Boozhoo. Anin. Biindigen (pronounced bean-dig-en) — welcome, or “come in”, in Anishinaabemowin (Ojibwe). Shé:kon (pronounced shay-go) in Kanienʼkéha. Ohen:ton Karihwatehkwen — “Words Before All Else” — as we extend an invitation to the 4th gathering of the International Academy of Research in Indigenous Management and Organizational Studies (IARIMOS).
In 2026, Ivey Business School partners with IARIMOS for the Ivey-IARIMOS Workshop, hosted by Ivey Business School's Centre for Building Sustainable Value and Network for Business Sustainability. The two-and-a-half-day event, held at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre from October 30 to November 1, 2026, invites learning on and from the land through keynote presentations, two-eyed seeing cases, gatherings, panels and workshops that bring together leading Indigenous researchers and emerging scholars.
Registration is open for two tracks: the Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops (research track, in person or online) and the Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate (in person, 24 places). See registration details.
We also greet you in Cree (nêhiyawêwin) with Tawâw (ta-door), meaning “welcome, we have made space for you”; in Mi'kmaw with Pjila'si (be-lah-seh); in Algonquin with Kwey; in Inuktitut with Atelihai (a-te-lee-hi); in Dakota with Hau or Hau hau; and in Michif with Bonjou.
We build on the foundations of the first two stagings on Turtle Island and the third gathering in Terra Cognita Australis, Great Southern Land. The 2026 gathering advances the momentum of the enriching experiences shared by IARIMOS participants at the 2023, 2024 and 2025 conferences and IARIMOS workshops. Together, we aim to recentre the global conversation on organizing with nature on Indigenous ways of knowing that guide our journeys towards:
- Regeneration
- Resurgence
- Rematriation
- Reconciliation
The Ivey-IARIMOS Workshop will assemble leading Indigenous and non-Indigenous senior management scholars in support of a new generation of emerging scholars — doctoral students, postdoctoral and early career researchers — to explore emerging insights in Indigenous Management and Organization Studies. In addition to in-person and virtual research conversations, the gathering showcases a three-day Ivey Publishing Case Teaching and Writing Certificate, three Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings, and a series of in-person and virtual research development sessions.
Emergent scholars will share the space with global Indigenous intelligentsia, knowledge holders and thought leaders providing keynote presentations, panels and opportunities for yarns. In addition to representation from Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the United States (the CANZUS nations), we seek to broaden relationships with the globe’s Indigenous custodians, and invite Indigenous researchers from Global South nations across Asia Pacific, Africa, the Caribbean and South America. Indigenous leaders and Elders’ presence at the Ivey-IARIMOS Workshop will contribute to research approaches that are connected to place, contribute to self-determination and are grounded in communality, ‘for the benefit of the many’.
Land Acknowledgement
In 2026, Ivey Business School partners with IARIMOS to gather, for the first time, on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak and Attawandaron. We acknowledge all the treaties that are specific to this area: the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy/Silver Covenant Chain; the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosaunee NANFAN Treaty of 1701; the McKee Treaty of 1790; the London Township Treaty of 1796; the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827, with the Anishinaabeg; and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishnaabek and Haudenosaunee.
As we gather at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre, at Western University, we respect the longstanding relationships that Indigenous Nations have to this land, as they are the original caretakers. We acknowledge historical and ongoing injustices that Indigenous Peoples (First Nations, Métis and Inuit) endure in Canada, and we accept responsibility as a public institution to contribute toward revealing and correcting miseducation as well as renewing respectful relationships with Indigenous communities through our teaching, research and community service.
Program
The workshop runs across four streams: Ceremonies & Plenaries (in person only; full-day pre-registration required), the Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops (35 minutes per team, inclusive of presentation and feedback), Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings (hybrid and by invitation only) and the Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate (workshops are for pre-registered participants only, with fellowships available for six of the Indigenous participants). Days 1 to 3 take place at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre; Day 4 takes place at Ivey Business School.
Hybrid sessions are recorded and livestreamed by the Network for Business Sustainability (NBS); event registration is required for livestream access.
Select a day to view the full agenda.
