Marcia Turner

Tsu’malit, CEO/Founder

Marcia Turner, Tsu’malit is Gitxsan and mother of four grown sons. She is the CEO/Founder of award-winning company Daxgedim Haanak’ Nation Building and works with a diverse range of Indigenous organizations, public agencies, non-profit organizations, governments, and post-secondary institutions in BC. Specializing in systems change, Marcia’s work is deeply rooted in ancestral values and Indigenous rights-based frameworks to equalize Indigenous knowledge systems and amplify Indigenous voices. She’s been invited by governments and various organizations to support Reconciliation strategies, created the Diploma in Indigenous Community Development and Governance, University of Victoria, and is the former Associate Vice-President Indigenous for Vancouver Island University. Marcia holds a Master’s Degree in Leadership, Royal Roads University, and Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science, University of Victoria.

Kii’am goot One Heart our collective journey towards change

Using a decolonizing approach, Marcia draws from her ancestral teachings and experiences to illuminate critical understandings for working with Indigenous Peoples for meaningful and lasting change. Specifically designed to support the work to advance Reconciliation, Decolonization and the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, Marcia shares stories to build an understanding about a framework she developed called Kii’am goot, the Four Indigenous Conditions for Systems Change, why this framework is needed, and how using this framework will cultivate and transform your relationships with Indigenous Peoples, strengthen allyship, and breathe life into Reconciliation.