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Generating renewable energy from a wood floor
How do you make a renewable, natural, oxygen-producing, CO2-storing material even more sustainable? Make it as close to zero-waste as possible. Wood waste left over after milling lumber already gets put to myriad valuable uses, from paper products to biomass fuel, and a new innovation will actually enable it to produce clean energy. Engineers…
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Marketing Using Social Media
The INS and OUTS of Using Social Media to Generate Revenue Lisa McKenzie, founder of McKenzie Moxie Media and Chief Bliss Instigator.talks with host Business Entrepreneur and Advisor Jacques Pilon and with ICN’s Entrepreneurial Interns Shaylene Johnson, Jennifer Harper and Esther Stewart about the INS and OUTS of using social media to launch product or service and generate both…
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Women’s Leadership – Men’s Role
Women’s Leadership – Men’s Role from Idea Connector.net on Vimeo. What men can do to help advance Aboriginal women’s entrepreneurship. Q&As from the 2012 Conference on Aboriginal Entrepreneurship Women’s Leadership Panel.
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Coping as a Life Coach
Owning her Own Life Coaching Business In this interview we have explored with Jessica what guided her to take the path of a “Life Coach”. She tells us about her experiences, tragedies influencing her life and what keeps her awake at night,. However, Jessica also enables us to discover her beacon that guides her…
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Panel 1: National Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs Ecosystem
NIWEE In the last year and a half. We have explored how Indigenous women interested in Entrepreneurship could be better supported in launching and growing their business. We’ve used mechanism such as a Concept Testing, One-On-One Consultations, Survey, Scanning of Reports, to explore the related issues. Over time the research was brought down to…
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The Learning Curve – Being an Ally
Sandi Boucher: Beyond Myths The Learning Curve is a series of videos hosted by Sandi Boucher and produced by Shaw Community TV. Sandi lives in Thunder Bay, ON, she is a motivational speaker, an author and an activist. In this first episode she explains what the Learning Curve is about. Her aim is to…
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Blueprints for Success – Finding funding
Launching a Cosmetics Business (Funding) Getting funding is not an easy task, however if a person is truly determined and committed and he/she has a well thought out plan built on tested assumptions, a product with some sales, process to delivery , and measurable milestones, chances are with perseverance she will succeed in getting…
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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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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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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…