The principles that guide our wayfinding in business and labour

Everything we do is guided by our commitment to "wayfinding new pathways" at Future Ancestors Services. Wayfinding new pathways means stepping away from systems and practices that no longer serve us (or never did) and creating thoughtful approaches that prioritize decolonization, susatinability, and connection across space and time.

These principles have been shaped by our own trials, errors, and growth, deeply informed by our creation story. We are learning through experience and practice what works, what doesn’t, and how we can do better for the communities and clients we serve.

Relational Success

We believe that true success is built on strong, authentic relationships, with a focus on collaboration and intergenerational wisdom.

At our core, we operate relationally, defining success through the strength of our connections. We center our relationship with Earth, recognizing this relationship as foundational to all endeavors. Embracing intergenerational collaboration, we honor the wisdom of past and future generations. Reciprocity guides our work, fostering mutual benefit and sustainable partnerships.

Transformative Approaches

We are committed to transformative innovation that is grounded in the idea that our practices, actions, and relationships must fundamentally deviate from the causes of harm we are addressing.

“Innovation is not only borne from technological advancements. When we hold space and apply our ancestors’ traditional knowledge to our contemporary realities, we have the opportunity to learn from their actions and inactions and find innovation in justice and accountability across past, present, and future generations.” - Larissa Crawford, Founder

Restorative Practice

We center justice, anti-racism, and restorative frameworks in our work, ensuring that our actions, relationships, and practices support healing and reconciliation.

We centre restorative practices, recognizing anti-racism and other justice lenses as inherently restorative frameworks that reconcile our personal and collective relationships with human experiences. Drawing wisdom from Indigenous teachings of restorative practices, we guide our approach to reconciling how we exist in business and our roles beyond mere laborers.

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