Recruiting Indigenous Leaders Across Canada and Beyond.
Executive Search
Guided by Indigenous Values
Most things in life don’t run in a straight line, including work and careers. Pathways Executive Search is a national Indigenous recruitment firm, uniquely qualified to support the attraction, evaluation, hiring, and onboarding of individuals for both Indigenous and non-Indigenous clients.
Why Pathways Executive Search?
Every day, we navigate many paths, helping remove barriers and challenges organizations and individuals face, whether looking for talent or employment. The routes we’re on may be different, but all have a similar destination: a place where talented people are paired with respectful, inclusive work environments.
One of our colleagues uses a word in her traditional Secwépemc language that reflects the rich and nuanced spirit of reciprocity: knucwentwécw-kt. In English, it means “we help one another.” This is what we do at Pathways, making Indigenous recruitment and career journeys less difficult and acting as trusted advisors and champions on the path to reconciliation and inclusion.
Who We Work With
Corporate Clients
We walk with those looking to find qualified candidates and live out their organizations’ commitments to reconciliation and inclusion.
Indigenous Communities and Organizations
We support First Nations, Métis, and Inuit communities and organizations in culturally appropriate ways, on their search for experienced and competent candidates to meet their specific needs and requirements.
Candidates
We travel alongside those looking for growth, change, and opportunities to share their skills and gifts in positions and organizations where they will thrive.
Indigenous Values in Our Work
NGC – Chief Operating Officer
The Nisg̱a’a Growth Corporation (NGC) is wholly owned by the Nisg̱a’a Nation as sole Shareholder. The mandate of the NGC is to develop a profitable organization that generates economic benefit in alignment with the laws and practices of Ayuukhl Nisg̱a’a and in the spirit of Saytk’ilhl Wo’osim, or “Common Bowl”.
Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education – Salish Weave Chair
This position was created in cooperation between the Smyths and the Faculty of Education with the aim of supporting the resurgence, and ongoing thriving, of Salish arts (such as performances, installations, exhibits and a variety of writing genres such as poetry, novel, creative nonfiction, memoir, and/or other forms that further and promote our understanding of arts scholarship) through education and the enactment of Indigenous arts as knowledge practices.
Vancouver Coastal Health – Vice President, Indigenous Health
Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is a vital hub of healthcare innovation, research and academic excellence in British Columbia contributing to the local, national and global healthcare
ecosystem while providing specialized care to patients in its region and throughout the province.
Executive Recruitment
Community Engagement and Consulting
We want to be part of your journey!
Let’s start a conversation to learn more about what you need, and how we can help.