About us

Practical support for people doing community-facing work.

AIMRJI helps organizations, businesses, and community partners work through conflict, growth, and change with clearer plans and restorative approaches.

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Who we are here for

Support shaped around the people you serve.

Our core audiences are nonprofits working with families and small or medium-sized businesses building stronger teams. We also work with public-serving and community partners when their needs fit our experience.

Nonprofit colleagues planning together around a table — For organizations serving families and communities

Nonprofits

Turn complex needs into practical next steps.

AIMRJI supports nonprofits that work with families, youth, and communities. We help teams listen across perspectives, organize delivery, communicate clearly, and respond to conflict without losing sight of the people involved.

A small workplace team collaborating at a table — For SMEs and growing teams

Small and medium-sized businesses

Build trust while the work is changing.

Growing teams can face unclear roles, strained communication, and decisions that are difficult to carry together. We bring structured conversation and practical business support to help people find a workable way forward.

A mother holding her twin babies — For family and community-facing settings

Community partners

Meet people where systems and everyday life connect.

Schools, community organizations, workplaces, faith-based groups, neighbourhood partners, and other public-serving bodies may need support when conflict or mistrust crosses organizational boundaries. AIMRJI helps create a respectful setting for dialogue and clearer action.

Selected experience

Past work that informs how AIMRJI shows up.

These records describe collaboration and community experience. They are not presented as audited outcomes or guarantees.

Youth entrepreneurship

ANZA Entrepreneurship Ecosystem

AIMRJI's experience includes work connected to ANZA, a 20-week program for Black youth ages 18–30 developing business ideas. The program combines business planning, coaching, financial literacy, registration support, and potential loan pathways subject to approval.

The experience reflects the value of practical learning: understand the customer, test an idea, strengthen the offer, and prepare for delivery.

Learn more about ANZA

Three people standing behind an ANZA information table at a community showcase — Community showcase — sharing the ANZA program.

A group of ANZA participants standing together inside a shopping centre — Market research — learning beyond the classroom.

ANZA participants working together around tables during a workshop — Workshop — participants developing ideas together.

Board leadership and mentorship

YACO

Emi Ngo Batum's experience with YACO includes board leadership, youth mentorship, and organizational guidance as the organization works with young people in Edmonton Public Schools.

Neighbourhood service

Queen Mary Park and Central McDougall

AIMRJI's leadership-team experience includes volunteer support connected to local business improvement efforts in Queen Mary Park and Central McDougall, grounded in listening, communication, and practical improvement planning.

Emi Ngo Batum at an Edmonton Chamber of Commerce event — Emi Ngo Batum, part of AIMRJI's leadership team

Leadership team

Community experience within AIMRJI's team.

Emi Ngo Batum is part of AIMRJI's leadership team. Her experience spans youth mentorship, entrepreneurship, governance, and neighbourhood service, including work connected to ANZA, YACO, Queen Mary Park, and Central McDougall.

At AIMRJI, that experience contributes to a broader team approach built on careful listening, practical guidance, and respect for the people affected by each decision.

How we work

Clear guidance, grounded in people.

Listen before leading

We begin with the people, context, and pressures involved before recommending a path forward.

Make the next step usable

Our guidance is designed to help people act with greater clarity, skill, and confidence.

Build with, not for

We work alongside partners so that plans reflect the communities and teams they serve.

Grow responsibly

We value clear leadership, practical systems, and trust over promises of quick results.

Bring a complex challenge into clearer focus.

Talk with AIMRJI about the family, team, organization, or community you support and identify a practical next step.

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