As we approach the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation on September 30th, join us for a special Member 101 session: Reconciliation in Action, featuring long-standing PPG member TELUS, who has shown ongoing dedication and accountability to Indigenous Reconciliation through their five-year Indigenous Reconciliation Action Plan (IRAP).
We’re excited to welcome TELUS’ Marissa Nobauer (Director of Reconciliation, Community Engagement and External Relations) and Chastity Davis-Alphonse (Indigenous Relations Strategic Advisor), to share insights from their IRAP journey. This candid conversation will explore how the IRAP was established and gained internal support, accomplishments and learnings to date, and practical advice for organizations beginning or deepening their own reconciliation efforts.
After the session, the PPG team will provide a compilation of resources our team is using to deepen our understanding of the history, experiences, and perspectives of Indigenous Peoples in Canada. Learning is an important step towards meaningful reconciliation, and we hope these resources provide a starting point for reflection, education, respectful engagement, and action.
#ComeSitWithUs
At Partners in Project Green, we believe in building an inclusive, welcoming community — one where every member feels like they have a seat at the table, even in a virtual space. That’s the heart of our #ComeSitWithUs invitation: we want you to feel part of the conversation, not just an observer. During our Member 101 sessions, we encourage you to keep your cameras on if you’re comfortable, ask questions, share insights in the chat, and connect with your fellow members. This is your community, and your voice makes it richer.
Speaker
Marissa Nobauer is the Director of Reconciliation, Community Engagement and External Relations at TELUS, where she leads a team of passionate professionals responsible for building and maintaining strategic partnerships and relationships with Indigenous and municipal governments, government subsidy and utility partners. Her team plays a vital role in partnering with, advocating for, and advancing access to broadband connectivity in Indigenous and rural communities through unique co-funding arrangements with government funding partners.
As the first technology company in Canada to implement a Reconciliation Action Plan, Marissa was instrumental in leading the establishment of TELUS’ Reconciliation commitments and supports the team and the business in integrating these commitments throughout TELUS.
Marissa holds an MSSc in International Development and Management from Lund University and a BA in Political Science from SFU. She is of settler heritage and passionate about the role non-Indigenous peoples must play in actively advancing reconciliation in partnership with
Indigenous Peoples. When not working, Marissa enjoys exploring the world and her backyard with her husband and child.
Chastity Davis-Alphonse is a mixed heritage woman of First
Nations and European descent. She is a proud member of the
Tla’amin Nation and married into the Tsilhqot’in Nation. Chastity is
sole proprietor to her own multi-award-winning consulting
business.
She has worked with 100+ First Nation communities in British Columbia and several well-known corporations, companies, not-for-profits, and Indigenous organizations. Chastity’s work is completed in the spirit of reconciliation and focuses on building knowledge and capacities for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous individuals, organizations, communities, and governments.
Chastity’s approach is from an Indigenous women’s lens. She is on the leading edge of Indigenous Gender-Based Analysis Plus (IGBA+) in Canada working with the federal and provincial governments, Tsilhqot’in National Government, British Columbia Assembly of First Nations, and several others to weave the Indigenous women’s lens into their daily practices including Impact Assessment processes, policies, and procedures.
Chastity is creator and visionary of “Deyen – An Invitation to Transform” – one of the only online learning platforms in the world that centers the wisdom, knowledge, and lived experiences of the original Matriarchs of the lands often called Canada. She is also Editor of one of the only Indigenous Business Magazines in Canada titled Makook pi Selim (Chinook Jargon/Language) published in partnership with Business In Vancouver (BIV). Makook pi Selim is in its second year of publications and features 100% Indigenous writers and covers a wide and deep variety of topics as they relate to Indigenous Peoples and economic development.
Chastity has a Master of Arts in Intercultural and International Communications, a Bachelor of Arts in Professional Communication, and a Diploma in Marketing Management & Professional Sales from BCIT.