HR Department
Sonja Denault — HR Manager, HRFN
Building a Strong Workforce
The Human Resources Department at Halfway River First Nation is dedicated to building a strong, informed, and well-supported workforce. We ensure every HRFN employee has the tools, policies, and opportunities they need to thrive in their roles while serving our community with excellence.
Human Resources is about more than policies and procedures — it is about supporting people, building respectful relationships, and helping create a healthy workplace community. Throughout the year, HR work involves ongoing conversations, training, review, and improvement to help ensure employees, leadership, and the organization are informed, supported, and working within current policies, laws, and best practices.
Policy Development & Updates
Considerable time has been spent working to update and, in some cases, develop new policies for Human Resources. This important accomplishment provides employees with current, clear, consistent, and fair policies. Keeping policies current leads to greater transparency and accountability and helps to ensure that employees know their rights and responsibilities in service to the Nation and its members.
Performance & Professional Growth
By collaborating and working with each staff member to better understand their roles, we have updated key processes. This year, we achieved 100% completion of annual performance reviews across all employees, along with setting goals and identifying skills and knowledge training needed for career progression. We will continue to work towards planning for HRFN’s future and supporting our staff so they can support our community members.
KEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS
Policy Updates Completed
Several key HR policies have been updated to better support employees, strengthen fairness and accountability, and help create a respectful, safe, and positive workplace for everyone
100% Performance Reviews
Every staff member completed annual reviews and set growth goals
Training & Development
Identified training needs to help our team grow in skill and service
Workplace Wellness
Strengthened a respectful, inclusive, and trauma-informed workplace for all employees
🌿 Our Role
In human resources, there is a wide range of matters that are continually reviewed throughout the year. It is important that HR helps to ensure that the employer, leaders, and staff are knowledgeable, aware, and kept up to date on policies, current laws and legislation, and any changes that might be happening.
📋 Policy Development
There was considerable time spent working to update and, in some cases, develop new policies for human resources. This important accomplishment provides employees with current, clear, consistent, and fair policies. In human resources, it is imperative to have up-to-date policies and procedures as it helps in attracting and keeping employees who help HRFN achieve its goals.
Keeping policies current leads to greater transparency and accountability and helps to ensure that employees know their rights and responsibilities in service to the Nation and its members.
📈 Performance & Growth
By collaborating and working with each staff member to better understand their roles, we were able to update key processes. It was also essential this year that we had a very successful run ensuring that all employees completed their annual performance reviews, along with setting goals and identifying skills and knowledge training they may need to progress in their positions.
We will continue to work towards planning for HRFN’s future and support the staff, so they can support the community members.
“A strong team starts with strong people. Our work in HR is about making sure every employee at HRFN feels respected, supported, and equipped to serve our community well.”
