Indigenous Business

Information on government programs is available at every turn, but what are the tangible ways in which it can be used to assist First Nations with sustainability? The inaugural Lands and Economy Summit, held in October in Serpent River First Nation,

One-stop shop for worker info smooths process for industry-community collaboration

The Anishinabek Nation and Ontario have signed their fifth memorandum of understanding to ensure coordination on natural resource management issues.

Wataynikaneyap Power signed a memorandum of understanding with Aecom to build a new transmission line in northwestern Ontario. The company is 50 per cent owned by 18 First Nation communities and Goldcorp.

Wataynikaneyap Power added five more communities into its First Nation-led transmission initiative for northwestern Ontario.

Serpent River First Nation (SRFN) is developing its own environmental review panel to vet community projects that would work in conjunction with the current provincial and federal environmental review processes.

It took 16 years for Brigitte McLean to reach her goal of opening a spa, but her ambitions haven’t ended. “It took a long time to get here and now there is no stopping me at this point and dreaming never ends.

In one year, Compass Carriers in Timmins has grown from one truck to 10, currently operating seven days a week around the clock. The Aboriginal business, which is part of the Mattagami Group LP, got its start following a discussion at a restaurant.

It took 11 months of negotiations, but Island Falls Forestry and True North Hardwood Plywood in Cochrane have reached a 20-year harvesting agreement. Island Falls is owned by Taykwa Tagamou First Nation, located 15 kilometres east of Cochrane.

Forestry is ingrained in the collective DNA of Canada's Aboriginal people. “It's just innate in our communities,” said J.P. Gladu , president-CEO of the Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business (CCAB).