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What should Aspiring Entrepreneurs about Marketing
Canadian Entrepreneur, Philanthropist & former Dragon’s Den co-host Brett Wilson takes a brief moment to tell aspiring entrepreneurs about the importance of marketing to generate ideas and as a differentiator. For this serial entrepreneur marketing is where it...
Anne Noonan – Business Ethics and Value
Anne Noonan from Golden Lake Ontario is Director, Nika Technologies Inc. and formerly founder and principal of Anne Noonan and Associates. She describes her journey into business, the special challenges facing aboriginal women, the importance of ethics and how to...
Getting Started – Lessons Learned as an Entrepreneur
Marie Delorme, CEO, The Imagination Group of Companies talks of the lessons she’s learned over time as a start-up entrepreneur.
What if … Women Played Key Roles in Resource Development – Introductions
In the next decade, more than 500 projects in oil, gas, forestry and mining will affect many Aboriginal communities across Canada. There are already debates taking place on issues like: the role of Aboriginal communities in these developments; the sharing of the...
Aboriginal Women’s Perspectives on their Roles in Resource Development
There is very little discussion on ‘how or if’ Aboriginal women are to play key professional and business roles in natural resource management and development. An online “Dialogue” session wherein a panel of women, Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal thought leaders,...
Valuating Your Business
Jean Claude Desnoyers, Partner SME Business Appraisers shares important tips to prepare the sale of your business and its assets. Whether you’re selling or buying a small start-up or a large incorporated enterprise you’ll find food for thought to not so common...
The Future of Computing
The age of computing as we know it is on its way out. What is to replace it? Duncan Stewart, National Research Council talks with Robert Crawhall about the future of computing.
Financing All Stages of your Business
Jennifer Francis, Co-chair Board of Directors, Capital Angel Network joins Catherine Roque, Aboriginal Business Service Manager, Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) Aboriginal Banking, they talk about the finer details involved in acquiring financing to start...
Starting Up in E-Commerce
Colby Delorme, President of NATION Imagination – ‘The Aboriginal Gifting Company’, shares tips on starting an e-commerce business. It has worked for him and his company but they have also learned their share of lessons the hard way.
Transition to Entrepreneurship
Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald – Principal, TAP Resources & Associates - after 13 years as an entrepreneur, event and communication management specialist Tuesday tells us how she went from being fired to operating her own business. She outlines in detail her transition to...
R&D in the Hydrocarbon Energy Industry
Soheil Asgarpour, President of Petroleum Technology Alliance Canada provides an overview of research to help reduce emissions from oil sands.
Economic Reciprocity
What if ... a uniquely Canadian paradigm for enabling and implementing collaborative resources development was designed for the 21st century? What would it need to breach the decades-long stalemate that has obstructed, and wasted, economic, social and cultural...
What if … Women Played Key Roles in Resource Development – Introductions
In the next decade, more than 500 projects in oil, gas, forestry and mining will affect many Aboriginal communities across Canada. There are already debates taking place on issues like: the role of Aboriginal communities in these developments; the sharing of the...
Leadership For All Generations
Author Lana Binning - Never in my life have I had a passion for anything more than helping others better their lives and best prepare young people for a life worth living. By changing ourselves we change our surroundings. Sometimes we work so hard to change others,...
Women’s Leadership
Is Aboriginal women’s leadership different than men’s style of leadership? Sheila Isaac, Program Manager for Indigenous Women in Community Leadership at the Coady International Institute of St Francis Xavier University, shares her view on the subject. She also briefly...
Government Perspectives on the Role of Aboriginal Women in Resource Development
In this fourth and last part of this series our panelists are exploring through the lens of governments' perspectives issues like, what legislative measures are needed to ensure a fair share of future job by Aboriginal women What might be useful in stimulating...
Foresight: Reevaluate your Business Model and Define your Strategies
John E. (Jack) Smith, Professor of Technology and Strategy, Telfer School of Management, speaks with Guy Dancause on using foresight as an audit of your corporate capabilities and readiness.
Aboriginal Youth Story
What if ... Aboriginal youth, tired of the negativity generated by the 2008-2015 recession, and unsatisfied with the pace and scope of reform, demanded new leadership and authority structures they believed offer more likelihood of a better future – their future.