A Canadian consultancy delivering research, evaluation, facilitation, and strategy to government, Indigenous, non-profit, community, and private sector clients. We listen first, tailor always, and stay attuned to what your organization actually needs.
Every sector operates under different accountabilities, funding realities, and governance structures. We adapt our methods to fit yours, bringing the same rigour to a federal program evaluation as to a Nation-led research study or an association member survey.
Municipal, provincial, and federal engagements grounded in public accountability and procurement standards.
Nation-led and organization-led work grounded in self-determination, cultural safety, and Indigenous data sovereignty.
Board-ready strategy, funder-grade evaluation, and governance support for organizations of every size.
Place-based processes that surface local assets, address real needs, and strengthen community systems.
Institutional planning and evaluation for colleges, universities, school authorities, and training providers.
Evaluation and planning across primary care, mental health, continuing care, and social service systems.
Strategy, granting design, and impact measurement for foundations and funding intermediaries.
Planning, governance, and member research for professional associations, regulatory colleges, and unions.
Applied research, labour market analysis, and social impact measurement for business and industry.
Nine integrated practice areas. Engage us for a single deliverable or draw on the full range across a multi-year partnership.
Rigorous primary and secondary research designed to answer the questions that actually shape decisions.
Credentialed evaluation practice that satisfies funders, informs improvement, and demonstrates real outcomes.
Decision-centred facilitation that moves groups from discussion to clear, documented commitments.
Board-ready plans that are ambitious, actionable, and measurable, with accountability built in from the start.
Backbone support for multi-sector initiatives that need shared direction, common measurement, and sustained alignment.
Community-centred processes that surface local assets, address real needs, and build lasting local capacity.
PMBOK-aligned delivery adapted for the public and non-profit context. On scope, on time, on budget.
Structure, roles, culture, and change, grounded in industrial and organizational psychology and applied to real operating conditions.
Practical governance work that strengthens board effectiveness and clarifies the line between board and staff.
Not every organization needs the same thing. Some need the work done. Some need their people equipped to do it themselves. Some just need a trusted thinking partner. We meet you where you are, and we are happy to move between modes as your needs change.
Full delivery of the engagement, end to end. You get a finished product built to your context, with your team involved exactly as much as they want to be.
Training, coaching, and hands-on skill transfer so your team can carry the work forward independently. The capability stays with you when we leave.
Consultation and advisory support levelled to your organization's maturity, capacity, and appetite. Expert judgement when and where you need it.
Most engagements blend all three. We scope the mix with you at the outset and adjust as the work evolves, so you are never paying for support you do not need or missing support you do.
Most consultancies arrive with a method and fit your organization into it. We arrive with questions and build the method around what we find.
Careful listening is not a soft skill in our practice. It is the mechanism that lets us design approaches that actually fit, catch issues before they become problems, and adjust in real time as circumstances shift. It is what our clients tell us sets us apart.
We start by understanding your context, pressures, history, and what success genuinely means to you.
We pay attention to what is said and unsaid, reading dynamics, capacity, and readiness as we go.
We design an approach built for your organization, not a template adapted at the margins.
We adjust as conditions change and surface emerging issues early, before they become obstacles.
We produce work you can act on, defend to your board and funders, and sustain over time.
Objective assembles the right team for each engagement, drawing on senior consultants with advanced credentials in evaluation, research, planning, facilitation, and organizational development.
Every project is directed by a senior consultant. Clients work with the people who do the thinking, not a rotating cast of juniors.
Our work is anchored in formal professional standards, including Credentialed Evaluator designation with the Canadian Evaluation Society.
We build client capability into every engagement, so your team can sustain, adapt, and extend the work long after we finish.
Based in Calgary with active engagements across Western Canada, Ontario, and Atlantic Canada, delivered in person and remotely.
The qualifications our consultants bring to client engagements.
Some organizations know exactly what they need delivered. Others want expert capacity on hand as priorities emerge. We support both, and many clients use each at different points.
Pre-purchase a block of consulting hours and draw on any of our nine practice areas as needs arise, with an allocation plan we build together.
A scoped, fixed-fee proposal built around a defined deliverable, timeline, and budget, tailored to exactly what your project requires.
Purchase a block of hours and draw on any capability across the firm. We begin with a discovery consultation and co-design an allocation plan that maximizes impact for your organization.
For a focused, single-objective engagement or an organization beginning to build its evaluation practice.
Sufficient capacity for a full strategic plan, a comprehensive evaluation, or a blended program of work.
A sustained partnership for complex, multi-year mandates requiring embedded strategic and analytical support.
For defined mandates, we build a scoped proposal with clear deliverables, milestones, and a fixed professional fee. No package required.
Every custom engagement begins with listening. We work to understand the problem behind the request, then propose an approach sized to your mandate, your timeline, and your budget reality.
Whether you are preparing an RFP, scoping an evaluation, planning a board retreat, or exploring a retainer arrangement, we would be glad to talk through what you need.