Anne Harding - Indigenous Relations & Community Engagement 

Name: Anne Harding 

Industry: Indigenous Relations & Community Engagement 

Job Title and Employer: Owner, Forum Community Relations 

Area of Expertise: Indigenous inclusion, reconciliation, community engagement 

Bio: Anne Harding is the Owner of Forum Community Relations, a Calgary based consulting company dedicated to catalyzing better communities through Indigenous relations and community engagement.  In her 17+ years of experience as a community and Indigenous engagement professional, she has engaged with over 85 Indigenous communities and organizations across Canada on economic development, community engagement, reconciliation, education, training, and resource consultation initiatives.  

Anne’s work and volunteer experiences have resulted in a distinctive ability to create and navigate ethical spaces between Indigenous and Western Ways of Knowing. Anne’s commitment to authentic Indigenous inclusion is valued by organizations and governments of all sizes, and exemplified in her diverse Indigenous community connections. Anne holds a Master of Arts in Corporate-Aboriginal Relations and a CP3 (Certified Public Participation Professional) designation through IAP2 Canada, and volunteers on multiple boards including as Vice-Chair of the Indigenous Gathering Place Society of Calgary and the Calgary Chamber of Commerce where she co-chairs the Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Sub-Committee.  

Fun Fact: Anne enjoys taking a break from technology with the bears and the hummingbirds at her off-grid yurt near Galena Bay in Sinixt territory, south of Revelstoke 

Social Media Accounts or Website: www.forumrelations.com, LinkedIn, @annekharding (Twitter)