Click to view Brochure The Innu word Naskapi is said to mean "people beyond the horizon”, describing their homeland is what is now northern Quebec and Labrador. A nomadic people for hundreds of years, the Naskapi people were subjected to major relocations for the commercial benefit of the Hudson Bay Company between 1830s and [...]
A Future in Partnership As Rob Rollingson, GM of Indian Business Corporation (IBC), tells me about the time a gentleman came and asked for a few thousand-dollar loan, I can sense the passion in his voice. On paper, Rollingson knew it was not the safest loan due to the fact that the man [...]
Protecting the Past and Preparing for the Future The Stony Plain 135 Indian Reserve, just west of Edmonton, and on the western edge of the City of Edmonton and Stony Plain 135A Indian Reserve, about 120 kilometres away and south of the Town of Barrhead are the homes of the Enoch Cree [...]
Oil Sands Gate and Mobile Patrol Security Solutions The Canadian Oil Sands are a powerful component in Canadian economy, supporting more than 228,000 direct and indirect jobs across Canada, and creating over $13 billion in economic input in 2017 alone*. Oil sand security is the backbone to the industry, and is so [...]
Bringing the World to Carcross The Carcross, Yukon community is small but mighty. As the gateway to the Yukon from Alaska, the community lies 74 km south of Whitehorse on the Klondike Highway and is home to the Tagish and Tlinglit First Nation people (and, for the trivia lovers out there, the [...]
Creating In-Demand Industrial Land Developers and businesses in the dense Metropolitan Vancouver area will soon have approximately 4 million new square feet of industrial and commercial land to work with. The market for industrial land in the Metro Vancouver region is at a record low of 1.5 per cent, the lowest in [...]
Central Alberta Business and Real Estate Samson Cree First Nation, or Samson First Nation (SFN), located in Central Alberta, is dedicated to preserving its language and culture through the maximization of human and natural resources. The tenants of this Sovereign Nation are Pimacihowin (Way of Life), Wahkohtowin (Kinship) Sakitowin (Love) and Tapwewin [...]
Protect, Preserve, Promote and Enhance To protect, preserve, and promote and enhance First Nations people’s inherent rights, languages, customs and traditions: this was the goal of the founding members of the Southern Chiefs Organization, established in 1999. 30 years later, the organization’s independent political forum works to improve the quality of life for [...]
Pathway to Power By Anna Guy First Nation Power Authority (FNPA) is a breaking new ground for First Nations’-owed power generation companies. The first and only First Nations governed, not-for-profit development company of its kind in North America, FNPA has connected Aboriginal and Corporate Canada in the development of environmentally-preferred power generation [...]
Supporting Aboriginal Engagement in Northern Alberta By Anna Guy On an evening in early March, 1993, a group of prescient-minded business leaders met in downtown Fort McMurray to ensure the Aboriginal Community of Wood Buffalo would have an equal opportunity to secure work, and their futures. Their vision? Through working collectively, the Aboriginal [...]