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Financing All Stages of your Business
Jennifer Francis, Co-chair Board of Directors, Capital Angel Network joins Catherine Roque, Aboriginal Business Service Manager, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Aboriginal Banking, they talk about the finer details involved in acquiring financing to start and grow your business.
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Starting Up in E-Commerce
Colby Delorme, President of NATION Imagination – ‘The Aboriginal Gifting Company’, shares tips on starting an e-commerce business. It has worked for him and his company but they have also learned their share of lessons the hard way.
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Transition to Entrepreneurship
Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald – Principal, TAP Resources & Associates – after 13 years as an entrepreneur, event and communication management specialist Tuesday tells us how she went from being fired to operating her own business. She outlines in detail her transition to entrepreneurship.
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R&D in the Hydrocarbon Energy Industry
Soheil Asgarpour, President of Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada provides an overview of research to help reduce emissions from oil sands.
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Economic Reciprocity
What if … a uniquely Canadian paradigm for enabling and implementing collaborative resources development was designed for the 21st century? What would it need to breach the decades-long stalemate that has obstructed, and wasted, economic, social and cultural opportunities?
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What if … Women Played Key Roles in Resource Development – Introductions
In the next decade, more than 500 projects in oil, gas, forestry and mining will affect many Aboriginal communities across Canada. There are already debates taking place on issues like: the role of Aboriginal communities in these developments; the sharing of the wealth generated; the environment; foreign investment; transportation of output and more.
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Leadership For All Generations
Author Lana Binning – Never in my life have I had a passion for anything more than helping others better their lives and best prepare young people for a life worth living. By changing ourselves we change our surroundings. Sometimes we work so hard to change others, when the most lasting change is to change…
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Women’s Leadership
Is Aboriginal women’s leadership different than men’s style of leadership? Sheila Isaac, Program Manager for Indigenous Women in Community Leadership at the Coady International Institute of St Francis Xavier University, shares her view on the subject. She also briefly outlines three case studies from across Canada showing how Aboriginal women have provided leadership to…
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Government Perspectives on the Role of Aboriginal Women in Resource Development
In this fourth and last part of this series our panelists are exploring through the lens of governments’ perspectives issues like, what legislative measures are needed to ensure a fair share of future job by Aboriginal women What might be useful in stimulating collaboration and cooperation in workplaces? What could be done to entice…
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Foresight: Reevaluate your Business Model and Define your Strategies
John E. (Jack) Smith, Professor of Technology and Strategy, Telfer School of Management, speaks with Guy Dancause on using foresight as an audit of your corporate capabilities and readiness.