be understood within your community's cultural context:

  • Employment and income effects modeling
  • Local business opportunity analysis
  • Traditional economy impacts
  • Skills and training gap analysis
  • Revenue sharing potential
  • Economic leakage studies

Some things cannot be measured in numbers alone. Our cultural impact assessments honor the deep connections between land, culture, and identity:

  • Sacred site identification and mapping
  • Traditional use area documentation
  • Ceremonial practice impact evaluation
  • Cultural transmission pathway analysis
  • Language use and preservation assessment
  • Archaeological and heritage resource impacts
  • Multiple project impact analysis
  • Regional development effects
  • Traditional territory use changes
  • Ecosystem service impacts
  • Social and cultural change patterns
— Socio-Economic

Our impact assessments ensure your voice is heard: so you can protect what matters most.

Evaluating job creation, income generation, and overall economic activity

Assessing changes in community well-being, health outcomes, and social cohesion

Understanding effects on cultural practices, community identity, and

Certified Aboriginal Business with
the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business.

Technical Guidance in Natural
Resource Development & Infrastructure Projects

San Francisco Headquarter

— Arch Philosophy

Multidisciplinary team

Through a unique combination of engineering, construction and design disciplines and expertise, Concor delivers world class infrastructure solutions to customers and stakeholders across a broad range of industry sectors.

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Understanding and Managing Change

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We don't just build projects – we build capacity, turning community members into project leaders.

Certified Aboriginal Business with
the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business.

Services

We create world-class digital products materials that communicate clearly.

Hub is a thriving creative digital media & design agency based by the valley in San Francisco.

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STEP 1

Impact Assessments.

We work to amplify Indigenous voices and empower communities to drive informed decision making while navigating complex social and economic landscapes

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STEP 2

Baseline Studies.

By weaving together traditional wisdom and modern research methods, we create a more complete, nuanced, and culturally-grounded understanding of Indigenous communities.

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STEP 3

Research Design.

This approach not only produces more accurate and meaningful results but also ensures that the research process itself is a tool for community empowerment and cultural revitalization.

Community-Led Design

Every research project begins with extensive community consultation. Local Elders, knowledge keepers, and community members help shape Research questions and priorities, Methodological approaches, Data collection methods, Analysis frameworks, Knowledge sharing strategies.

Cultural Saftey & Protocol

Our research framework is built on deep respect for Indigenous protocols and ceremonies, Recognition of traditional governance structures, Protection of cultural and intellectual property rights, Integration of Indigenous ways of knowing, Commitment to ethical space creation.

Capacity Building

We believe in leaving communities stronger. Our process includes Training local community researchers, Supporting Indigenous leadership development, Transferring research skills and knowledge, Building sustainable research infrastructure, Enhancing community ability to conduct future research.

Collaborative Analysis

Our participatory analysis process ensures community members guide interpretation of findings Indigenous knowledge systems inform analysis, Multiple ways of knowing are honored, Research outcomes align with community needs, Findings are validated by community members.

Capacity Building

We believe in leaving communities stronger. Our process includes Training local community researchers, Supporting Indigenous leadership development, Transferring research skills and knowledge, Building sustainable research infrastructure, Enhancing community ability to conduct future research.

Collaborative Analysis

Our participatory analysis process ensures community members guide interpretation of findings Indigenous knowledge systems inform analysis, Multiple ways of knowing are honored, Research outcomes align with community needs, Findings are validated by community members.

Capacity Building

We believe in leaving communities stronger. Our process includes Training local community researchers, Supporting Indigenous leadership development, Transferring research skills and knowledge, Building sustainable research infrastructure, Enhancing community ability to conduct future research.

Collaborative Analysis

Our participatory analysis process ensures community members guide interpretation of findings Indigenous knowledge systems inform analysis, Multiple ways of knowing are honored, Research outcomes align with community needs, Findings are validated by community members.

Baseline Studies

Baseline studies begin at the start of a project with the goal of deepening understandings of the socio-economic conditions in Indigenous and local communities – both socially and economically.

Impact Assessments

Our comprehensive impact assessments help communities and organizations understand how projects, policies, and initiatives affect Indigenous peoples. ggrgwrgwwwgg

Impact Assessments

Our socio-economic impact assessments are tools for making informed decisions, measuring how proposed developments may impact your community and how potential impacts can be mitigated.

Research Design

Good research requires careful preparation, local knowledge, and the right tool, our team helps Indigenous leaders design and implement research plans to support data-driven, community-centered decisions.

Branding Strategy

Branding Strategy

Focus and target your audience through the right channels.

Mobile Apps

Focus and target your audience through the right channels.

Graphic Design

Focus and target your audience through the right channels.

Search Optimization

Focus and target your audience through the right channels.

Our services
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What we do

Product Strategy

Through a deep understanding of our audience’s makeup and motivations, we design digital experiences that connect with people.

  • Web Development
  • Brand Strategy
  • Art Direction
  • Graphic Design
  • Motion Graphics
  • Print Design
  • Content Management
  • Brand Strategy
  • WordPress
  • SEO Analytics
  • Copywriting
  • Mobile App Design

1 1

STEP 1

Impact Assessments.

We work to amplify Indigenous voices and empower communities to drive informed decision making while navigating complex social and economic landscapes

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STEP 2

Baseline Studies.

By weaving together traditional wisdom and modern research methods, we create a more complete, nuanced, and culturally-grounded understanding of Indigenous communities.

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STEP 3

Research Design.

This approach not only produces more accurate and meaningful results but also ensures that the research process itself is a tool for community empowerment and cultural revitalization.

Certified Aboriginal Business with
the Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business.

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Projects Completed

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On Mobile Devices

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About us
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Beyond conventional agencies.

We help our clients succeed by creating brand identities, digital experiences, and print materials that communicate clearly, achieve marketing goals, and look fantastic.

We help our clients succeed by creating brand identities, digital experiences, and print materials that communicate clearly, achieve marketing goals, and look fantastic.

We help our clients succeed by creating brand identities, digital experiences, and print materials that communicate clearly, achieve marketing goals, and look fantastic.

We help our clients succeed by creating brand identities, digital experiences, and print materials that communicate clearly, achieve marketing goals, and look fantastic.

Looking for collaboration?

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290 Maryam Springs
Courbevoie, NYC

+1 827 48 89

Looking for a job? Send your resume

info@hub.com

Our CommitmentInternational Awards

  • Baseline studies for community planning
  • Impact assessments for proposed developments
  • Cultural heritage protection strategies
  • Capacity building initiatives
  • Custom research solutions
  • Pritzker Architecture
  • Architecture MasterPrize
  • AIA Gold Medal
  • RedDot Design
  • Ribba architecture
  • Pritzker Architecture
  • Architecture MasterPrize
  • AIA Gold Medal
  • RedDot Design
  • Ribba architecture