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Memski: Creating Economic Growth for Mi’kmaw People
Memski is connecting Mi’kmaw people, skills and projects. With Sheila we talk about how Minski brings the resources needed for the Mi’kmaw people and contractors to provide services to build the Maritime Link project, a transmission system that includes 180-kilometre subsea cables that will deliver hydroelectric power from Cape Ray in Newfoundland to an…
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Passion, Struggle & Victory of Aboriginal Peoples
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) achieves a milestone in 2016 as it celebrates its 45th anniversary. CAP has played a crucial role in advocating for the rights and interests of Métis and non-status Indians living off-reserve. Since 1971 the battles have been numerous. In this video you will learn about the many struggles…
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Social Media Marketing
Lisa believes that all individuals and businesses need a compelling and dynamic online presence to ensure that current, future clients and partners can find them, get to know them, develop trusting relationships with them and ultimately do business with them. She is dedicated to serving and educating entrepreneurs, professionals and the companies on how…
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From Social Assistance to PhD
Julie talks about her experience of living on social assistance to taking the path of personal growth to earn her PhD. In an insightful interview, she describes the road she took to achieve success, her determination, challenges, lessons learned and her road to work-life balance. Julie Pelletier, Chair and Associate Professor Department of Indigenous Studies…
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Aboriginal Staffing in Corporate Calgary
First Aboriginal business of its kind in Alberta Janice talks about her experience in starting the first Aboriginal for profit staffing agency in Alberta; and about the hurdles she had to overcome as an Aboriginal business women. She shares her thoughts on the impact technology is having on the industry. Janice Larocque President Spirit…
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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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Developing Business Relationships
David’s current consulting activities include meeting facilitation, team development, cross-cultural understanding between northern First Nations and Métis Settlements and the oil and gas industry. In this video interview David talks more specifically about facilitating relationships between companies and Aboriginal communities. David Turner Partner & Vice-President, First Peoples Group To view additional content on the 2nd…
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Ceremonial Tobacco
For many Indigenous people tobacco has been used traditionally in ceremonies, rituals and prayers for thousands of years. It is used for a variety of medicinal purposes and its ceremonial use has powerful spiritual meaning establishing a direct communication link between the person giving and the spiritual world receiving. Colby talks about the many…
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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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NWAC’s Vision of The Future: Aboriginal Women’s Issues
The Future of Aboriginal Women Issues, Dawn Lavell-Harvard in conversation with Denise Anne Boissonneau, LL.B “As we moved forward in time we need to get away from the notion of consultation… women need the right to real, informed, free and prior consent…” Dawn Lavell Harvard, President Native Women Association of Canada (NWAC) Please, share…