Beverly Anne Sabourin & Associates (BASA) is a First Nations consultancy committed to progressive social policy analysis, constructive social change, cross-cultural understanding, advocacy and government relations, organizational development, management and strategic planning. With nearly five decades of professional and community-oriented experience within an Aboriginal, international and Canadian mainstream milieu, the principals of BASA, lead by its president, Beverly Anne Sabourin, offer a depth of experience and commitment to the creative, dynamic and participatory process of programme design, advocacy, strategic planning and evaluation in the social sector.

It is a "value-based" consultancy which commits itself to the principles of personal empowerment and participation within our client milieu, believing as we do that civil society, whether it is within First Nations communities in Canada or within the international arena can only be enhanced by the active and informed participation of its citizenry.

Recent consultancies and ante roles include an assessment of Aboriginal adult and child literacy initiatives in Canada, feasibility and assessment research on the delivery of early childhood learning and education programmes and proposals for the creation of an Aboriginal family services unit in Thunder Bay, an action-research project on the author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a Transitions-to-Democracy blueprint for the Prime Minister of the National Coalition Government of the Union of Burma, and for the third time in as many years, a three day workshop on organizational behaviour given to United Nations interns.