# Emily Black: Why Indigenous Partnerships Are Now Core Corporate Strategy

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Podcast: [Drumbeats - Canadian Indigenous Investment Podcast](https://stenobird.com/podcast/drumbeats-canadian-indigenous-investment-podcast-6966779)
Published: 2026-01-08T16:30:00+00:00
Episode link: https://rss.com/podcasts/drumbeats/2439117
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## Resource

Canada's largest Indigenous equity partnerships aren't happening by accident - they're the result of deliberate corporate strategy, government support, and Indigenous communities' increasing interest in owning infrastructure that operate in their territories. Enbridge has been at the centre of this important work, having completed multiple transaction since 2022. Until December 2025, Emily Black served as Director of Strategic Projects and Partnerships at Enbridge Inc., where she led a landmark Indigenous equity transaction with 38 First Nations in British Columbia, the first transaction to utilize the government of Canada's Indigenous Loan Guarantee Program. Emily has now been appointed Director of Corporate Strategy for Enbridge, one of North America's largest infrastructure companies with operations spanning liquids pipelines, gas transmission, gas distribution, and renewable power across Canada, the United States, and Europe.

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