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Blueprints for Success – Launching a Custom Sewing Business
Esther talks with fashionista Angela Demontigny and entrepreneur Jacques Pilon about launching her custom sewing business with an Aboriginal design flair. They talk about the ‘what’ and the ‘how’ of the business and about topics such as: designing, undeserved markets, creating a distinct advantage over the competition and much more.
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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Deb Green
< Meet ICN Entrepreneurial Intern Deborah Green, a proud Cree Woman from the Kawacatoose First Nation in Saskatchewan. Deborah became inspired to pursue her career in diversity, being an Indigenous woman experiencing the barriers to mainstream society in her life in areas such as equal opportunity employment, career development, society, and cultural differences. This motivated…
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What do you think.. is it important?
How important is it to know who we are before choosing a career opportunity? Would you agree that each interesting career requires different psychological DNAs? Is the same true when choosing a vacation, if one’s preference is the ruggedness offered by Mother Nature, embarking for a a vacation in downtown Toronto or Vancouver…
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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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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Esther Stewart
Meet Esther Stewart This FN woman from northern BC has a dream, to startup a home business sewing and embroidery Aboriginal custom design shop. To produce modern day clothing that incorporates designs from various collaborating First Nation artists from across Canada. Esther has been working on her dream for a few years, as a…
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Blueprints for Success – Entrepreneurial Intern: Shaylene Johnson
Meet Shaylene in this first interview she talks about her life and aspiration. You’ll learn that Shaylene is committed to her family, her full time job and to volunteering in her community. This Mother of four, wears many hats during her typical work day, she works as a Survey and Community Outreach Coordinator with…
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Building her Resilience While Creating a Sustainable Business
Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald 15-years in business as an Indigenous event organizer. Tuesday tells us about her success as an entrepreneur and in building her own resilience while creating a sustainable business.. Tuesday Johnson-MacDonald President Tap Resources
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NWAC’s Vision of The Future: Aboriginal Women’s Issues
The Future of Aboriginal Women Issues, Dawn Lavell-Harvard in conversation with Denise Anne Boissonneau, LL.B “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) Please, share…
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Empowerment of Indigenous Women and their Families: NWAC’s Perspective
Host Denise Anne Boissoneau speaks with Dawn Lavell-Harvard about NWAC’s perspective on Indigenous women’s issues. NWAC has been playing a key role in empowering Indigenous women and their families. It has done so through the revitalization, restoration and preservation of cultures and traditions while fighting for basic human rights. Dawn Lavell Harvard, President Native Women Association of Canada (NWAC) Please,…
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Creating a Leadership Culture
By Lana Binning Treat a man as he is and he will remain as he is. Treat a man as he has the potential to become and you make him better than he is.– Goethe If we are taught effective habits but are then placed into a defective habitat (culture), one that is unfriendly, unsafe,…