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Building Business Ideas – Ep 01
In this series ICN host Steven Price explores with ICN Guy Dancause the creation of business ideas. In this first episode they do look into the history of innovation and how it has come about and evolved over time. You’ll learn how guardian angels where at on time made responsible for human inventiveness but…
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Young Fashionista
ABC’s to building a career in the Fashion Industry Angela talks about her career path in becoming a fashion designer. She tells us that fashion is a very satisfactory career. However, fashion design isn’t for the weak at heart, because to break through you need perseverance and flexibility as well you need to find…
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Share your knowledge and build on practical experiences
Gain important development experience and establish important connections with organizations engaged in indigenous development around the world. Claire talks about how the University of Winnipeg Master’s in Development Practice: Indigenous Development builds the skills required to be a successful practitioner of sustainable development. Indigenous knowledge and experience are at the core of an innovative curriculum…
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Foresight – Leadership
In the context of a 2015 Foresight Exercise “A Framework for Building Relationships” (to see report click here) , we have asked 8 Aboriginal personalities to share their views on eight questions. The fifth question was: “What if most Aboriginal people could elect forward thinking leaders? David Acco and Panel President Acosys Consulting Services Inc.
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Meet Marie-Cecile Nottaway the Algonquin Martha Stewart
Marie-Cecile (Cezin) Nottaway… one of only seven 2016 Award recipients in the Province of Quebec She gently pulls canoes out of fortune-cookie dough, bakes a mean bannock and does not shy away from roasting a beaver. Martha Stewart, eat your heart out— or Marie-Cecile Nottaway will do it for you. It”s how Martha Troian wrote…
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NWACs Perspective – Dawn Lavell Harvard
In conversation with Denise Anne Boissoneau, Dawn talks about Aboriginal problems that need to be viewed as Canadian issues. Dawn Lavell Harvard, President Native Women Association of Canada (NWAC)
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Five Business Tips from an Eco Fashion Designer
By Chantal Fraser This article shares five business tips from Ingrid Tiffe, a member of the Mohawks of the Bay of Quinte. Ingrid is an Eco-Fashion Designer, running her company, IsaTe’s Designs, out of Napanee Ontario. Ingrid works with her clients to showcase their individual style and flair: creating unique clothing and accessories for…
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5 Keys to Finding Great Talent
Author Randy Grieser Organizations are who they hire. Whether an organization succeeds, or even survives, ultimately comes down to the people who work there. I work hard, I am dedicated and a driven leader, but I can’t do it alone. As organizations mature and become more complex, the need for exceptional and diversified talent…
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Success Story
Turtle Technologies Inc. out of Corner Brook, a company that provides information technology services. She started her company in Ontario back in 2004, set up a Corner Brook office in 2013 and has since hired local people. She tells us what moved her to become an entrepreneur and how she overcame obstacles along the…
