The spreadsheet problem that wouldn't go away.
StakeholderHub began with a simple observation: every environmental assessment consultant and Indigenous relations manager we spoke with was using some combination of Excel, SharePoint folders, email threads, and shared drives to manage consultation — often all four at once. Not because they liked it — because nothing better existed for the Canadian context.
American tools like Jambo and Borealis were built for US regulatory frameworks and stored data on foreign servers — a real problem for Indigenous consultation records that OCAP® principles require be governed by Canadian law. Generic CRMs had no concept of Support Status, Duty to Consult phases, or BC's Environmental Assessment Office workflow.
We partnered with teams across BC's energy, mining, infrastructure, and forestry sectors — as well as Indigenous economic development organizations and consultation firms — to understand exactly what a purpose-built Canadian consultation platform needed to do. The result is StakeholderHub.