ULI Toronto and Shared Path Launch First of its Kind Truth and Reconciliation Guide for Canada’s Land Development Industry

ULI Toronto and Shared Path Consultation Initiative have published “Answering the Call to Action 92: A Guide for Truth and Reconciliation in Corporate Responsibility and Land Development”, the first sector-specific framework in Canada to guide the real estate and land development industry on a meaningful path toward Truth and Reconciliation.

This groundbreaking guide responds directly to Call to Action 92 of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action. The guide provides actionable steps for real estate developers, planners, and corporate leaders to build meaningful relationships with Indigenous peoples, integrate Indigenous perspectives into land use practices, and create equitable access to jobs, training, education opportunities, and long-term sustainable benefits from land development projects.

“This guide is more than a resource—it’s a call to leadership,” said Richard Joy, Executive Director of ULI Toronto. “It challenges our industry to go beyond land acknowledgements and make reconciliation a living, measurable part of how we build and operate.”

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 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.

Read the Guide and choose your path today.