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On September 16th, 2025, PPG hosted our 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).
Marissa Nobauer (Director of Reconciliation, Community Engagement and External Relations) and Chastity Davis-Alphonse (Indigenous Relations Strategic Advisor), shares insights from their IRAP journey. This candid conversation explores 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.
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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 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.
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.