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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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Aboriginal Education Needs more than Money to Solve its Problems
Another point of view from an Educator of Educators Jon Bradley, shares his thoughts and experience with ICN’s Guy Dancause on what needs to be fixed in the education system, if young Aboriginal students are to improve their chance to access a greater number of opportunities and achieve success. Jon Bradley, Professor (retired) McGill…
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Renewable Energy Project
Trials and tribulations of business development Chief Hare talks trials and tribulations of business development projects for his community; and how the Mother Earth Renewable Energy (MERE) project in M’Chigeeng First Nation is producing lucrative results for the Manitoulin Island community. Chief Joe Hare, (retired) M’Chigeeng First Nation To view additional content on the…
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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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Recruiting Aboriginal Employees
If your corporate brand isn’t viewed as the bridge between your organization and its Aboriginal work force — you’re missing out. ICN’s Chantal Fraser talks with Michael Milanese, about the recruitment of Aboriginal employees and about relationships between corporations and their Aboriginal employees… Michael Milanese CEO, Director of Sales Aboriginal Link
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Empowerment of Indigenous Women and their Families: NWAC’s Perspective
Host Denise Anne Boissoneau speaks with Dawn Lavell-Harvard about NWAC’s perspective on Indigenous women’s issues. NWAC has been playing a key role in empowering Indigenous women and their families. It has done so through the revitalization, restoration and preservation of cultures and traditions while fighting for basic human rights. Dawn Lavell Harvard, President Native Women Association of Canada (NWAC) Please,…
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A Force to Reckon With – Women, Entrepreneurship and Risk
By Janice McDonald, and Clare Berckon Last summer, as part of our study to ascertain how women entrepreneurs look at risk, we crossed Canada asking entrepreneurs about their approach to risk in their businesses. We wanted to test the oft quoted assumption that female entrepreneurs are risk averse. As we spoke to predominately female entrepreneurs…
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Communications with Indigenous Peoples
In this presentation delivered at IPAC’s 2nd Leadership Creative Presentation we learn about ‘Storytelling’ and how it is use to convey traditional teachings, oral history, oratory and in transmitting the interpretation of public and current affairs on Turtle Island Dr. Mary Lou Smoke and Dr. Dan Smoke Communicators, Radio hosts and Professors To view…
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Foresight – What if Aboriginal Youth were Offered Means to Achieve their Full Potential?
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 fourth question was: “What if Aboriginal Youth were Offered means to Achieve their Full Potential?” Bob Crane and panel ATCO Structures and…
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Sustainable Development and Capabilities for the Polar Region
By: Umut Riza Ozkhan – Stephan Schott Abstract The paper develops a sustainable development framework for individual and collective capabilities in mixed subsistence and wage-based economies. We apply this framework to such regions of the Arctic and evaluate interactions and conflicts between two sectors of the mixed economy and between current and future generations…