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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Deb Green
< Meet ICN Entrepreneurial Intern Deborah Green, a proud Cree Woman from the Kawacatoose First Nation in Saskatchewan. Deborah became inspired to pursue her career in diversity, being an Indigenous woman experiencing the barriers to mainstream society in her life in areas such as equal opportunity employment, career development, society, and cultural differences. This motivated…
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What do you think.. is it important?
How important is it to know who we are before choosing a career opportunity? Would you agree that each interesting career requires different psychological DNAs? Is the same true when choosing a vacation, if one’s preference is the ruggedness offered by Mother Nature, embarking for a a vacation in downtown Toronto or Vancouver…
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In Conversation with Sheila Isaac
Sheila is a woman of many talents and many experiences, a lawyer by profession. She talks about her experience as a Band Manager, a Policy Advisor (Aboriginal Youth and Women) and about how she came to Human Resources almost by accident. She reflects on the meaning of life experiences and leaves us with the…
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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Esther Stewart
Meet Esther Stewart This FN woman from northern BC has a dream, to startup a home business sewing and embroidery Aboriginal custom design shop. To produce modern day clothing that incorporates designs from various collaborating First Nation artists from across Canada. Esther has been working on her dream for a few years, as a…
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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Shaylene Johnson
Meet Shaylene in this first interview she talks about her life and aspiration. You’ll learn that Shaylene is committed to her family, her full time job and to volunteering in her community. This Mother of four, wears many hats during her typical work day, she works as a Survey and Community Outreach Coordinator with…
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Building her Resilience While Creating a Sustainable Business
Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald 15-years in business as an Indigenous event organizer. Tuesday tells us about her success as an entrepreneur and in building her own resilience while creating a sustainable business.. Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald President Tap Resources
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Making His Way in the Radio Industry
Meet Todd Bernard a Successful Aboriginal Entrepreneur in the Radio Industry Todd Bernard, talks with ICN Guy Dancause about how he made his way in the radio industry. Starting as a pilot reporting on traffic, to ownership of a rock station, and blues radio and summer festivals. Todd Bernard General Manager Torres Media
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Aboriginal Women Health Research Centre
ICN Research Project Report – One of the concerns frequently raised by Aboriginal women is the discrimination and neglect experienced when accessing health care services. In collaboration with the Native Women’s Association of Canada (NWAC), ICN produced a research project using a mix of multimedia, public survey and Foresight methods to explore with panelists and participants…
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Note to ICN Readers and Viewers
We have been building the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship online community at the Idea Connector Network since 2011. Over the years you’ve provided us feedback on your experience with your online community and we’ve responded by tweaking the delivery of content. We also heard you say that our content should become more inspirational, better aligned to…
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Profile: POSITIVE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE RESULTS
Profile of a Successful Aboriginal Woman Dr. Shannon McDonald It took her a long time to acquire self-confidence, but once she did she trained as a physician, completing her MD in 1998 (at the tender age of 40), followed with post-graduate medical training in Community Medicine and Psychiatry. She has had broad experience at multiple…