President & Founder Mark McCallum, CET

About

Our approach is rooted in a global perspective gained from Indigenous traditions, understanding that everything we do has a ripple effect on all living creatures. Our mission is to leave a better planet for future generations, always striving to reduce our footprint on Mother Earth.

Two Eyed Seeing Engineering Services is a 100% Indigenous owned firm based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada within the Traditional Territory of Treaty 6 First Nations and the Métis Nation of Alberta. Founded by Mark McCallum, CET, the sole owner, the company was formed to provide culturally sensitive engineering services with a view on facilitating partnerships, collaboration, and business development while promoting the principles of Indigenous economic reconciliation.

The Cree Métis man graduated from NAIT's Civil Engineering Technology Program (2004) in Edmonton and immediately put his new skill set to use with the Beaver Lake Cree Nation and Métis Nation of Alberta (MNA), developing community driven strategies for housing, infrastructure, and training to employment. He collaborated with Chief and Council, Métis Leaders, governmental departments, and post secondary institutions to develop a qualified and skilled Indigenous workforce to fully participate in high demand occupations in the booming resource economy of northeastern Alberta. He is proud of the pioneering Heavy Equipment Training Initiative that resulted from the multiple lateral partnership.

Based in Fort McMurray, he over saw the MNA Region One Labour Market Development Unit, covering a geographic area that included Fort Chipewyan, Fort McKay, Fort McMurray, Anzac, Janvier (Chard), Conklin, Lac La Biche, Wolf Lake, Athabasca, and Calling Lake. He would work closely with First Nations and Métis communities for many years before joining an exploration and mining company traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (Venture). 

As a project manager, corporate lead of HSE, and VP of business development working for Athabasca Minerals Inc. in western Canada for nearly 15 years, he successful led several exploration programs and turned industrial mineral prospects into profitable mining developments while collaborating with local Indigenous leaders and businesses to develop respectful partnerships. He worn several hats and fulfilled many roles for the company in project management, business development, HSE, environmental regulatory compliance, geotechnical surveying, mine and reclamation planning, estimating, and community consultations.

More recently, he served in senior executive positions as a Board Governor for Rupertsland Institute - Métis Centre of Excellence and filled senior roles including CEO and Senior Director of Operations while working for the Indigenous educational organization. He also gained valuable experience championing Indigenous Economic Reconciliation collaborating with several joint venture partners with the Fort McMurray Métis Nation in Business Development, leveraging commitments made under Community Benefit Agreements with resource giants such as Suncor/Syncrude, Imperial Oil Ltd., and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd.

Early on he followed a career path working in position such as a newspaper writer, photographer and managing editor for Windspeaker, Native Network News and other Indigenous publications for more than a decade. This experience honed his skills enabling him to communicate effectively and ground complex concepts in plain language. As an award winning writer, he looks back fondly on this time and is proud his articles are still available today online in Windspeaker's Classroom Section.

Our core values

At Two Eyed Seeing Engineering Services, our core values drive everything we do. We are committed to:

  • Collaboration working closely with our clients and partners to achieve shared goals.
  • Results Driven solutions that meet your specific needs.
  • Adaptability to changing project requirements and industry standards.
  • Sustainability in all our engineering practices, ensuring long-term environmental and economic benefits.

"Indigenous peoples around the world share an inherent reverence for Mother Earth. This was crystal clear to me interviewing and getting to know Indigenous leaders, academics, senators, MLA's, entrepreneurs, writers, actors, elders, knowledge keepers...Today at a time when technology allows us to wipe out any creature by re-writing their DNA, it is important to remain respectful towards all living things." 

Mark McCallum reflecting on a decade's long career as a writer, photographer, and editor for Indigenous newspapers.

 

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