From K.G (a confirmed buyer of the book), February 2025: “Walking Together Engagement Lessons from My First Nations Learning Journey is recommended for anyone working or planning to work with these communities. I think there are also some lessons here that can be translated to consultations and engagements with other communities and organizations. And if you do neither of these, you can still read about some of Andy's delightfully told experiences.

Peggy (a confirmed buyer of the book), January 2025: I received your book the other day and I love it! So spot on. I try to explain to others my experience's and it goes over their heads. This is so good. Thank you for writing it.

Gene Kent (Kent Geo-Logic, Professional Geoscientist of Ontario, retired), January 2025: An impressive book with a common sense approach to approaching people and developing relationships between First Nations, exploration companies and government. It starts person to person and builds with trust in people you know.

Glenn Nolan, former Chief Missanabie Cree First Nation, Past President of the Prospectors and Developers Association of Canada, and Vice President, Wyloo Ring of Fire Metals, February 2024.

“I first met Andy in 2001, after being elected Chief of my community, Missanabie Cree First Nation. Andy would attend the Nishnawbe Aski Nation's Chief meetings as a guest representing the Ontario government.

I noticed the connection that Andy had with leaders from several of the more remote communities. What I saw was his genuine friendship with many individuals from those communities. This type of friendship only happens with effort over time.

In this book [Walking Together: Engagement Lessons from My First Nations Learning Journey], Andy shares what it takes to build trust, develop friendships, and maintain long-term relationships. Many points in his book will be useful for those already working in community engagement or looking to make their first connection for professional or personal reasons.”

Mary Gordon, retired policy advisor with the Far North Branch, Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources, Ontario Government, February 2024.

Take a walk with Andy through a small community in Ontario’s far north and play some games with the children who join you. Join him and his team at the local coffee shop for impromptu “meetings” with village elders. Watch him stumble over manners when picking up his camera during a feast. You’re in for a treat with Andy Fyon’s book “Walking Together: Engagement Lessons from My First Nations Learning Journey”,

If you are a leader in government, industry, or research, this book will guide you in how to collaboratively engage with Indigenous people in projects on the land….You will learn about building relationships based on mutual commitment and trust….In true, old-fashioned, storytelling style, “Walking Together” chronicles a gentle, humble, thoughtful approach to building relationships across cultural gaps. It is important work.

A senior public servant in Ontario, Andy tells stories of his many fly-in trips to the north, stories that illuminate the things he learned from his First Nation mentors and friends. Over his fifteen years visiting communities, these learnings helped frame a new understanding of what it means to “engage” with First Nations. And they encouraged him to share these learnings with the rest of us. He has done that, with gentle, funny, wise, and profound stories….you will learn about building relationships based on mutual commitment and trust.

Interested Canadians will love these stories and – perhaps – learn some practical steps toward true reconciliation, a process based in sharing values of respect, listening, and openness. It helps to have a sense of humour, and there’s lots of that in the stories. What we learn from the stories takes us well beyond the standard land acknowledgments in meetings across the nation, into living examples of mutuality and collaboration.