Monika Bear Robe

Monika is a member of MNP’s Indigenous Services team in Calgary and is Cree from Fort McKay First Nation. She is proud to support Indigenous communities, Indigenous economic development corporations, and Indigenous Peoples across Canada with achieving economic prosperity and building their economies. She helps her clients achieve equity ownership, develop strategic investment strategies, and design and implement strong economic development governance structures — all initiatives that provide long-term and tangible benefits to Indigenous community members. Monika offers culturally appropriate and practical advice to support her clients in achieving their goals.

Her services include transaction negotiation support; facilitation for submitting bids in response to requests for proposal, and business advisory support; Indigenous economic development strategic planning and investment strategy / policy development; and Indigenous economic development corporate structuring, governance, and company performance review. She has unique and in-depth experience working with Indigenous communities and Indigenous consortiums that are pursuing equity ownership in major energy infrastructure projects.

Monika graduated from the University of British Columbia with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Indigenous Studies in 2014 and a Juris Doctor (JD) in Aboriginal law in 2017, and was called to the bar in British Columbia. She earned a Master of Business Administration (MBA) in Indigenous Business Leadership from Simon Fraser University in 2022. She completed the Canadian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association and Institute for Corporate Directors (CVCA ICD) Private Capital Governance Program — Private Equity Cohort in 2023.