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Note to ICN Readers and Viewers
We have been building the Aboriginal Entrepreneurship online community at the Idea Connector Network since 2011. Over the years you’ve provided us feedback on your experience with your online community and we’ve responded by tweaking the delivery of content. We also heard you say that our content should become more inspirational, better aligned to…
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Profile: POSITIVE THOUGHTS, POSITIVE RESULTS
Profile of a Successful Aboriginal Woman Dr. Shannon McDonald It took her a long time to acquire self-confidence, but once she did she trained as a physician, completing her MD in 1998 (at the tender age of 40), followed with post-graduate medical training in Community Medicine and Psychiatry. She has had broad experience at multiple…
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Start Your Business
Entrepreneurship is Management Creativity and imagination are characteristics of an entrepreneur. However, entrepreneurship is also management or processes. A panel of experts comes together at the I Do Business Atlantic Business Summit to discuss their experience in starting and growing a business. They discuss issues such as the need to know what is your…
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Aboriginal Education Needs more than Money to Solve its Problems
Another point of view from an Educator of Educators Jon Bradley, shares his thoughts and experience with ICN’s Guy Dancause on what needs to be fixed in the education system, if young Aboriginal students are to improve their chance to access a greater number of opportunities and achieve success. Jon Bradley, Professor (retired) McGill…
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Disparities in Aboriginal Women’s Health: Part 3 & 4
Aboriginal Women’s Health: Can parity be reached in health equity? These 3 subject experts are living the daily realities of gaps in Aboriginal health outcomes. Can those gaps be closed? Can health equity for Aboriginal women be achieved? What if there was a new approach to family and community health? Could creating an Aboriginal…
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Disparities in Aboriginal Women’s health outcomes
Is it reasonable to think that creating an Aboriginal Women Health Research Centre could play a major role in improving Aboriginal women’s health? Do you agree: We need to find ways to close the disparities in Aboriginal Women’s health outcomes? How should that be done? What would you suggest? Join the upcoming panel…
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Selling to Government: Finding the Right Path
If you are looking to sell to government or to grow your sales, you will want to hear Peter share his vast knowledge on the ABCs of selling to government and on its procurement process. Peter is a retired Executive from the government of Canada where he has held many challenging positions dealing with…
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Memski: Creating Economic Growth for Mi’kmaw People
Memski is connecting Mi’kmaw people, skills and projects. With Sheila we talk about how Minski brings the resources needed for the Mi’kmaw people and contractors to provide services to build the Maritime Link project, a transmission system that includes 180-kilometre subsea cables that will deliver hydroelectric power from Cape Ray in Newfoundland to an…
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Passion, Struggle & Victory of Aboriginal Peoples
The Congress of Aboriginal Peoples (CAP) achieves a milestone in 2016 as it celebrates its 45th anniversary. CAP has played a crucial role in advocating for the rights and interests of Métis and non-status Indians living off-reserve. Since 1971 the battles have been numerous. In this video you will learn about the many struggles…