| Time | Event | Track |
|---|---|---|
Time 7 - 8 a.m. | Event Land-based awakening gratitude practice | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 8 - 9 a.m. | Event Breakfast | Track All |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Two-eyed Seeing Methodologies on Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Opening Provocations on Two-eyed Seeing Planetary Health & Wellbeing | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Ivey Publishing Welcome Panel on Process, Lessons and Commitments | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 10 - 10:15 a.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event Paper/presenter session: Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems (A) – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event A Gathering on Two-eyed Seeing Planetary Health & Wellbeing – Part 1 | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event Case Teaching/Writing Workshop 1.0 | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 12 - 1 p.m. | Event Lunch (track tables) | Track All |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event Paper/presenter session: Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems (B) – in person only | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event A Gathering on Two-eyed Seeing Planetary Health & Wellbeing – Part 2 | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event Case Teaching/Writing Showcase 1.0 | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 2:45 - 3 p.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Keynote & Emerging Insights on: Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Two-eyed Seeing Planetary Health & Wellbeing – Highlights & Policy Brief | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Fellow-mentor feedback circle | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 4 - 4:30 p.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 4:30 - 5 p.m. | Event Land Acknowledgement with Co-chair Alizabeth George-Antone | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 5 - 6:30 p.m. | Event Co-chaired keynote panel with Christy Bressette and Nicole Haggerty | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 6:30 - 8 p.m. | Event Dinner | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 8 - 9:45 p.m. | Event Music night – hybrid | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
| Time | Event | Track |
|---|---|---|
Time 7 - 8 a.m. | Event Land-based fall letting go practice | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 8 - 9 a.m. | Event Breakfast | Track All |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Two-eyed Seeing Methodologies on Regeneration – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Opening Provocations on Two-eyed Seeing Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Indigenous Case Teachers/Writers & Allies Panel – Part 1 | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 10 - 10:15 a.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event Paper/presenter session: Regeneration (A) – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event A Gathering on Two-eyed Seeing Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems – Part 1 | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event Case Teaching/Writing Workshop 2.0 | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 12 - 1 p.m. | Event Lunch (track tables) | Track All |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event Paper/presenter session: Regeneration (B) – in person only | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event A Gathering on Two-eyed Seeing Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems – Part 2 | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event Case Teaching/Writing Showcase 2.0 – hybrid | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 2:45 - 3 p.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Keynote & Emerging Insights on: Regeneration – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Two-eyed Seeing Entrepreneurship & Ecosystems – Highlights & Policy Brief | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Fellow-mentor feedback circle | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 4 - 4:30 p.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 4:30 - 6:30 p.m. | Event Halloween Alternative: “Trick & Treating” – in person only | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 6:30 - 8 p.m. | Event Dinner | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 8 - 9:45 p.m. | Event Movie night – hybrid only | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
| Time | Event | Track |
|---|---|---|
Time 7 - 8 a.m. | Event Land-based interwoven practice | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 8 - 9 a.m. | Event Breakfast | Track All |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Two-eyed Seeing Methodologies on Kinship & Kincentricity – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Opening Provocations on Two-eyed Seeing Governance | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 9 - 10 a.m. | Event Indigenous Case Teachers/Writers & Allies Panel – Part 2 | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 10 - 10:15 a.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event Paper/presenter session: Kinship and Kincentricity (A) – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event A Gathering on Two-eyed Seeing Governance – Part 1 | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 10:15 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event Case Teaching/Writing Workshop 3.0 – in person only | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 12 - 1 p.m. | Event Lunch (track tables) | Track All |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event Paper/presenter session: Kinship and Kincentricity (B) – in person only | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event A Gathering on Two-eyed Seeing Governance – Part 2 | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 1 - 2:45 p.m. | Event Case Teaching/Writing Showcase 3.0 – hybrid | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 2:45 - 3 p.m. | Event Break | Track All |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Keynote & Emerging Insights on: Kinship & Kincentricity – hybrid | Track Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Two-eyed Seeing Governance – Highlights & Policy Brief | Track Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings |
Time 3 - 4 p.m. | Event Fellows’ Showcase | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 4 - 4:30 p.m. | Event Closing Ceremony | Track Ceremonies & Plenaries |
Time 4:30 - 9:45 p.m. | Event Off-site dinner: cook & feast with Indigenous Fellows & Ivey Mentors | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
| Time | Event | Track |
|---|---|---|
Time 7 - 8:30 a.m. | Event Breakfast at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre; Indigenous Fellows Knowledge Sharing | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 8:30 - 9 a.m. | Event Check-out from the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre; walk or ride to Ivey | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 9 a.m. - 12 p.m. | Event Case & teaching note co-writing sessions (breakout rooms) and video recordings in the green room (30 minutes per case, pre-booked) | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Time 12 - 1 p.m. | Event Award Luncheon, ceremony and group photo | Track Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate |
Invited Keynotes
JP GLADU
Mokwateh
JP Gladu is the Principal of Mokwateh and is dedicated to creating innovative partnerships and solutions that unlock equitable opportunities for Indigenous and non-Indigenous business communities. An Anishinaabe leader from Sand Point First Nation on Lake Nipigon, Ontario, JP brings nearly 35 years of experience in the natural resource sector, working with Indigenous communities and organizations, environmental non-government organizations, industry, and governments across Canada and internationally.
He currently serves on the boards of Suncor and Superior Plus. He also sits on Domtar’s Sustainability Committee, BHP’s Forum for Corporate Responsibility, and the Major Projects Office Indigenous Advisory Committee. His leadership has been recognized by the Public Policy Forum as a 2024 Honouree and through the 2024 Premier’s Award for outstanding Ontario college graduates in business.
Angela (Aazhaniiz) Mark is a proud Anishinaabekwe registered with Garden River First Nation and Director of Research at CCIB. With over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Angela's personal journey to reclaim her Anishinaabe language led her to Trent University where she achieved a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree in Indigenous Studies. Combining her passion for business with reclaiming her culture, Angela's research focused on Indigenous Entrepreneurship.
