Today on September 30th, 2025, we mark Truth and Reconciliation Day across Canada. It is a time to celebrate Indigenous strengths and achievements. It is a time to mourn and acknowledge the pain still felt in our communities. Yet, it is also a time to recommit and walk a better path together.
This year has been marked by moments that inspire pride, provoke grief, and demand action. The Haisla First Nation’s majority ownership of the Cedar LNG project is a global milestone that took place just a few days ago. It is the first Indigenous-led LNG facility of its kind. At the same time, communities like Mathias Colomb Cree Nation faced devastating wildfires that forced mass evacuations. In Manitoba, Hollow Water First Nation suffered the tragedy of multiple stabbings, reminding us of the urgent need for improved social and security supports in remote communities.
On the national stage, stories continue to confront Canada’s history and present day. The Oscar-nominated Sugarcane exposed deeper truths about the residential school system, while Ni-Naadamaadiz: Red Power Rising at TIFF reminds us of the courage of past activists who paved the way for today’s voices. And in British Columbia, First Nations are charting new paths in Indigenous-led free trade, building bridges across borders and asserting sovereignty through commerce.
At kama.ai, we believe reconciliation is about more than remembrance; it’s also about responsibility. As an Indigenous-owned and managed company, we incorporate our values of Respect, Truth, Wisdom, Honesty, and Courage into the technology we build. AI must reflect societal values and while also maintaining responsibility for our planet. In this regard, we ground our AI in Indigenous perspectives, ethical ways of working, and AI processing efficiency that can benefit the planet, all societies, and the organizations and communities we serve.
Charting a new path that takes Courage. For us, this means pursuing a vision of AI that serves humanity with safety, wisdom, and integrity at its core. We believe this new technology should augment human intelligence, not replace it. Sharing traditional and modern knowledge from elders and experts alike demands transparent and accountable AI that respects the values and sovereignty of the knowledge-holders. We recognize that truth and human values are universal. Values like nature, family, safety, health, and dignity are sacred across all societies. These are the foundations to which we commit to, and upon which we build our technology.
On this Truth and Reconciliation Day, let us honour our Elders, knowledge keepers, and youth. Let us acknowledge both the triumphs and the tragedies of the past year, and let us continue the work, together. At kama.ai, we look toward a more ethical, respectful, and reconciled future.
Brian Ritchie
CEO & Founder, kama.ai
Member, Chapleau Cree First Nation