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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Jenn Harper
Launching a Cosmetics Business Sponsored by: Launch Lab Meet Jenn Harper, ICN’s Entrepreneurial Intern. She is the founder of the newly launched beauty product e-commerce company, Cheekbone Beauty. Jenn is also a mother of two, employed full time as a sales person for a major sea food wholesaler. In this interview she talks about…
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Indigenous Housing Factory & Housing Excellence
Fisher River Cree Nation is a progressive Manitoba First Nation located approximately 200km north of Winnipeg. This video explores the groundbreaking partnership between Fisher River and ATCO Sustainable Communities. The project will see the construction of a 40,000 sq ft RTM Housing Factory in Fisher River, which will produce 144 homes per year. It…
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Can Partnerships offer opportunities to Aboriginal Communities?
> With our panelists Bernd Christmas, Bob Crane and Paul F. Wilkinson we are discovering that partnerships can be beneficial to communities that do not benefit from Natural Resources. We explore with our panelists the strategic advantages and disadvantages of partnerships; the value communities are seeking, the leveraging of the partners’ contribution and more.…
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Starting a Business in Photography
Alice is truly happy with her chosen profession photography. She tells us of her experience in starting a business. She shares a few secrets on managing risks related to business ownership. She also shares lessons she has learned along the way and tells us what she would do differently, if she was to start her…
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Opportunities in Creative Design
With Louie the alignment of his creativity and passion with his goals enabled him to create his business. Eighth Generation is a Native-owned and operated company based in Seattle, Washington. It was founded in 2008 when Louie Gong (Nooksack/Chinese/French/Scottish) — a Native artist, activist and educator widely known for merging traditional Coast Salish art…