Amalgamation Services

Reconnect with your public interest mandate, get the information you need, and think objectively about your strategic options.

Incite is Canada’s boutique regulatory advisory firm that partners with regulatory bodies to navigate the complexities of amalgamation. With over 25 years of experience, we deeply understand the regulatory environment and have the experience needed to navigate amalgamation.

Deep Understanding of the Regulatory Environment
We are a trusted name in Western Canada with proven experience and a deep understanding of the regulatory environment ensuring our ability to help organizations.

Established Process that Creates Impact
We help ensure your organization successfully navigates complex and dynamic policy environments and shifting public expectations by strengthening strategy, brand, communications, and culture.

Proven Track Record
We have worked closely with regulators across Alberta and British Columbia and have an strong understanding of the environment that you operate in, the nuances of registrants and their professions, and the unified commitment to ensuring the protection of the public.

What We Do

Amalgamation is more than just merging organizations; it’s about creating a unified identity that resonates with all stakeholders—from staff and registrants to the public and Indigenous communities. Our services include:

Culture and Change Management

Ensure that your team is engaged, informed, and taken care of throughout the process to help navigate the massive change for the organization and the people involved.

Branding and Naming

We help create distinct and cohesive brand identities that reflect the values and missions of the newly amalgamated entities. This includes the development of new organizational names and visual identities that are culturally appropriate and resonate with the communities served.

Impacted Party Engagement

We prioritize inclusivity, engaging a broad spectrum of those impacted from an amalgamation—including internal staff, regulated professionals, and Indigenous leaders—to ensure buy-in and foster trust throughout the amalgamation process.

Communications Strategy

Effective communication is key to a successful amalgamation. We develop comprehensive communication plans that keep all parties informed, reduce uncertainty, and build confidence in the new regulatory structures.

Our Impact

One of several regulatory client engagements involved Incite guiding the branding, positioning, and rollout of two new brand identities due to the amalgamation of eleven health regulatory colleges into two new entities in British Columbia. Our strategic approach led to:

Increased Engagement and Buy-In: Through over 48 hours of engagement with impacted parties, we listened to 100+ unique voices, ensuring that the new brands were well-received and that impacted parties felt included in the process.

Robust Brand Identity and Recognition: The new brands developed under our guidance have been exceptionally well-received, embodying the unique attributes of each profession while ensuring a unified and cohesive identity.

Cohesive Rollout: Our brand implementation plan provided a clear roadmap for introducing the new identities to staff, registrants, partners, and the public, ensuring a smooth transition.

Our Clients

We worked with the Incite team on successive projects due to their unparalleled creativity and understanding both of our organization and within the broader regulatory environment. Their proven qualitative research methods get to the heart of issues and allowed us to truly position ourselves effectively with key impacted parties. Their messaging provided consistency, clarity and strategy for our communications, and we couldn’t be happier with the new visual identity.

Amie DowellRegistrar & CEO, ACDH