Thunder Bay,
Ontario
Home-Grown Northwestern Ontario Expertise
Our Thunder Bay office, located on the traditional territory of the Fort William First Nation and other local Anishinabek since time immemorial, has been our home base since the beginning of CE Strategies. As the hub of Northwestern Ontario, Thunder Bay connects us to communities ranging west within Treaty #3 territory surrounding Kenora, Rainy River, and Fort Frances; far north Treaty #9 lands up to Hudson and James Bays; and east Robinson Treaties past Wawa and Sault Ste. Marie.
Our Commitment from Thunder Bay
We are incredibly grateful to be trusted as local professional and technical expertise within Northwestern Ontario for community-led initiatives that build capacity and self-sufficiency. CES always strives to create long-lasting partnerships, deliverables, and growth beyond project timelines for Ontario communities that call the North home.
Featured Projects from Ontario
Our experience in the Thunder Bay region encompasses over years of partnerships with more than 90 First Nation communities, supporting organizations, municipalities, educational institutions, and non-profits through various GIS, mapping, and planning services.
We have been extremely fortunate to support the following projects:
Community Enhancement Strategies in Thunder Bay
Our Thunder Bay office offers a full range of services to support development initiatives. We understand that each community is unique in history, geography, and culture, and as such, we tailor our services to meet your needs and exceed your expectations.
Community Planning Services
With community planning services, we focus the sustainable and informed development of communities local to Northern Ontario to meet the needs of not just today, but future generations. We strive to integrate the vision and goals of our client’s into every project through community-driven land use and territory planning, flood vulnerability studies, and emergency mapping.
GIS & Mapping
As the backbone of CES, we provide cutting-edge, convenient, and user-friendly GIS and mapping tools to our clients and partners across Northwestern Ontario. With the integration of these digital tools, communities can independently plan for future developments, track mining claims, and plan for extreme weather (such as flooding and fires) with a clear picture of their lands guiding the way.
Drone Services
Our offer applications in many types of projects, including gravesite mapping, infrastructure inventories, flood risk and shoreline mapping, volumetric calculations, and creative video production. Additionally, CES offers drone training at our Thunder Bay office and to organizations within the area, building capacity in drone operations to support community initiatives.
Client Support
From project initiation to reporting and into the future, our Thunder Bay team provides ongoing client support for each and every initiative. We help with developing project scopes, monitoring timelines, financial budgeting, and stakeholder engagement, giving our clients piece of mind and bandwidth to support their other responsibilities on the go.
Traditional Knowledge
We are so grateful and privileged to be trusted with collecting such invaluable knowledge. CES upholds, respects, and protects the traditional knowledge shared with us by Elders and Knowledge Keepers of our Indigenous clientele. All project data remains the property of our client communities as we work with them to ensure this traditional knowledge is protected into the future.
Training
CES creates customized training courses for participants of all different skill levels to build capacity in using the deliverables created through our projects. We are big believers in building capacity within the communities that we work with. Drone training, GIS/GPS, and other skill building courses are available in Thunder Bay and across Northwestern Ontario to promote local capacity within communities.
Contact Our Thunder Bay Office
Our Thunder Bay team can help you get your project off the ground. Contact us to discuss your community’s vision and goals––we will always provide collaborative, respectful, and professional expertise to work with you toward building a sustainable future.