Exploring Theme: "Indigenous-led Initiatives"

Social enterprise One Bowl eyeing Sturgeon Falls for manufacturing facility NationTalk: SooToday.com – Housing has recently become a crisis issue for many Canadians, but Indigenous communities have been tackling a lack of quality housing for decades. Now, Wahkohtowin Development is proposing a solution for First Nations in Northern Ontario. One Bowl is a social enterprise with a “tree-to-home”...

NationTalk: TORONTO, April 1, 2024 – The Indigenous Led Projects Forum (ILPF) opens in Toronto on April 2, bringing together change-making Indigenous, Industry and Government leaders to discuss the most complex opportunities and challenges facing Indigenous proponents. Ontario Premier, Hon. Doug Ford, is delivering the morning’s keynote address. The award-winning documentary, Bridges to the North...

‘Indigenomics’ event held to bring companies and governments into wave of growth CBC News: Entrepreneur Rob Tebb can see his company becoming bigger — a lot bigger. “The opportunity is there to just grow this business to four or five times the size that it is,” he said. Tebb, who is Métis, owns Regina-based Xtended...

NationTalk: SAULT STE. MARIE, ONTARIO – The Anishinabek Nation is excited to kick-off its inaugural annual Economic Development Opportunities Forum now underway from October 24 to 26, in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario. “Economic sovereignty has never been more important for our communities than presently,” states Anishinabek Nation Grand Council Chief Reg Niganobe. “With a shifting...

Partnership supports technical skills development and community capacity for water resources management NationTalk: RAMA FIRST NATION, Ontario, July 13, 2023– Water First Education & Training Inc., in partnership with Ogemawahj Tribal Council (OTC) and participating communities, is pleased to announce a new water treatment plant operator training program for local Indigenous youth and young adults....

Release of “Promising Child Welfare Practices for Inuit Children, Youth and Families” with the following recommendations: http://www.ottawainuitchildrens.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/02/Promising-Child-Welfare-Practices-Sept.-2018BS_MM.pdf...