Warren Sault, CEO, Mississaugas of the Credit Business Corp.; Carolyn King, Board Chair, Shared Path Consultation Initiative and Founder, The Moccasin Identifier; Richard Joy, Executive Director, ULI Toronto; and Bob Goulais, Principal, Nbisiing Consulting.
On June 26, 2025 the Urban Land Institute Toronto (ULI Toronto) in partnership with Shared Path Consultation Initiative, announced the release of Answering the Call to Action 92: A Guide for Truth and Reconciliation in Corporate Responsibility and Land Development during the official launch and smudging ceremony. This is the first sector-specific framework in Canada to guide the real estate and land development industry on a meaningful path toward Truth and Reconciliation.
The guide responds directly to Call to Action 92 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action and provides actionable steps for real estate developers, planners, and corporate leaders to build meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples, integrate First Nations, Métis, and Inuit perspectives into land use practices, and create equitable access to jobs, training, education opportunities, and long-term sustainable benefits from land development projects.
A heartfelt thank you to all developers who apply reconciliation within their business practices. A special thanks to Northcrest Developments for generously hosting this gathering at the newly opened YZD Indigenous Hub. We came together to celebrate progress, acknowledge meaningful actions taken, and reaffirm our shared commitment to reconciliation.
The Guide was co-developed through a multi-year workshop series hosted by ULI Toronto, Shared Path, Allied REIT, and Westbank with more than 30 participating local and national real estate organizations and informed by Indigenous advisors, Elders, and knowledge holders, including Bob Goulais of Nbisiing Consulting. The guide outlines four key areas of focus: Governance and Co-Development, Education, Equity and Economic Opportunity, Relationship Building
It also includes a case study of the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between Northcrest Developments and treaty holders, the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, relating to the development of YZD, formerly the Downsview Airport lands. The MOU formalizes the relationship, commitments, and responsibilities, and offers tangible examples of what meaningful engagement can look like.
This Guide represents a significant milestone, offering concrete direction for Canada’s real estate development sector in advancing Truth and Reconciliation.
