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Foresight: Interviews AWHRC
To start the Foresight method process we’ve asked in video interviews recognized subject experts to share their perspectives on eight questions. The interviewees were: Dr. Shannon MacDonald, Deputy Chief Medical Officer, First Nations Health Authority of BC; Cora-Lee McGuire-Cyrette, Executive Director, Ontario Native Women Association; and Erica Samms-Hurley, Nurse Educator, Western Regional School of Nursing, Grenfell Campus-Memorial University of Newfoundland, Corner…
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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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Escaping Poverty in the Ring of Fire
Elsie talks about the future of her community. To reduce her community’s poverty condition it requires sustained support. Without a dependable constant flow of funds it’s next to impossible to plan for education, training and development programs needed to improve the community and its members’ quality of life. Elsie MacDonald, Head Councillor, Webequie First Nation
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Cindy Blackstock Challenges Canada — Part III
The Need to Talk About Our Kids As Much As We Talk About Natural Resources and Our Businesses Cindy talks about various pilot projects on child-welfare and their evidence based results. She also makes the argument that we need to put as much energy in talking about our kids as we do on natural resources and…
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Cindy Blackstock Challenges Canada — Part II
The Need for Equal Services for FN Child and Family Cindy talks about the current federal funding approach to child and family services. Because of the lesser budgets provided by the Federal Government, FN Child and Family Services Agencies have not kept pace with the level of Children and Family, services provided to non-Aboriginal…
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Cindy Blackstock Challenges Canada – Part I
Through time Canadians have relied on Government to be the source of change but government’s don’t create, they respond to change. This is the first of a three part series. Dr. Cindy Blackstock Executive Director FN Child and Family Caring Society of Canada To view additional content on the 2nd Annual Creative Leaders’…
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Foresight: What if a Federal Government was Elected with a Majority?
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 first question was: What if a federal government was elected with a majority and a commitment and plan to promote Aboriginal economic…
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NWAC’s Vision of the Future – Dawn Lavell Harvard
The Future of Aboriginal Women Issues, Dawn in conversation with Denise Anne Boissoneau — “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)
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Corporations’ Perspectives on the Role of Aboriginal Women in Resource Development
In this third of a four part series our panelists are exploring through the lens of corporations’ perspectives issues like, what can be and should be done to strengthen cooperative programs bringing Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people closer together professionally, intellectually and or culturally?