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Exploring Theme: "Indigenous Business Organizations"

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January 23, 2024


First Nations Finance Authority surpasses $2 billion milestone in financing to First Nations governments with the issuance of its 10th debenture

For Immediate Release NationTalk: Westbank, British Columbia – First Nations Finance Authority has surpassed $2 billion in loans to its members with a 10th debenture that ensures 25 First Nations across Canada can access $356 million to meet community priorities, including childcare services, housing, and job creation. “Being the first First Nations-led institution in Canada...

June 19, 2023


Energy deals reboot ties between Indigenous people and corporate Canada

Large investments in energy infrastructure projects by Indigenous communities are starting to become commonplace  NationTalk: National Post – Last September, 23 First Nations and Métis communities in Alberta, united under the banner of Athabasca Indigenous Investments, spent $1.12 billion to purchase an 11.57 per cent interest in seven oil pipelines operated by Enbridge Inc. While...

September 20, 2022


Indigenous Resource Network: Indigenous Leaders: ‘We’re tired of managing poverty’

Indigenous people don’t need ‘environmental colonials’ to speak for them on resource development, says JP Gladu SOOTODAY.COM: The onset of the pandemic threw a great many Canadians out of work. Even J.P. Gladu, one of Canada’s most visible Indigenous business leaders, was lumped into the mix. He was laid off before he even started a new...

July 8, 2022


National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association: Defining Indigenous Businesses in Canada

NationTalk: “Defining Indigenous Businesses in Canada” is a report commissioned by the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association (NACCA) on behalf of national Indigenous organizations who comprise the National Indigenous Procurement Working Group (NIPWG). It presents proposed definitions of Indigenous Businesses for use in Canada.rawing on various national and international descriptions, the definitions are comprised of...

June 23, 2022


Indigenous Peoples Economic and Trade Cooperation Arrangement (IPETCA)

NationTalk: As part of its inclusive approach to trade, Canada is developing and implementing policies to ensure that Indigenous Peoples in Canada have access to all the benefits and opportunities that flow from international trade and investment. Today, the Honourable Mary Ng, Minister of International Trade, Export Promotion, Small Business and Economic Development, along with...

June 14, 2021


Indigenous Resource Network

The Indigenous Resource Network, a non-partisan platform for Indigenous workers and business owners involved in resource development, commissioned a poll by Environics Research on Indigenous support for natural resource development. 549 self-identified First Nations, Métis and Inuit persons living in rural areas or on reserve across Canada were interviewed by telephone between March 25 – April 16, 2021....

December 11, 2020


Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

House of Commons’ Standing Committee on International Trade: Summary Patrick Watson, Director Public Policy, Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business Since 1982, CCAB has been committed to the full participation of Indigenous peoples in the Canadian economy. Our work is backed by data-driven research, recognized by the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development as the gold...

September 22, 2020


Canadian Council of Aboriginal Business

“Insights into Indigenous Post-Secondary Graduates Experiences in the Canadian Workforce” The objective of this report is to develop a better understanding of how Indigenous post-secondary experiences are associated with entrepreneurship, working for Indigenous employers and overall labour market outcomes. In order to explore these relationships, we retrieved and analyzed data from Indspire’s 2020 National Education...

September 16, 2020


Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business

Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB) and Sodexo Canada – released a report summarizing the CCAB Business Recovery Forum – a first of its kind virtual event held on September 16, 2020. Over 600 participants attended the event. The Forum was a direct response to Indigenous businesses’ concern over finding solutions on how to move forward through...

September 13, 2017


National Indigenous Economic Development Board

Established in 1990, the NIEDB is a Governor in Council appointed board mandated to provide strategic policy advice to the federal government on issues related to Indigenous economic development. Comprised of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis business and community leaders from across Canada, the Board helps governments to respond to the unique needs and circumstances...

January 1, 1970


CCAB builds bridges between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples, businesses, and communities through diverse programming, providing tools, training, network building, major business awards, and national events....

AFOA Canada

AFOA Canada (formerly Aboriginal Financial Officers Association of Canada) was founded as a not-for-profit association in 1999 to help Indigenous people better manage and govern their communities and organizations through a focus on enhancing finance and management practices and skills.  After sixteen years in operation, AFOA Canada has become the centre for excellence and innovation...

Aboriginal Financial Institutions (AFIs)

AFI’s are autonomous, Indigenous-controlled, community-based financial organizations. AFIs provide developmental lending, business financing and support services to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit businesses in all provinces and territories. Support includes business loans, non-repayable contributions, financial and management consulting, and business start-up and aftercare services. https://nacca.ca/aboriginal-financial-institutions/...

The Indigenomics Institute

The Indigenomics Institute is an Indigenous economic advisory for public governments, Indigenous communities and the private sector. The Indigenomics Institute focuses on four core areas in overcoming Indigenous economic barriers and addressing challenges: DIALOGUE PLATFORM FOR INDIGENOUS ECONOMIC SOLUTIONS  ECONOMIC POLICY/ RESEARCH/ANALYSIS / PLANNING  EDUCATION/ TRAINING PARTNERSHIP DEVELOPMENT  Indigenomics honors the powerful thinking of Indigenous wisdom...

CCAB: Progressive Aboriginal Relations Program

PAR is a certification program that confirms corporate performance in Aboriginal relations at the Bronze, Silver or Gold level. Certified companies promote their level with a PAR logo signalling to communities that they are good business partners; great places to work and; committed to prosperity in Aboriginal communities Since the program’s introduction in 2001, PAR remains the...

IndigenousWorks

IndigenousWorks, (formerly, the Aboriginal Human Resource Council), announced its new brand name on November 21, 2016. Today we are a national social enterprise that is ISO 9001 certified (quality management system). We were founded as a non-profit national organization in 1998 as a recommendation from the 1996 Report on the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples with a...

National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association

NACCA is a membership-driven national association for a network of Aboriginal Financial Institutions, or AFIs. NACCA supports the AFI network, which offers financing to First Nations, Métis, and Inuit businesses and communities. NACCA is committed to the needs of AFIs and the Aboriginal businesses that they serve. NACCA, the National Aboriginal Capital Corporations Association, is...

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