About
behind hummingbirds rising
Our Story
Our Values
Our Mission
Hummingbirds rising consulting
Rhiannon Bennett ran to be a Delta School Board Trustee in 2018. After the campaign was unsuccessful, she decided she wanted to continue to make a tangible difference in the world by creating a company that focused on Decolonization. From those ashes, Hummingbirds Rising Consulting rose.
OUR VALUES
As a woman and mother, Rhiannon is an authentic, accountable, committed, compassionate, courageous, determined, and equity-seeking social justice champion.
Rhiannon brings integrity, respect, traditions, wisdom, and an open heart and mind with her to this important work.
She balances empathy and humour with our participants and clients.
Our work is deeply and strongly rooted in anti-oppression work, social justice, and intersectionality. At Hummingbirds Rising, we believe that Decolonizing spaces not only benefits Indigenous people, but people from all equity-deserving communities.
We welcome working with organizations to learn how to have a better understanding of the intersectionality of inequity.
OUR MISSION
Hummingbirds Rising’s Mission is to facilitate personal and professional learning opportunities and the Decolonization of working and learning environments by identifying and removing barriers which will create a more equitable world for all. After all, what’s good for Indigenous people is good for everyone.
CO-FOUNDER & CEO
RHIANNON BENNETT
Rhiannon Bennett (she/her) is Musqueam and a much-sought-after speaker who is well known for asking tough questions in a manner that encourages engagement and dialogue. She is actively working to create a more equitable world for all.
She has been working with children, youth and families for over 20 years in a variety of roles. Professionally, she has worked with Indigenous youth and families with overarching themes of her work being Decolonization.
After years of frustration with poor policies and funding cuts, Rhiannon was led to become more politically active. In 2014, she was the first Indigenous person elected to the Delta Board of Education. As a Delta School Board Trustee, Rhiannon focused on repairing and building stronger relationships with education partners. She was appointed to the B.C. School Trustees Association’s Indigenous Education Committee and was named co-chair of the committee until the end of her term.
While not successfully re-elected, she was inspired to launch a consulting firm to continue to do this important work.