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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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Responsibility of New Wealth
With great blessing comes great responsibility. You must prepare for success if you are to handle your new found wealth with responsibility Jerry Asp – Founder The Tahltan Nation Development Company
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A Force to Reckon With: Women Entrepreneurship and Risk
By: Centre for Women in Politics and Public Leadership, Carleton University Despite the dominant rhetoric that woman are risk-averse, the number of female entrepreneurs has more than doubled in the last two decades. Conclusions: The Way Forward Nevertheless, there are still some challenges (e.g., access to funding) discouraging women from starting and growing their own…
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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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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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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)