Manager, Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation

23 Strategy & Community Engagement Full Time Calgary, AB Hybrid

Tourism Calgary is the destination management organization that enthusiastically shares and promotes the story of our friendly Blue Sky City to those near and far. We think big – like, Canadian Rocky Mountain big – using our sales and marketing expertise to drive an annual visitor spend of over $3B for the local economy and advocating for our growing tourism sector, which includes 84,000 Calgarians employed in the industry.

From conventions to leisure travel, sports events to music and arts, Tourism Calgary represents the city’s diverse and unexpected experiences, extending our welcoming hospitality to the estimated 8.7 million people who visit Calgary every year. Here, the possibilities are as limitless as our blue skies.

Tourism Calgary is seeking aManager, Indigenous Relations & Reconciliation to lead the implementation of the organization’s Reconciliation Action Plan (RAP) and to steward respectful, long-term relationships with Indigenous Nations, communities, Knowledge Keepers, and Indigenous-led organizations.

Reporting to theSVP, Strategy & Community Engagement, this role is both an external relationship-builder and an internal change leader. The Manager ensures reconciliation commitments are embedded across Tourism Calgary’s governance, operations, partnerships, storytelling, and visitor experience in ways that are ethical, consent-based, and community-informed.

This position works closely with the Indigenous Wisdom Advisory Circle, Tourism Calgary staff, Indigenous Tourism Alberta and Indigenous partners to support Indigenous leadership, strengthen accountability, and advance shared prosperity through tourism.

• Build andmaintaintrusted, long-term relationships with Indigenous Nations, rights-holders, urban Indigenous organizations, and sector partners.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination between Indigenous partners and Tourism Calgary, ensuring respectful engagement, clarity, and follow-through.
• Support the development and implementation of co-created programs with Indigenous partners.
• Lead the coordination and implementation of Tourism Calgary’s Reconciliation Action Plan including the creation of an internal reconciliation committee.
• Translate reconciliation commitments into actionable initiatives across departments.
• Monitor progress, outcomes, and learning, and support internal and external reporting.
• Ensure reconciliation workremainsresponsive to Indigenous partner priorities, readiness, and consent.

• Support the effective functioning of the Indigenous Wisdom Advisory Circle, including meeting coordination, work planning, and documentation.
• Act as a bridge between the Advisory Circle, Internal TCReconciliationcommitteeand Tourism Calgarystaffto ensure advice is meaningfully considered and acted upon.
• Contribute to clear governance, accountability, and decision-making processes related to reconciliation.

• Advise staff and leadership on Indigenous cultural protocols, cultural safety, and respectful engagement.
• Support the development and delivery of Indigenous-led learning and onboarding opportunities.
• Help embed reconciliation principles into organizational policies, practices, and performance expectations.

• Support ethical approaches to Indigenous procurement, partnerships, and benefit-sharing.
• Advise on Indigenous representation, narrative integrity, and storytelling across marketing and content.
• Support Indigenous-led tourism, arts, and cultural initiatives in alignment with community priorities.

• Provide Indigenous relations and reconciliationexpertiseinto strategic planning and partnership discussions.
• Identify risks, opportunities, and best practices related to reconciliation within the visitor economy.
• Support long-term initiatives that advance Indigenous leadership, cultural stewardship, and economic participation.

This role supports

Tourism Calgary’sReconciliationeffortsthroughout the organization and does
not
speak on behalf of Indigenous Peoples.