Northern Quebec's Rescue Heroes By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure Home to the Inuit, 507,000 square kilometres of Quebec’s northern territory boasts a wide array of attractions for those wanting to experience the great outdoors. Collectively referred to as Nunavik, the vastness of this Arctic terra firma can seem a bit [...]
Aerial Entrepreneurs of The North By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure The annual Missinippi Airways Ice Fishing Derby, a day devoted to fishing in Manitoba’s Churchill River, took place in March. A lucky contestant went home with an impressive first prize of $40,000, but the First Nations community in Pukatawagan was a [...]
Personally invested in the well-being of the workforce By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure Since May, the residents of Fort McMurray have endured the distressing consequences of a ravaging fire, which has forced them to partake in the largest wildfire evacuation in the history of Alberta. For one businesswoman, the experience [...]
Preserving indigenous values through entrepreneurship By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure The territory surrounding the Thompson and Nicola rivers in the southern interior of British Columbia has a profound history and in much of this story, the Scw’exmx, the people of the creeks, play a large role. Throughout the ages, this [...]
First Nation Specialists in broadcasting and telecommunications By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure FirstTel Communications Corporation occupies a special niche in the telecommunication industry — it is wholly owned by the Wikwemikong Unceded Indian Reserve of Manitoulin Island, the world’s largest freshwater island located in Northern Ontario. The history of the [...]
Celebrating 70 years as the airline of the north By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure Pangnirtung is a small town located on Baffin Island, Nunavut. With a population of approximately 1,500 people, this Inuit hamlet sitsFirst A amongst beautiful snow-capped mountains, largely isolated from the rest of Canada. Once upon a [...]
Rebuilding the fisheries of Canada's original inhabitants By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure Thousands of years ago, the Secwepemc people, occupying a vast territory in what is now British Columbia, ran an industrious fishery that contributed to diverse subsistence patterns and promoted cultural growth, trade and enhanced relations with neighbouring tribes. [...]
One of Canada’s brightest aboriginal business successes By Rajitha Sivakumaran Click to view Brochure From the Vikings and Basque whalers to English and French explorers, Canada has been the destination for various visitors across history. One heterogeneous group of people, however, has remained deeply rooted to the Great White North: the Aboriginal [...]
Paving the way for successful careers in skilled trades Click to view Brochure By Cheryl Long The need for skilled labour across Canada continues to grow, and more than one group believes that the answer lies among the country’s aboriginal population. By increasing the number of First Nations, Métis and Inuit people [...]
Canada North Camp – CampCorp: Supporting people in need and providing solutions to Western Canada’s energy sector By: Mudeeha Yousaf CampCorp Structures Ltd. – a manufacturer of modular structures for the Oil and Gas industry – is one company that puts compassion and empathy back into business practices. Based in the heart of Alberta’s [...]