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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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Is Business For You?
Candice reflects on obstacles she had to face as an Aboriginal Entrepreneur. In her view, entrepreneurs must possess three key attributes for success: people skills, education and a willingness to constantly hunt for the next opportunity. Candice Holmstrom, President, CH Designs Inc.
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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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Foresight – What if Canada’s ice cap melted quickly and completely?
In the context of a 2015 Foresight Exercise “A Framework for Building Relationships” (see report in right column) , we have asked 8 Aboriginal personalities to share their views on eight questions. The third question was: “What if Canada’s ice cap melted so quickly and completely, that the methane gas released reached levels that threatened arctic…
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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…
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Foresight: “What if global warming was so strong that Canada became the bread basket of the world?”
In the context of a 2015 Foresight Exercise “A Framework for Building Relationships” (see report in right column) , we have asked 8 Aboriginal personalities to share their views on eight questions. The second question was: What if global warming was so strong that Canada became the bread basket of the world? Dwight Powless and…
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Event Management
Key to successful event management is a collaborative outlook, the creation of partnerships and the building of relationships. Michelle Boivin Co-Owner AMR Events Inc.
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Apprenticeship in the resource sector
Preparing human resources to benefit from opportunities made available through the development of natural resources Christina Jones Apprenticeship Officer Wii-ni n’guch-tood LDM
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Education for Entre-Intrapreneurs
Teaching entrepreneurship and making it safe to learn from failure helps prepare people to create their own jobs as entrepreneurs or to become “intrapreneurs” for their future employers. Cheryl Jensen, President, Algonquin College
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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)