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Better data is needed to help reach diversity targets on corporate boards, participants at an OSC webinar heard. Conversation on diversity has evolved from ‘why have diversity?’ to how to make it happen By Zena Olijnyk 15 Oct 2021 Investors – particularly institutional investors in Canada, the U.S. and around the world – are making…

Moderated by Kory Wilson, Executive Director, Indigenous Initiatives and Partnerships at BCIT, and joined by panelists Alexia McKinnon of SFU’s Beedie School of Business Indigenous Business Program Director, Upper Nicola Band Chief Harvey McLeod, & @Celeste Haldane, Chief Commissioner, BC Treaty Commission. Greater Vancouver Board of Trade’s Indigenous Opportunities Forum November 2, 2021. How does…

Opinion: Research shows that First Nations communities alone contribute $17.5 billion a year to the economy. Estimates show that, with the right investment and growth, Indigenous Canadians have the potential to add a $100 billion annual boost to the national economy. Harold Calla | October 23, 2021 Canada recently recognized Sept. 30 as the first…

Opinion: Research shows that First Nations communities alone contribute $17.5 billion a year to the economy. Estimates show that, with the right investment and growth, Indigenous Canadians have the potential to add a $100 billion annual boost to the national economy. Harold Calla | October 23, 2021 Canada recently recognized Sept. 30 as the first…

At sunrise on Sept. 30, a Valard Construction crew at its Wawa camp on the East-West Tie transmission line project acknowledges Truth & Reconciliation Day with a somber moment of Stand Down. (Valarde photo) First Nation business influencers offer guidance to corporate Canada on how to champion Reconciliation and make project deals work. When First…

The last Parliament took a significant step forward in advancing reconciliation with the adoption of the United Nations Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples, which was first brought forward in 2016 as a private member’s bill by former NDP MP Romeo Saganash. This was progress and it has also raised expectations, write Harold Calla…

  To get there, it is essential we nurture more Indigenous business professionals. By Geordie Hungerford | 30 Jun 2021 We all know that Can­ada has frequently marched its Indigenous Peoples down an often ugly and cruel path. But the 21st Century has marked a new era of hope and optimism — hope that we…

Photo by Jason Hargrove (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0) A law on implementing UNDRIP marks a welcome breakthrough in advancing reconciliation. But there is work ahead to hold government accountable. By Yves Faguy | 15 Jul 2021 When the Canadian government first endorsed the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in 2010, it did…

FMB will be conducting Cost Analysis Benchmarking for Housing and Infrastructure Service Providers. This human resource and operational focused financial analysis will be utilized as a tool for analyzing operational plans and co‐developing service transfer agreements. On July 24, 2020, the Board of Directors approved this independent research opportunity and FMB will be collaborating with…

CALGARY and TREATY 7 TERRITORY, AB, May 30, 2019 /CNW/ – Three First Nations Institutions joined with the Lands Advisory Board to sign an historic Protocol pledging to work together to assist First Nations to improve governance, increase local jurisdiction and advance wealth generation. The Protocol Agreement was signed by the leaders of the First Nations…