Angela has led influential work on Indigenous women's entrepreneurship on Turtle Island and international engagement with Indigenous women's collectives in Oaxaca, Mexico, and dialogues representing CCIB in Belem, Brazil, and Quito, Ecuador. Under her leadership, CCIB's research spans critical areas such as Indigenous leadership and governance, procurement, Indigenous Intellectual Property, major projects, and Indigenous financial well-being, among others, supporting stronger, self-determined Indigenous economies across Canada.
Ivey-IARIMOS Workshop Organizing Committee
We (listed below in alphabetical order) much look forward to you joining this growing circle.
Co-chairs
Oana Branzei
Ivey Business School
Alizabeth George-Antone
Oneida Nation of the Thames
IARIMOS International Advisory Circle
Oana Branzei
Ivey Business School
Naida Culshaw
Business Sense Consulting
Stephen Cummings
University of Sydney
Leanne Cutcher
University of Sydney
Michelle Evans
University of Melbourne
Ella Henry
Auckland University of Technology
Sharlene Leroy-Dyer
University of Queensland
Ana Maria Peredo
University of Ottawa
Ivey / Western
Krystal Abotossaway
Indigenous Professional Association of Canada
Diane-Laure Arjaliès
Ivey Business School
James Arreak
Qulliq Energy Corporation
Julie Bernard
University of Waterloo
Christy Bressette
Western University
Gareth Gransaull
re-generation Canada
Nicole Haggerty
Ivey Business School
Bill Hill
First Peoples Wellness Circle
Erin Huner
Ivey Business School
Clint Jacobs
Walpole Island Land Trust
Pernell Jones
Apex Solutions & Management Consulting
Zoe Kinias
Ivey Business School
Devon Krainer
Raven Capital Partners
Firman Latimer
FN Power
Lara Liboni
Ivey Business School
Desmond Moser
Western University
Amelia Pruchnicki
Anishnawbe Health Foundation
Amy Silva
The Collaborative Doula Collective
Sam Whiteye
Carolinian Canada Coalition
Canada
Tasha Brooks
Royal Roads University
Jordyn Hrenyk
University of Victoria
Andrew Karesa
blueBell Village
Peter Musinguzi
Luminary
Ana Maria Peredo
University of Ottawa
Shelley Price
Acadia University
Emily Salmon
Simon Fraser University
Charlie Wall-Andrews
Toronto Metropolitan University
Call for Papers
We welcome submissions from emerging scholars, demonstrating research approaches that both theoretically and in practice demonstrate ‘for, with and by’ in Indigenous enterprise, management, organization and entrepreneurship, especially those intersecting with ideas of regeneration, reconciliation, resurgence and rematriation. Indigenous researchers and accompanying co-authors are welcomed from around the globe!
Our call for papers embraces a wide range of methodologies, topics, interests and challenges. Submissions may draw on work-in-progress as part of a thesis, a project for publication, or a new project related to any broad subject areas, which include but are not limited to:
- Addressing Indigenous issues in management and organizations from a global or international perspective
- How Indigenous political, economic and social systems contribute to our understanding of relevant factors that inhibit or enhance Indigenous prosperity
- Indigenous peoples in organisations, entrepreneurship and leadership
- Indigenous community-based enterprises
- Indigenous ways of knowing and doing
- Research methods or the application of Indigenous methodologies, ontologies and epistemologies, such as yarning, Indigenous Lens and two-eyed seeing, concepts related to braiding and two-row wampum, and Indigenous-led research, etc.
- The Indigenisation of organizations from public to private and impact on individuals, teams, communities, organisations and regions
- The negative side of Indigenous reconciliation, research, management and organising
- Indigenous entrepreneurship across all of its forms and processes
- Indigenous social justice issues, ethics and organizing against the backdrop of neoliberalism
- Community, collective, cooperative and prosocial organizing from an Indigenous perspective
- The nature of, and the pros and cons of, Indigenous identity within academia
- Indigenous peoples, grand challenges and sustainable development goals
What to submit: (i) a 1,000-word summary (excluding references and supporting materials) and (ii) a CV. Reports, oral stories and creative works are welcome.
How to submit: Send your submission package to the 2026 chair at obranzei@ivey.ca, or upload it through the Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops registration form, by October 15, 2026.
Registration
Registration for the Ivey-IARIMOS Workshop is open for two tracks:
- Ivey-IARIMOS 2026 Workshops (research track): join in person or online. Paper submissions (1,000-word summary and CV) are due October 15, 2026.
- Ivey Publishing Case Teaching & Writing Certificate: in person only, from 7 am ET on October 30 to 1 pm ET on November 2, 2026. Registration is free and limited to 24 participants, plus six Indigenous fellows. Six $1,500 Indigenous Ivey Publishing fellowships help cover travel and accommodation (October 29 to November 2) and include monthly follow-ups and up to six months of mentorship. To apply, email a one-page (300-word) case brief to obranzei@ivey.ca by October 12, 2026.
Two-eyed Seeing Gatherings are by invitation only. All in-person participants receive meals and free parking at the Ivey Spencer Leadership Centre; accommodation is arranged and paid for by participants. The Ivey-IARIMOS Workshop is hosted by Ivey Business School's Centre for Building Sustainable Value and Network for Business Sustainability.